USAID head highlights science in international development
The United States "can leave an unparalleled legacy in global health in this next decade. To seize this opportunity, we will need to do things very differently." In the first-ever speech at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by a sitting administrator for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Rajiv Shah charted a course forward for the United States' international development programs. He also issued a challenge to stakeholders in the US Government and international development community to prioritize inventing and introducing new solutions for the future.
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Kenya launches new vaccine made possible by innovative financing
Earlier this week, Kenya began immunizing children with a new vaccine to protect against pneumonia—the world's leading killer of children younger than age five. The vaccine was purchased through the first Advance Market Commitment (AMC), a unique funding effort to bring pneumococcal vaccines to millions of children worldwide.
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Agency spotlight: CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has operations in more than 54 countries, and the agency is engaged in many global health research efforts. For example, CDC collaborated with global health organizations and with local health officials in Africa to help bring a new meningitis vaccine through clinical development to public health availability. CDC is also well known for its efforts to improve disease surveillance and testing.
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Photos (top to bottom): Mike Wang, Satvir Malhotra
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February 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 23, 2011
Innovative financing and the global health funding gap
February 24, 2011
Improving health care at home and abroad: Lessons from the developing world by Lord Nigel Crisp
March 7, 2011
NIAID meeting on future infectious diseases clinical trials network
NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
New report documents global investment in research for neglected diseases
GHTC director responds to speech by USAID head
President Obama releases budget proposal
Public sector makes significant contributions to health research, study finds
Pharmaceutical company head discusses drug development for global health diseases
New report demonstrates USAID’s leadership in global health research
Global health research reaps benefits in the United States, blog says
President Obama highlights science and innovation in State of the Union address
MEMBER FOCUS
GHTC member Research!America has released a new fact sheet and public opinion poll that demonstrate the importance of global health research to New Jersey. According to the new data, investments in global health research have produced tens of thousands of jobs in medicine, research, public health, and education in the state.
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