December 5, 2012
Mining-associated TB in Southern Africa is nothing short of a public health emergency. Of the 2.3 million new cases of TB in Africa in 2011, an estimated 1/3 or 760,000 were linked to the mining sector. I
READ MORE >>December 5, 2012
TB is a pernicious, wasting disease spread through a simple cough. It is a challenging bug to tame and treat. So where do we stand in the global fight against TB? Our progress so far can be described as slow and uneven. But there are reasons to be optimistic.
READ MORE >>November 30, 2012
In today’s Financial Times, reporter Andrew Jack highlighted the urgent need for focused attention to the TB epidemic in Southern Africa’s mining sector and for ongoing joint action on the HIV and TB epidemics.
READ MORE >>October 31, 2012
Guidance for Hurricane Sandy Assistance
READ MORE >>October 17, 2012
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria voted in September to adopt a new funding model to improve the grant-making process. This change is part of a series of ongoing reforms aimed at strengthening the organization. The Global Fund Board approved several components of the new model and will discuss others at its November Board meeting.
READ MORE >>August 17, 2012
Experts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a four-day meeting in July to seek ways that the region can work towards eliminating malaria in West Africa by 2015.
READ MORE >>July 24, 2012
GBCHealth CEO John Tedstrom Applauds Pppointment
READ MORE >>July 10, 2012
This July is the inaugural National HIV Awareness Month, an unprecedented opportunity to rally the American people through awareness and action to turn the tide of our domestic HIV epidemic.
READ MORE >>June 25, 2012
Malaria's Spread May Increase by Rise in Diabetes, Study Reports
READ MORE >>June 21, 2012
Publication Launched on TB/HIV Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Care in the Workplace
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