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Breakthroughs brings you stories of bright ideas and bold innovations in global health.

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Research Roundup: UK approves Pfizer vaccine, the question of pregnant health care workers in vaccine distribution, and a quantitative antibody test
PATH/Aaron Joel Santos
December 7, 2020

Research Roundup: UK approves Pfizer vaccine, the question of pregnant health care workers in vaccine distribution, and a quantitative antibody test

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Anna Kovacevich GHTC
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World Contraception Day quiz: Name that contraceptive method
September 17, 2020

World Contraception Day quiz: Name that contraceptive method

How much do you know about the history of contraceptive innovation? Take GHTC's World Contraception Day quiz to test your knowledge.

Anna Kovacevich GHTC
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Research Roundup: A lack of data on vaccines for pregnant women and children, saliva-based COVID-19 tests, and an R&D consortium
PATH/Patrick McKern
August 24, 2020

Research Roundup: A lack of data on vaccines for pregnant women and children, saliva-based COVID-19 tests, and an R&D consortium

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Anna Kovacevich GHTC
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Play: TRICK or TREATment?
October 21, 2019

Play: TRICK or TREATment?

To enjoy a bit of fun and mischief this Halloween, we’ve created a game, TRICK or TREATment, to test our readers’ knowledge of global health technologies.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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President signs spending bill boosting funding for global health
PATH/Doune Porter
February 25, 2019

President signs spending bill boosting funding for global health

On February 15, President Trump signed into law a bipartisan spending bill—averting another partial government shutdown and ensuring full-year funding for the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2019. The months-long saga ended with some great news for global health and research and development.

Emily Conron GHTC
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10 brilliant technological innovations to save moms and babies
PATH/Doune Porter
July 26, 2018

10 brilliant technological innovations to save moms and babies

For many mothers and babies around the world, the first 48 hours after birth are the most dangerous of their lives. For eight years, Saving Lives at Birth—spearheaded by USAID—has challenged problem solvers worldwide to create innovative solutions to make birth safer and save lives. Here are ten incredible innovations from this initiative:

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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Celebrating ten years of GHTC & a decade of progress in global health innovation
December 17, 2017

Celebrating ten years of GHTC & a decade of progress in global health innovation

As we close out our 10th anniversary year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on our shared progress and celebrate the headlines and moments that shaped global health R&D over the past decade. Check out some of the highlights...

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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Research Roundup: Discerning between Zika and dengue, hope for a GBS vaccine, and killer mosquitoes as mosquito control
PATH/Georgina Goodwin
November 12, 2017

Research Roundup: Discerning between Zika and dengue, hope for a GBS vaccine, and killer mosquitoes as mosquito control

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Taylor Capizola
GHTC
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Research Roundup: A Zika vaccine priority, partnerships for better cures, and a nationwide polio vaccine drive
PATH/WIll Boase
September 24, 2017

Research Roundup: A Zika vaccine priority, partnerships for better cures, and a nationwide polio vaccine drive

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Taylor Capizola
GHTC
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A competition where the highest prize is lives saved
GHTC/Marissa Chmiola
August 1, 2017

A competition where the highest prize is lives saved

What do an onsite chlorine generator, fingerprint scanning technology for newborns, and temperature-monitoring wristband all have in common? The potential to save the lives of mothers and newborns in some of the poorest, hardest-to-reach communities around the world.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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Research Roundup: A virus-killing mask, testing drugs on pregnant women, and DARPA’s global health portfolio
PATH/Evelyn Hockstein
January 16, 2017

Research Roundup: A virus-killing mask, testing drugs on pregnant women, and DARPA’s global health portfolio

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Kat Kelly
GHTC
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A cornucopia of thanks
November 20, 2016

A cornucopia of thanks

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, GHTC asked our members and staff to share what they are most thankful for in global health.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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The potential, the pitch, and the prize: Innovators compete to save maternal and newborn lives
Marissa Chmiola/GHTC
August 2, 2016

The potential, the pitch, and the prize: Innovators compete to save maternal and newborn lives

During the pitches at the Saving Lives at Birth DevelopmentXChange, the questions being asked were not how large the market, but how great the need, and not how much money can be made, but how many lives could be saved.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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Research Roundup: Placenta-on-a-chip, nasal bacteria against MRSA, and an experimental yellow fever vaccine
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
July 31, 2016

Research Roundup: Placenta-on-a-chip, nasal bacteria against MRSA, and an experimental yellow fever vaccine

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Kat Kelly
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Diagnostics for malaria, premature birth, and women’s health
Gabe Bienczycki
June 6, 2016

Research Roundup: Diagnostics for malaria, premature birth, and women’s health

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Kat Kelly
GHTC
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Research Roundup: an Ebola vaccine, stillbirths, and antimicrobial R&D
January 24, 2016

Research Roundup: an Ebola vaccine, stillbirths, and antimicrobial R&D

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, signed an advanced purchase commitment, pledging to spend US$5 million on an Ebola vaccine currently under development by pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.

Kat Kelly
GHTC
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365 review: Top global health innovation news of 2015
December 22, 2015

365 review: Top global health innovation news of 2015

As 2015 draws to a close, the Global Health Technologies Coalition is reflecting on the past year in global health innovation.

Kat Kelly
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Preterm birth indicators, African sleeping sickness treatment, and the world’s first dengue vaccine
December 13, 2015

Research Roundup: Preterm birth indicators, African sleeping sickness treatment, and the world’s first dengue vaccine

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) received a grant from the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, a member of the GHTC, to study the human microbiome in search of biomarkers to predict preterm birth.

Kat Kelly
GHTC
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Research Roundup: repurposing ivermectin to fight malaria, LED lights against dengue fever, rapid diagnostics to slow antimicrobial resistance, and more
CDC/Prof Woodridge Foster, Prof. Frank H. Collins
November 1, 2015

Research Roundup: repurposing ivermectin to fight malaria, LED lights against dengue fever, rapid diagnostics to slow antimicrobial resistance, and more

Findings of a study presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting last week suggest that ivermectin—a drug long used to treat river blindness and elephantiasis—can combat malaria when used in mass drug administration programs.

Kat Kelly
GHTC
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Research Roundup: an HIV and AIDS vaccine candidate, inflatable incubator for premature babies, and US government R&D
CDC/Dr. Scott Smith
October 18, 2015

Research Roundup: an HIV and AIDS vaccine candidate, inflatable incubator for premature babies, and US government R&D

Dr. Robert Gallo co-discovered the HIV virus and subsequently led the development of the first HIV and AIDS blood test.

Kat Kelly
GHTC
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