Health technologies have the potential to save millions of lives. New tools are needed to slow the global threat of diseases, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases, and tackle many other pressing health needs. For diseases and conditions primarily affecting people in the world’s poorest places, there is little to no commercial market to spur R&D. Strong investment and innovative solutions are needed to catalyze the development of new technologies to bring health and opportunity within reach for all people.
GHTC joined 162 organizations in endorsing a letter to House and Senate leadership urging them to complete work on the fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriations bills as soon as possible, given that the uncertainty created by short-term continuing resolutions can have “severe consequences for science and research.”
Homeland Preparedness News covered GHTC's 2019 Innovating for Impact Awards, which honored Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL).
In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.
Faces of Innovation—a new GHTC project that features scientists on the front lines of research and development on new global health tools and technologies—profiles Hannah Wu, who we met at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Conference, who is working to develop vaccines against the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis at Brown University.
