Unitaid
Good News for Children Living With HIV
Drug manufacturers opt to make pediatric HIV drugs much, much cheaper.
Will Aid Get a Boost from Europe’s New Financial Transaction Tax?
Several European countries may adapt a new Financial Transaction Tax by January 2014. That could be a big boon for international health and development.
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.
A Big Victory Against Tuberculosis
A group of global health organizations including UNITAID, PEPFAR, The Gates Foundation and USAID banded together to sharply reduce the cost of a new kind of rapid diagnostic test for TB
Fighting Malaria in Liberia With UNITAID
Malaria is by far the biggest killer here in Liberia. The entire country – from Monrovia city center to the border regions — is considered malaria endemic. Prevention and treatment of malaria is among the country’s most pressing public health challenge.
Off to Liberia, With UNITAID
I’m heading to Liberia this week on a global health reporting project. I will accompany a delegation from UNITAID, a World Health Organization affiliated program that gives grants to governments and NGOs to implement HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and other health projects in the developing world.
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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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