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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.