Good News for Children Living With HIV Mark Leon Goldberg February 28, 2013 Drug manufacturers opt to make pediatric HIV drugs much, much cheaper.
Will Aid Get a Boost from Europe’s New Financial Transaction Tax? Mark Leon Goldberg February 14, 2013 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 Mark Leon Goldberg October 11, 2012 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 Mark Leon Goldberg August 9, 2012 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 Mark Leon Goldberg January 30, 2012 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 Mark Leon Goldberg January 24, 2012 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.
Fewer Newborns are Dying Worldwide than Ever Before, But USA Ranks Appalingly Low on Global Infant Survival Study Mark Leon Goldberg August 31, 2011 Here in the USA, our infant mortality rate is 4.3 per 1,000 live births. That puts us on par with Croatia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and behind Cuba and Poland.
In Cameroon: When HIV Treatment Fails, Do We Let the Patient Fail As Well? Mark Leon Goldberg August 29, 2011 How UNITAID strives to bring down the cost of expensive second line HIV/AIDS medicines.
In Cameroon, With UNITAID Mark Leon Goldberg August 25, 2011 Blogging from Cameroon this week, on a UNITAID sponsored trip to examine HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB programs.
