HIV/AIDS
Not on A-1: Towards an AIDS Free Generation in Swaziland
An “AIDS Free Generation” is not some pie-in-the-sky dream. Rather it is an achievable goal — and it is not actually terribly complex to achieve.
Global Health Community Excited, But Apprehensive About Breakthrough AIDS Cure
The international global health community is greeting this news with understandable excitement, but also some trepidation about the new kinds of challenges this breakthrough could present for countries on the front line of AIDS crisis.
Good News for Children Living With HIV
Drug manufacturers opt to make pediatric HIV drugs much, much cheaper.
One Myanmar Family’s Fight for Life Beyond HIV
Here is a fascinating — and wonky — video from UNICEF. It relates something I didn’t know: the largest number of new HIV infections is happening through spousal transmission.
Gambia Plans Huge Hospital For Herbal AIDS “Cure”
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh is planning to build a massive hospital for his herbal “cure” for HIV/AIDS. This is a disaster in the making.
Why A Global Health Outfit Should Win the Nobel Peace Prize This Year
We need to diversify how we fund the global fight against diseases like Malaria. The term of art for this is “innovative financing for development.” The UN has a laboratory for this named Unitaid, and they deserve to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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