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Building American Support for Global Health Spending

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: International Development, Global Fund, Who, International Aid Spending, Survey, Global Health, USA, US, Health Care, International Aid, Kaiser Family Foundation, Healthcare, Health Spending, Kff, Impact News

The reality of foreign aid spending is vastly different than its perception. Despite representing a small sliver of the federal budget, foreign aid does a lot of good.

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5 Ways To Help Moms In Need On Mother's Day

Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Help Moms in Need, Global Motherhood, Every Mother Counts, Mother's Day, Help Homeless Families, Global Fund, Impact News

As you share in the delight of your mom opening her gifts given with love this Mother's Day, take a moment to remember those who aren't fortunate enou...

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WATCH: Mandy Moore On Prevention For World Malaria Day 2012

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Mandy Moore Malaria, Mandy Moore, Global Fund, Malaria, Psi, World Malaria Day, Ending Malaria, Malaria Nets, Impact News

On World Malaria Day 2012, Mandy Moore shares a first-hand account with AOL of her visits to Cameroon, Central African Republic and Sudan, where she ...

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In Order To Celebrate World Tuberculosis Day, We Have To End TB

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: World Tuberculosis Day, Poverty, World TB Day, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, The Global Fund, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, Development, Healthy Living Health News, Personal Health, Impact News

Is apathy and the financial crisis what stand between us and the saving the lives of people who lack access to basic prevention and treatment?

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World Tuberculosis Day 2012: Stopping Tuberculosis in Our Lifetimes

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: World Tuberculosis Day, World Health Organization, Tuberculosis, Global Fund, Healthy Living Health News, TB Day, What Is Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium, Tb Symptoms, Tb, Tuberculosis Symptoms, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, World TB Day, What Is Tb, Healthy Living News

In order to ensure that new tools are developed and today's treatments are provided, governments must prioritize tuberculosis as a public health priority and close the projected gaps in domestic and international funding.

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10 Years On, Funding Crisis Threatens the Global Fund's Effort to End AIDS

Joanne Carter | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Malaria, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, Tuberculosis, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, The Global Fund, Global Fund, Politics News

So we're calling on the U.S. to host this meeting. We strongly believe that if the U.S. hosts this emergency donor's conference, other donors will join in. If we convene it, they will come.

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Bill Gates Pledges $750 Million For Troubled Global Fund

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Video, Global Health, Global Fund, Melinda Gates, Malaria, Aids, Bill Gates, Tuberculosis, Impact News

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial ...

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At the 10-Year Mark, the Global Fund Readies for a New Chapter

Natasha F. Bilimoria | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Transparency, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Global Fund, AIDS Prevention, Impact News

Last month, an independent high-level panel issued a report on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the world's largest financier ...

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Contagion -- the Stuff of Thrillers?

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, U.S. Congress, Budget, Disease, Global Fund, #Contagion, Malaria, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Tb, Tuberculosis, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Contagion, Impact News

It all starts with a cough. A woman covers her mouth and then shakes hands with a man next to her on a plane. He infects 10 others. Everyone gets horr...

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Finding And Serving The Most Vulnerable Of All

David Weiss | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Rwanda, HIV/AIDS, Usaid, Yemen, Poverty, David Weiss, Global Fund, Department of Labor, Honduras, Chf International, Impact News

Even among vulnerable communities one can find groups that seem to be the most vulnerable of all.

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30 Years Later, the Fight Against AIDS Continues Thanks to U.S. Leadership

Natasha F. Bilimoria | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Global Health, International Development, Pepfar, Global Fund, AIDS Vaccine, Aids, AIDs Epidemic, Impact News

Let's build on the progress made in the past 30 years and achieve our shared end goal -- a world free of HIV/AIDS.

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We Can Save One Million More Lives

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Hiv, #AIDS2011, Global Fund, #Save1million, HIV/AIDS Africa, Global Poverty, Aids Tb World, Global-Fund-for-Aids-Tb, TB Deaths, World News

While we have made historic progress against AIDS over the last 30 years, unless we get smart about increasing investments and leveraging the opportunities these studies provide we stand to lose previous gains.

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Global Fund Rethinks Groundbreaking Transparency Policy After Scandal

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Transparency, HIV/AIDS, Global-Fund-Corruption, Global Fund, Malaria, Charity Scandal, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Charity Transparency, Tuberculosis, Global Fund Scandal, John Parsons, Michel Kazatchkine, Impact News

GENEVA — A global health fund championed by celebrities and world leaders is considering scaling back its groundbreaking philosophy of full tran...

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No Community Left Behind? HIV and AIDS in Latin America

David Weiss | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Latin America, David Weiss, Global Fund, Health, Obama Latin America, Honduras, Colombia, Chf International, World News

Despite the great strides many countries have made, inequalities are still evident across the region. Nowhere is this more evident than in access to health care.

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Impact of Global Health Cuts Alarming, But Not Alarmist

Joanne Carter | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Politics News, Global Health, Foreign Aid, Malaria, Global Fund, Congress, GAVI Alliance, Tuberculosis, Rajiv Shah, Usaid, Politics News

According to Dr. Rajiv Shah, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, budget cuts proposed by the House would "lead to 70,000 kids dying" by scaling back on things like malaria and immunization programs.

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Cuts That Kill: The Senate Must Restore Global Health Funding

Joanne Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Congress, Global Health, Global Fund, Government Shutdown, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Politics News

A House-proposed bill proposes deep cuts to some of the most effective investments the US makes globally, including a drastic 40 percent reduction for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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Global Fund Deserves Our Support

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Global-Fund-Funding, Foreign Aid, Tuberculosis, The Global Fund, Global Fund, Impact News

Working with the Global Fund, CRS has treated more than 2 million children in Benin for malaria and distributed nearly 3 million mosquito nets in Niger.

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Why The AP Story Is Good News for the Global Fund

Bobby Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week's AP story about small instances of fraud in The Global Fund is the best possible news. Here's why.

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The Global Fund Won't Stand For Any Corruption

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Aids, The Global Fund, (RED), Global Fund Corruption, Philanthropy, Global Fund, Impact News

Yesterday's media reports drew attention to the fact that sums of money are sometimes misappropriated, but what these reports also convey is that the Global Fund has no tolerance of corruption.

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Three global health trends for the next decade

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Murray, Unicef, The Lancet, Global Fund for AIDS, World Bank, GAVI Alliance, Andy Sumner, Global Poverty and the New Bottom Billion, Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation, Jennifer Bryce, Global Fund, Jonathan Glennie, Institute for Development Studies, Owen Barder, Hans Rosling, World Health Organization, Orin Levine, Karolinska Institute, World News

In the past two decades, the international donor community has ushered in a historic expansion of global health programs. Through multi-country initi...

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Obama's Report Card on World AIDS Day: 'C'

Dr. Paul Zeitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Global Health, Pepfar, Global Fund, Obama Global Health Initiative, President Obama, World AIDS Day, HIV Cure, Politics News

President Obama did take praiseworthy actions in the fight against HIV/AIDS in 2010. What is missing is the bold audacity with which President Obama has embraced other issues

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Controlling AIDS in Our Time

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, HIV Positive Mothers, Aids, Global Fund, Antiretroviral Drugs, HIV Cure, Impact News

Two questions burn in the hearts of every HIV-positive expecting mother: Will I live to see my child grow up? And will the baby be born free from HIV? Today, for more and more women, the answer is "yes."

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When It Comes to HIV/AIDS, Do You Prefer Bush or Obama?

Dr. Paul Zeitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, Global Health Initiative, Barack Obama, Global Fund, George W. Bush, Politics News

Is it possible that we soon will look back on the presidency of George W. Bush as the pinnacle of U.S. government efforts to eradicate global HIV/AIDS?

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Rights and Health, Right Now, for Migrants

Joe Amon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, HIV/AIDS, South Africa, Hiv, Africa, Global Fund, International AIDS Conference, Immigration, Japan, World News

This article by Joseph Amon and Kanae Doi originally appeared in the October 27, 2010 edition of Africa Japan Forum "Africa Now" No. 89. The South Af...

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Global Fund an Early Test for Obama's New Global Poverty Strategy

Joanne Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Affairs, Global Fund, Barack Obama, MDG Summit, Politics News

Yesterday President Obama stood before the United Nations and outlined his vision for the United States to continue the fight against global poverty a...

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