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Opinion - Canada Should Continue To Contribute Its 'Fair Share' to Global Fund, Opinion Piece Says
As the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria faces a shortfall of about $4 billion to 'meet the demand for the funding of projects in 2009 and 2010' and donor countries 'are being asked to top off their existing contributions,' Canada 'need[s] to build on [its] support and leadership,' Stephen
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2009-04-27

Drug Access - Shortage of HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria Drugs in Ugandan District Could Lead to Treatment Interruption, Drug Resistance
A shortage of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria medications in Uganda's northern Gulu district could cause patients to interrupt treatment and lead to drug resistance, Paul Onek, Gulu director of health services, said recently, IRIN/PlusNews reports. According to IRIN/PlusNews, inadequate management of the
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2009-04-20

Politics and Policy - Lancet Examines Concerns That Obama Administration Could Flat-Line PEPFAR Funding
President Obama's administration in its fiscal year 2010 budget proposal could flat-line global HIV/AIDS funding at its current level of $5.3 billion, some congressional aides and lobbyists said recently, the Lancet reports. According to the Lancet, the possible funding freeze for global health programs such
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2009-04-17

Global Challenges - Funding HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria 'Smart Investment,' U.N. Secretary General Ban Says
Funding programs aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria is a 'smart investment,' United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday in a video message to a meeting in Cacares, Spain, to call on donors to fund United Nations-supported efforts against the three diseases, Xinhuanet reports.B
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2009-03-31

Global Challenges - About 25% of TB Deaths Occur Among HIV-Positive People, WHO Global TB Control Report Says
About one-quarter of tuberculosis-related deaths involve an HIV-positive person, twice as high as previous estimates, according to the Global Tuberculosis Control Report 2009, which the World Health Organization released Tuesday to coincide with World TB Day, the Wall Street Journal reports. The report found
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2009-03-25

Politics and Policy - Global Health Advocates Respond to Obama's FY 2010 Budget Proposal
Although many global health advocates have expressed optimism about the proposed 10% increase in foreign spending in President Obama's $3.55 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2010, others have expressed concern that a deceleration in global health funding could hinder U.S. efforts to combat disease ov
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2009-03-03

Global Challenges - Pacific Leaders Launch Friends of the Global Fund Group To Increase Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria
Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce on Monday launched the Pacific Friends of the Global Fund to increase awareness of Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria programs in the Pacific region, the AAP/Sydney Morning Herald reports. Business, political and community leaders from the Pacific re
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2009-02-24

Opinion - U.S. Should 'Do A Lot More To Help Fight' HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB Worldwide, Editorial Says
'The international AIDS community is buzzing with anxiety over unconfirmed reports that the Obama administration may hold down American financing for international AIDS programs that need greatly increased support,' a New York Times editorial says, adding 'We hope that the new budget blueprint to be released
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2009-02-24

Global Challenges - Global Fund Urges Governments To Sustain Funding Commitments Amid Economic Downturn
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday urged donor governments to sustain funding commitments in order to close the organization's $5 billion funding gap over the next two years, the Los Angeles Times 'Booster Shots' blog reports. Advocates for the Global Fund made their appeal d
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2009-01-30

Global Challenges - South Africa's Standard Bank To Offer Support to Global Fund Recipients in Africa
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday announced that it has signed an agreement with the South Africa's Standard Bank under which the bank will provide no-cost expertise to select African countries receiving Global Fund grants, Reuters reports (MacInnis, Reuters, 1/26). The bank w
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2009-01-27