Nobody knows why Cambodia's malaria parasites are such buffed-up hyper-Darwinian winners. Some scientists think it's because the treatments have been used there so long that the parasites have a head-start.

It is the very success of hundreds of health programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria that has produced the surge in demand for fresh grants.

Hartman worked in Afghanistan from 1976 until the Soviet invasion in 1979; he returned in 2004, after the Taliban had been removed from power, and spe...

The Global Fund is facing a funding shortfall of about $2 billion; a paltry sum in view of US financial bailouts, but resources that, if made available, will save millions of lives.

The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system has created a humanitarian crisis where people are already suffering from a crippling hyperinflation and severe food, fuel and currency shortages.

The world is on the cusp of an explosion of drug-resistant tuberculosis cases that could deluge hospitals and leave physicians fighting a nearly untre...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The number of people infected with both tuberculosis and HIV is twice what researchers previously thought, top health officials...

It is not enough -- and not appropriate -- for international NGOs to be directly providing services. We must simultaneously build local capacity, if not, none of the results will be sustainable.

TUGELA FERRY, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa -- Two health workers trudge up a steep, rocky hill carrying a blue cooler full of freezer packs ...

As I reflect on my holiday experience last year and in light of this year's economic and moral climate, I marvel on the ability of a few to change the lives of many.