Global Health Progress

October 28-30, 2008
New York, NY

This symposium brings together world-renowned researchers and clinicians to shed light on recent steps forward in cancer studies. Its primary goal is to contribute to the advancement of new immunotherapeutic and preventive approaches for future cancer vaccines.
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Former President Festus Mogae is a world-renowned crusader against HIV/AIDS in Botswana, a country with the second-highest HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa. During his two terms as president, President Mogae worked to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, including efforts to limit HIV transmission between mothers and their newborn babies and to mitigate the stigma associated [...]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday released its State of the World`s Health report, which shows that Africa accounts for 9 out of every 10 child deaths due to malaria.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS. Dr. Piot will deliver an address on the achievements and challenges the world has faced in the past decade, during the period of his leadership at UNAIDS. He will also speak to current global challenges and their implications for the health status of persons living with HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable populations, as well as the implications for donor support of critical programs.

Georgetown University

3:30 p.m.

Georgetown University Law Center hosts a discussion on President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief with U.S. global AIDS coordinator Mark Dybul.

Participants: Lawrence O. Gostin (moderator), professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and faculty director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Dr. Jeffrey L. Sturchio, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Merck & Co., Inc., and Co-Chair, Global Health Progress, remembers Dr. Allan Rosenfield, Dean Emeritus of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and women’s health advocate.

Fifteen Indian and seven Nigerian pharmaceutical companies indicted for manufacturing fake drugs, documents forgery and other unethical practices have been blacklisted by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

There are many cases of drug theft and diversion of drugs from government health facilities to private clinics. Health officials make off with tones of hospital drugs to run their own private clinics. Ironically, drugs also expire in stores as health centres complain of lack of drugs and send patients to buy them from private drug shops.

The National Drug Authority (NDA) has acquired five mini-laboratories and computer equipment to detect fake drugs. Speaking during the handover of the equipment worth $49,000 (sh88.2m) by the World Health Organisation (WHO) last week, Apollo Muhairwe, the NDA executive secretary, said cases of counterfeit drugs were decreasing following the acquisition of the new equipment.

October 25-29, 2008
San Diego, CA

The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international health specialists. APHA’s meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote [...]