http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/ en 77@globalhealth.org Copyright 2010 2010-07-28T15:33:20+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/deserve_rights/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/deserve_rights/#When:15:33:20Z Since 2003, U.S. government funding to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic has been subject to an anti-prostitution clause forbidding the “promotion of prostitution” by grant recipients. There are few published articles about the effects of PEPFAR’s anti-prostitution policy requirement because discussing activities that are not clearly approved under the funding restrictions can jeopardize a program. 2010-07-28T15:33:20+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/toilets_nepal/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/toilets_nepal/#When:07:19:44Z “I enjoy staying in the classroom where I can concentrate on studying,” fifth-grader Lalit Khatri told me when I spoke to him at the Pashupati Primary School in Dashera village, which is located in the Jajarkot District of Nepal. 2010-07-27T07:19:44+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/a_lesson_on_sharing/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/a_lesson_on_sharing/#When:07:00:45Z Research and development (R&D) for neglected diseases can significantly change the public health equation for the world’s poorest countries. However, global research for diseases of the developing world is still too fragmented and we continue to need a much greater critical mass and more partnerships between the public and private sectors to take on crucial global public health challenges. 2010-07-27T07:00:45+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/environmental_sustainability/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/environmental_sustainability/#When:06:20:45Z How often do we think about the connection between our health and the health of the planet? A healthy earth, in balance with a stable climate, is a basic requirement for the thriving of human life- and disruptions to this system have direct implications on global health. 2010-07-27T06:20:45+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/health_workers_mdgs/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/health_workers_mdgs/#When:19:55:19Z Progress on the health MDGs, particularly in maternal, newborn and child health, requires equitable access to quality, essential health services. Nowhere is this more evident than in fragile contexts, where levels of morbidity and mortality are highest and where progress on the MDGs is most off-track. This is a huge challenge, but one that must be met if we are to reach the millennium targets and realise the right to health for all. 2010-07-26T19:55:19+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/blogs_from_aids_2010_in_vienna/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/blogs_from_aids_2010_in_vienna/#When:15:29:44Z This week, HIV field workers, policy-makers, researchers and people living with HIV from all over the world are gathering at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. To connect you to this important international event, GLOBAL HEALTH Magazine presents a special blog series on the critical issues and latest news in HIV and AIDS that are being addressed at the conference. 2010-07-22T15:29:44+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/ipm/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/ipm/#When:15:46:31Z Today, at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, the Center for AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) announced successful results of a clinical trial testing an antiretroviral (ARV)-based vaginal microbicide for its ability to prevent HIV infection in women. This announcement marks a turning point in efforts to develop safe and effective female-initiated HIV prevention methods. The trial, named CAPRISA 004, showed that women who used a gel containing tenofovir, an ARV commonly used to treat HIV, had a 39 percent lower rate of infection compared to women who used a placebo gel. 2010-07-20T15:46:31+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/kyrgyzstan_trauma/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/kyrgyzstan_trauma/#When:16:32:57Z As ethnic clashes beginning on June 10, 2010 in southern Kyrgyzstan left several hundred dead and thousands wounded, UN agencies estimated that an additional 400,000 people were displaced, with 100,000 fleeing to Uzbekistan. While a large number have since returned to their communities, many found their homes destroyed and their livelihoods ruined. Further, both those who fled and those who remained were left with severe mental trauma resulting from the events. With an objective to assess the needs of the internally displaced people (IDP) population, International Medical Corps conducted a rapid assessment in areas including the cities of Osh and Jalal Abad. 2010-07-01T16:32:57+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/pacific_health_summit/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/pacific_health_summit/#When:11:35:25Z By John Donnelly Jeremy Shiffman, a newly hired associate professor of public administration and policy at American University in Washington, wanted to compare the funding of maternal and newborn health in the developing world to something the Western world could understand. 2010-06-24T11:35:25+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/mdg_1_micronutirents/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/mdg_1_micronutirents/#When:18:41:30Z Ending hidden hunger, even when the diet provides sufficient calories, must be part of MDG #1 (ending extreme poverty and hunger). Supplementation and fortification with vitamins and minerals are effective, but they often work best in urban areas where food processing facilities or delivery mechanisms are available and do not always extend to rural agricultural areas where most of the poor live. 2010-06-23T18:41:30+00:00