Global Health Progress

Each year, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) brings leaders from government, business and civil society together to discuss pressing global challenges and launch specific Commitments to Action addressing these challenges. This roundup features a sampling of posts from the many online thought leaders who shared their insights on the CGI meeting.

The HIV/AIDS pandemic may keep Zambia from meeting its Millennium Development Goals, according to a United Nations mid-point review released this month.

Harmful air pollutants can be transported across oceans and continents leaving a negative impact on air quality in even distant regions of the planet, according to a report released by the National Research Council.

Responding to earlier calls from the Ugandan Parliament’s House Committee on HIV/AIDS to increase funding for HIV, the Ugandan Minister of Health, Dr. Stephen Malinga, said that the current revenue base of the Ugandan government is too small to tackle the country’s disease prevention and treatment challenges.

U.N. health officials issued a report Wednesday estimating that 4 million people are now receiving AIDS drugs worldwide.

As part of the first ever collaboration between a vaccine manufacturer and a molecular diagnostics company, Merck & Co., Inc. and Qiagen N.V. are initiating a $600 million collaborationto increase access to vaccinations against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and HPV DNA testing in select GAVI-eligible countries.

Personal healthcare monitoring applications currently being developed by startup companies for smart phones could ultimately improve health outcomes in developing countries, thenew executive director of the mHealth Alliance, David Aylward, said in an interview.

As infection rates remain high in Uganda and the country continues to experience frequent shortages of anti-retroviral medicines, the Ugandan Parliament’s house committee on HIV/AIDS and related matters has appealed to the government to increase its funding for HIV.

The seventh biennial 2009 U.S. – Africa Business Summit is an opportunity for company representatives to meet leaders from the public and private sectors in the U.S. and Africa to discuss the latest investment and trade opportunities in Africa.

A century after trachoma was eradicated in most developing countries, 60 percent of those living in Australia’s remote communities are still afflicted by the eye disease.