The compendium of indicators is the result of an international collaboration of multi and bilateral donors (including UN Women, UNAIDS, WHO, USAID,PEPFAR, GFATM), civil society, NGOs, researchers and other experts who came to agreement on a set of standardized indicators to measure programmatic areas vital to the intersection of gender and HIV that may be used at national, regional or programmatic levels. [Read More]
Global control of tuberculosis: from extensively drug-resistant to untreatable tuberculosis3/31/2014
In this Review, we discuss the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, implications for health-care workers, and ethical and medicolegal aspects of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and other resistant strains. Finally, we discuss the emerging problem of functionally untreatable tuberculosis, and the issues and challenges that it poses to public health and clinical practice. The emergence and growth of highly resistant strains of tuberculosis make the development of new drugs and rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis—and increased funding to strengthen global control efforts, research, and advocacy—even more pressing. [Read More]
Combination Prevention of HIV - A Technical Guide to Working with Key Affected Populations3/31/2014
This practical guide presents evidence and example activities that serve as a resource for program implementers and planners working to prevent HIV among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs. [Read More]
We’d like to present Pact’s Mobile Technology Handbook, a comprehensive resource for getting started with mobile data collection. Mobile technology – mobile phones, smartphones, and tablets – have not only changed the way people communicate and share information, but also how development professionals conduct surveys, disseminate information to program participants, collect beneficiary feedback, and many other activities. [Read More]
Best Buys in Global Health: Let’s go the distance: Investing in partnerships for a healthier future3/31/2014
Today’s global health challenges are increasingly urgent and complex, cutting across national boundaries and traditional development silos... Knowing where to invest time, resources and funding to have the greatest impact in this complex environment can be difficult. To inform these decisions, Devex, in partnership with PSI and PATH, conducted a survey to highlight smart investments in global health. We surveyed nearly 1,500 experts working in global health to learn what they think are the smartest investments — or “best buys” — to achieve our public health goals. [Read More]
Leaders in the West African sub-region have raised a red flag, calling for a concerted effort to battle the deadly Ebola Haemorraheagic fever which broke out in Guinea recently and spread across the borders here and to neighboring Sierra Leone. [Read More]
Delegates attending the ongoing three-day 12th Innovation Africa Digital Summit in Banjul have been speaking about the continent's enormous potentials in Information Communication and Technology, saying the gains registered so far are promising for the region. [Read More]
Call for applications: The Aubrey Sheiham Evidence-based Health Care in Africa Leadership Award 20143/28/2014
The Aubrey Sheiham Evidence-based Health Care in Africa Leadership Award is offered annually by The Cochrane Collaboration to an individual from Africa to support the conduct and dissemination of a high-impact Cochrane Review focussing on a topic relevant to resource constrained settings. [Read More]
The purpose of the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC), developed by the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TBCTA), is to describe a widely accepted level of care that all practitioners, public and private, should seek to achieve in managing patients who have, or are suspected of having, tuberculosis. [Read More]
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