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Tue., August 25, 2009
Secretary Clinton Visits Seven African Countries
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Council Commends Clinton Fdn. for Agreements to Expand Access to Second-Line Treatments
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PBS Highlights Gates Award Laureate
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Obama Calls for Comprehensive Global Health Response in Ghana
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Council CEO Sturchio Addresses High-Level U.N. Meeting
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 Global Health Council Blogs

  John Donnelly, former reporter with the Boston
   Globe
, looks inside African Ministeries of Health


  Council’s Rollason Blogs Live from 9th International
   Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific


 Global Health Council News

  How Can Family Planning Efforts Help Us Achieve the Millennium Development Goals?
Thurs., July 30, 2009 at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. This panel discussion and dialogue addressed the importance of scaling up family planning efforts.

  MCC and Global Health Initiatives: Paving the Road to Healthy Lives
Wed., July 29, 2009 at the MCC Headquarters in Washington, D.C. We co-hosted a public forum on Global Health Initiatives including Millenium Challenge Corporation, USA's (MCC's) contributions to the U.S. Government's investment in healthy futures.

  Community Meeting with Dr. Christopher Murray, Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Wed., July 22, 2009 at the Global Health Council, Washington, D.C. Dr. Christopher Murray discussed study findings confirming the need for systematic health resource tracking and greater transparency in development assistance reporting systems.

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 Global Health Council Conference

  Theme to mark progress & debate on global
   health goals


  Health Leaders to Co-Chair Conference

  Gates Award Nominations Open - Deadline Oct. 31

  Call for Abstracts deadlines announced



 Global Health Events







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World Health News

 Sebelius Names Chair of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

 Warnings Over Swine Flu 'Second Wave'

 New GlobeScan Public Opinion Survey from Circle of Blue Finds Water Issues are the Top Environmental Concern Worldwide

 UN Agencies Launch Next Round of Child Health Initiative in Somalia



Member News

 Global Health Nurse Blogs through War Torn Africa

 PATH Wins $1.5M Hilton Prize, World's Biggest Award for Humanitarian Work

 New Tool by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT

 Save the Date - NetMark End-of-Project Event



Notes from the Field

  Neglected Disease Funding Remains Off the Mark

  HeroRATS: African Rats Trained to Sniff Out TB

  35 Years after Discovery, the World is on the Verge of Stopping Deadly Rotavirus

  TB Vaccine Researchers Find Strength in Numbers

















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