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  1. Banner with a red cartoon depiction of HIV.
    November 8, 2013

    HIV spreading among some groups

    Since the early years of the 21st century, much of the news about HIV/AIDS has been encouraging. In many places, funding for diagnosis and treatment has increased, as has the number of people getting treatment. Transmission of HIV from mothers to infants has fallen while lifespans have soared. But a couple of stories this week remind us that the good news doesn’t extend to everyone.
  2. A woman and four chldren sit on a bench in front of a railing.
    October 25, 2013

    Access to family planning a human rights issue

    It’s estimated that more than 200 million women worldwide who want products to help them plan their families lack access to contraceptives. In advance of the International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa next month, Ethiopia’s Minister of Health Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu writes this week about his country’s progress in providing access to family planning tools, the reasons behind the great demand for them, and the work yet to be done.
  3. Side view of woman looking into microscpope.
    October 23, 2013

    Value of research extends beyond the lab

    Over the years, the United States’ commitment to funding global health research has led to the development of remarkable tools that have saved millions of lives both at home and abroad. Today, research and development supported by the people of the United States—often through the US Agency for International Development (USAID)—continues to make a better life possible for people around the world. Support from USAID helps bring forth breakthrough tools that combat tenacious killers, such as complications of pregnancy and childbirth, as well as new threats, including emerging resistance to some of our most effective medicines.
  4. Ten smiling children pose in front of a brown wall.
    October 4, 2013

    Will child survival keep going up?

    As the UN General Assembly wound up late last week, global health thinkers pondered the extent of our success in reaching UN Millennium Development Goals that call for increased survival of children. Some, such Dr. Michael H. Merson, founding director of the Duke Global Health Institute, see the numbers of childhood deaths as potentially stalling after a sharp decline. Others, such as New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, think childhood survival numbers will continue to improve. Both, however, insist more needs to be done.