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From the Breakthroughs Blog: 2012

Funding for global health R&D: good news and bad
PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
December 18, 2012

Funding for global health R&D: good news and bad

Sometimes the best news is no news at all. That’s one of the thoughts that struck me while pondering the results of the latest G-FINDER survey on global funding of R&D for neglected diseases.

Nick Chapman
GHTC
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Doune Porter
December 13, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Francesca Holme
December 6, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Changing our definition of neglected diseases: Is it time to think beyond traditional terms?
CDC/ Prof. Woodbridge Foster; Prof. Frank H. Collins
December 4, 2012

Changing our definition of neglected diseases: Is it time to think beyond traditional terms?

Depending on who you ask, you’ll come up with a number of different definitions for what exactly characterizes a neglected disease, as there’s no generally accepted definition.

Kaitlin Christenson
GHTC
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Reaching an AIDS-free generation: Why research and new tools must be part of the solution
December 2, 2012

Reaching an AIDS-free generation: Why research and new tools must be part of the solution

Ahead of World AIDS Day, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton launched a new State Department blueprint to reach an “AIDS-free generation” within five years.

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Aaron Joel Santos
November 29, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Developing new tools to fight TB: New report examines state of TB R&D
PATH
November 26, 2012

Developing new tools to fight TB: New report examines state of TB R&D

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the oldest known human pathogens that continues to pose a global public health threat in the 21st century.

Eleonora Jiménez–Levi Treatment Action Group
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Nguyen Ba Quang
November 18, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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On childhood TB, time for ACTION
November 12, 2012

On childhood TB, time for ACTION

In this guest post, Mandy Slutsker, senior project associate with the ACTION Partnership, writes about a new report that calls for increased efforts to fight tuberculosis among children worldwide.

Mandy Slutsker ACTION Partnership
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Roundup: The impact of the elections on global health and development
PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
November 7, 2012

Roundup: The impact of the elections on global health and development

With the results of the presidential and congressional elections now almost two days behind us, there has been increasing reaction and speculation about what President Barack Obama’s second term and new congressional leadership could mean for foreign policy, international development, and global health.

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
November 1, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
October 25, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Nick Taylor
GHTC
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Discovering new interventions to prevent preterm birth
Paul Joseph Brown / GAPPS
October 24, 2012

Discovering new interventions to prevent preterm birth

With more than 15 million babies born preterm every year, of which one million will die in infancy, preterm birth is a global health crisis that must be elevated and prioritized on an international scale.

Eve Lackritz Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth
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The final presidential debate: Global health was missing from the foreign policy discussion
October 23, 2012

The final presidential debate: Global health was missing from the foreign policy discussion

It’s not much of a surprise that Monday night’s presidential debate, which focused on foreign policy, was consumed by a discussion of defense spending, and security and trade policies regarding the Middle East, North Africa, and China.

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Mike Wang
October 18, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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The Financial Times highlights global successes and the remaining challenges in combating NTDs
October 16, 2012

The Financial Times highlights global successes and the remaining challenges in combating NTDs

In this guest post, Richard Hatzfeld, communications director for the Sabin Vaccine Institute, writes about a special report on neglected tropical diseases in the Financial Times, and the need for increased research, partnerships, and support to combat these diseases.

Richard Hatzfeld Sabin Vaccine Institute
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Will Boase
October 11, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Celebrating the birthday of Breakthroughs: The best of the GHTC blog
PATH/Evelyn Hockstein
October 9, 2012

Celebrating the birthday of Breakthroughs: The best of the GHTC blog

It’s been a busy twelve months for the team at the Global Health Technologies Coalition!

Kaitlin Christenson
GHTC
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Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week
PATH/Dan Chang
October 7, 2012

Research Roundup: What we’re reading this week

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

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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Roundup: What will sweeping budget cuts do to health and research efforts?
October 3, 2012

Roundup: What will sweeping budget cuts do to health and research efforts?

Over the past few weeks—as Congress worked on a budget deal to keep the federal government running through the end of March 2013—several global health and international development groups released new reports about what looming, across-the-board cuts would do to these programs worldwide.

Kim Lufkin
GHTC
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