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 HealthLink | issue 148, 1 April 2008
Feature : Beth Waters: Reflections on a Lifetime of Public Health Advocacy
Feature Editor | Global
In honor of Beth Waters' commitment to global health, sanofi pasteur has underwritten this special issue of Global HealthLink in dedication to her memory.
Feature : Dengue: The Next Vaccine-Preventable Infectious Disease?
Jean Lang, MD, PHD, Travel & Endemic Vaccines, R&D Program Director, Sanofi Pasteur, France | Global
From a tropical disease of Southeast Asia occurring in epidemics every three to five years a century ago, dengue has evolved to become what is arguably one of the most important mosquito-borne diseases in humans worldwide.
Feature : Research That Improves Control of Infectious Tropical Diseases
Jamie Guth, Communications Manager, The Special Programme for Research and Training In Tropical Diseases | Global
How do we know something works? That question is difficult enough in developed countries with good infrastructure, but in poor, developing countries the challenge is much greater.
Feature : Avian Influenza Today: Risks and Progress
Mark Rasmuson, Vice President, and Director of AI.COMM, AED | Global
As of mid-February 2008, at least 361 human cases of H5N1 have been confirmed in 14 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Most people who become infected die.
Best Practices : Global Campaign Responds to Avian Flu
Feature Editor | Global
During an AI outbreak, quick, accurate communication is critical. Educating communities and the media about AI can help control outbreaks and curb the spread of misinformation that could lead to tragic consequences.
Feature : Tracking TB Amidst the Kenya Crisis
Grace Muthumbi, TB/HIV Coordinator, International Medical Corps, Kenya | Africa
"You are also here!" I said when I spotted Grace Waga in Jamhuri Park, the Nairobi showground, where thousands of displaced had recently found refuge.
Feature : Noncompliance in Polio Eradication - COMPASS Takes on the Cause
Lola Mobogunje, Mohammed Jiya-Doko and Rita Badiani, COMPASS Project, and Jennifer Wilder and Bridgit Adamou, Pathfinder International | Global
In launching the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, the World Health Assembly was poised to finish off polio as a world health problem.
Feature : New Vaccine Technologies - Promising Advances May Save More Lives
Dr. John Boslego, Director, Vaccine Development Global Program, PATH | Global
Despite the success of vaccines in the past 20 years, poorer countries often lack access to newer and more expensive vaccines, and vaccines are not yet available for many illnesses.
Feature : Council Hosts Gates Award Study Tour
Alexandra Fullem, Policy Series Manager, Global Health Council | Asia
The Global Health Council Influentials Study Tour highlighted the work of the 2007 Gates Award for Global Health winner during a visit to Thailand Feb. 18-23 as it focused on the work of the PDA.
Member/NGO News : Member News
Feature Editor | Global
News from Global Health Council Member Organizations.
Legislative Update : Public Policy Update
Feature Editor | North America
On Feb. 4, President Bush submitted a $3.1 trillion budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2009 (FY09).
Feature : Calendar
Feature Editor | Global
Calendar of upcoming events in the global health field. Updated with each new issue of Global HealthLink®.
Feature : Book Nook
Tina Flores, Senior Editor, Global Health Council | Global
Cholera was so pervasive at one point that it wreaked havoc on all levels of society – the political, social and economic – in a way that arguably no disease does today. |
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