http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/ en 129@globalhealth.org Copyright 2012 2012-01-30T15:40:21+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/ntd_goals_2020/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/ntd_goals_2020/#When:14:40:21Z As an historic partnership to combat neglected diseases is announced, a visual representation of the burden and strategy 2012-01-30T14:40:21+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/IAC_shape_1/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/IAC_shape_1/#When:15:00:20Z Today the organizers of the XIX International AIDS Conference (IAC) announced 15 plenary speakers and presentations that will help shape the overall conference theme “Turning the Tide Together.” 2012-01-27T15:00:20+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/MLI_tedros_adhanom_ghebreyesus/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/MLI_tedros_adhanom_ghebreyesus/#When:20:04:48Z This is the second of a series of perspective pieces on country ownership from the “Advancing Country Ownership for Greater Results” roundtable organized last week by the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health (MLI), a program of Aspen Global Health and Development. It attracted 50 people, including senior officials from developing countries, the U.S. government, development partners and NGOs. These stories will run every day this week. 2012-01-19T20:04:48+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/voices_on_ownership_rajiv_shah/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/voices_on_ownership_rajiv_shah/#When:20:07:17Z This is the first of a series of perspective pieces on country ownership from the “Advancing Country Ownership for Greater Results” roundtable organized last week by the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health (MLI), a program of Aspen Global Health and Development. It attracted 50 people, including senior officials from developing countries, the U.S. government, development partners and NGOs. 2012-01-17T20:07:17+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/WAD_2011_change/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/WAD_2011_change/#When:19:30:01Z World AIDS Day. It is that time of year again when attention focuses on the response to HIV, looking back at progress made and looking forward to the opportunities and challenges ahead. Much of the attention this year is positive, highlighting the unique opportunities before us. The UNAIDS annual report puts forward the lofty, but seemingly achievable goal of getting to zero: no new infections, no discrimination, no HIV-related deaths. Secretary Clinton’s recent speech putting forward the US government’s international response echoed many of the same messages: we have the science and tools needed to turn the tide of the epidemic, what is needed is the will. The response in the U.S., through the National HIV/AIDS Strategy places an emphasis on achieving measurable results with (and a renewed focus on targeting services for) those at greatest risk, particularly men who have sex with men, minimizing barriers to care and keeping people in care. However, tempered with the good news there are concerns. For the first time in years, the global economic situation and domestic budget battles have put U.S. and international HIV programs on the chopping blocks. There are challenges at the Global Fund, in management, implementation, and the willingness of governments to invest and meet their commitments. 2011-12-01T19:30:01+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/investing_215_million_women/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/investing_215_million_women/#When:13:56:15Z Recently, the world has been abuzz about the population passing 7 billion. But now that we’ve passed that milestone, it’s time we turned our attention to another number that deserves the spotlight: 215 million. 2011-11-29T13:56:15+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/integrated_fpln_jhpiego/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/integrated_fpln_jhpiego/#When:10:30:09Z Kaliganj, Bangladesh - A community health worker escorts us into a small, mud brick home on the edge of this village in the northeast part of the country. A young mother is seated on a high bed, the only furniture in the small room, breastfeeding a new baby. Another child, a boy about 16 months old, reaches for his mother - arms outstretched and crying. His mother pushes him away. The child looks miserable, thin and sniffling, and confused about why his mother was pushing him away. 2011-10-20T10:30:09+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/gates_charting_end_malaria/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/gates_charting_end_malaria/#When:20:18:39Z In the past 10 years, the number of people who die from malaria has declined 20 percent. For the past three days, the global malaria community has been meeting in Seattle, talking about what it’s going to take to get rid of the other 80 percent. The eradication of malaria is an ambitious goal and a long-term goal-but a goal Melinda and I are 100 percent committed to. 2011-10-19T20:18:39+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/amani_path/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/amani_path/#When:11:27:59Z KHARTOUM, Sudan - Two months ago, a 42-day-old infant named Jasir Tarig was vaccinated against rotavirus at a ceremony here in Khartoum. He was the very first child in Sudan to be vaccinated against a disease that kills more than a quarter million African children each year. Almost every child in Sudan suffers terribly from diarrhea, especially during the first year of their life, and rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea. So it was very exciting to watch as Jasir - and hundreds of other infants - were finally given a chance at a future free from the misery of this disease and its possible death sentence. 2011-09-27T11:27:59+00:00 http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/business_loan_saves/ http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog_top_stories/business_loan_saves/#When:17:17:20Z “I’ve survived cervical cancer. I am here today because of the impact Pro Mujer has had in my life.” Reading that quote, you might not realize Pro Mujer is actually a women’s development organization that uses microfinance as one of many tools to connect women with small loans to start businesses and gain greater financial independence. But Edelma Altamirano, a Nicaraguan woman who first came to the organization seeking seed money for her own small business, ended up with a new investment in something much more important - her health. 2011-09-20T17:17:20+00:00