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July 4, 2017

GHTC welcomes new WHO Director General Dr. Tedros

GHTC sent a letter welcoming World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and urging him to to focus on R&D as a central aspect of WHO's efforts to advance global health.

July 2, 2017

Research Roundup: Polio mutation troubles, a pandemic bond, and Kenya's launch of a generic HIV drug

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

June 29, 2017

Contagion interviews GHTC Director on creation of Essential Diagnostics List

Contagion interviewed GHTC Director Jamie Bay Nishi regarding the World Health Organization's creation of the Essential Diagnostics List (EDL). The article focuses on the benefits of the EDL and how countries can use it to assess their burdens of disease, saving lives and money in the process.

June 28, 2017

GHTC submits input on TB Ministerial Meeting Zero Draft

GHTC submitted input to the online consultation on the Zero Draft of the Declaration proposed for the Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Tuberculosis in the Sustainable Development Era expressing strong support for the draft language and calling on drafters to ensure that future versions retain strong support for innovation and R&D as core components of combating tuberculosis (TB).