Global Fund provides new grant for Indonesia to fight HIV
Indonesia and the Global Fund on Wednesday signed new grant agreements amounting to over 55 million U.S. dollars to scale up government and civil society’s response to HIV. The new grants will be implemented by the Ministry of Health, the National AIDS Commission and Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest Muslim religious organization in the country.
Incidence of Malaria jumps when Amazon forests are cut
A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, writing in the current ( June 16, 2010 ) online issue of the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, presents the most enumerated case to date linking increased incidence of malaria to land-use practices in the Amazon.
Global Fund defends Rwanda spending
Rwanda is the biggest recipient of Global Fund financing for HIV/Aids, Malaria and TB compared to all its regional partners with up to a billion dollars projected to be spent, according to data compiled by a Global Fund monitoring group.
Over 300 patients in limbo when government’s supply of multi-drug resistant meds runs out
Over 300 patients were worried last week when government’s supply of important multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) drugs ran out.
72% HIV/AIDS sufferers in Malaysia are Muslims
More than 70 percent of the 87,710 HIV/AIDS sufferers in the country are Muslims, Malaysian AIDS Council vice-president Datuk Zaman Khan said today.
Kenya to launch TB fund
The government has said it will soon launch a local fund aimed at advocating for increased resources for TB control in Kenya.
Key to fighting malaria found in yellow fever vaccine
Researchers at Rockefeller University may have found a way to fend off malaria by using a yellow fever vaccine, according to a newswire.rockefeller.edu report.
Michael Kazatchkine Discusses the Successes and Needs of the Global Fund
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Dr. Michael Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, spoke to a group of global health advocates yesterday at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, as a part of their Future of U.S. Development Assistance for HIV/AIDS roundtable series. Kazatchkine discussed the unprecedented progress achieved in the last ten years by developing countries in their fights against HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria, thanks in part to funding provided by the Global Fund. He also spoke of the need for donor nations to not only sustain their contributions but increase them in order to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number 6, which relates to combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Cross-country Laboratory Network to Raise East Africa’s Defenses Against Disease
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The World Bank recently approved US$63.66 million for the East Africa Public Health Laboratory Networking Project which aims to establish an urgently needed network of high-quality public health laboratories. The laboratories will improve access to diagnostic services among vulnerable populations living in the cross-border areas of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda.
Global fund reports 2.8 million people with HIV treated by mid-year
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Around 2.8 million people with HIV across the globe have received life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment by mid-year, a 22 percent increase from the like period last year, according to a report released Wednesday.
