Tuberculosis is a rare disease in the part of my country i reside. Commonly diagnosed among people living positively. The issue is therefore no trivial one as much as malaria or HIV/AIDS had been in the past decade. Nontheless, certain measures have been put in place to curb to the minimum level the...

Enfoque vertical vs. horizontal en los desafíos de salud global 29 Enero Anthony Anene Anammah , Sub- receptor, Nigeria Dos factores demográficos deben ser considerados cuando se debate sobre el mejor enfoque a los sistemas de salud – los niños en riesgo de morir antes de su quinto aniversario, aquellos...

Dear ALL, My experience in Nigeria is that, there is no one correct option to approaching Global Health. It is generally agreed that Health in itself is a political subject; there is no one option as to political governance. It is largely related to the socio-cultural affiliations of the society in question...

PartnersGF - 2 005-03-18 THE GLOBAL FUND WELCOMES NEW FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM NIGERIA ********** Global Fund Press Release Stockholm - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria warmly welcomes the announcement today that Nigeria will contribute US$10 million to the Global Fund. Nigeria...

PartnersGF - 2005-03-14 Global Fund Grants, Amounts of Available Funds as Opposed to Disbursal, Numbers on treatment, Number of deaths since project began ************************** [Mods’ Note: We would like to thank Dr. Richard Stern of Agua Buena Human Rights Association (based in Costa Rica) for...

PartnersGF - 2005-03-07 NEW REPORT PRESENTS THREE SCENARIOS FOR AIDS IN AFRICA BY 2025 Scenarios look at how AIDS could shape Africa’s future UNAIDS Press release Addis Ababa, 4 March 2005 By 2025, Africa and the world could face three very different scenarios for AIDS. And depending on the actions taken...

PartnersGF - 2005-02-09 Drug Resistance and Patience Compliance: How to improve efficacy ************************* [Moderator’s Note: Dr. Abdulsalami Nasidi, Chairperson of the Nigerian CCM, writes in support of a posting last week reminding us that patient compliance and availability of medication are...

PartnersGF - 2005-01-27 Joint Media Release WHO/UNAIDS/Global Fund/US Government 26 January 2005 ************* 700 000 PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NOW RECEIVING TREATMENT PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS ALL SECTORS ARE DRIVING TREATMENT SCALE UP Davos - By the end of 2004, 700 000 people living...

PartnersGF - 2004-11-22 Mod: Below is a selection of various postings received by PartnersGf during the past few days on...... - Donors slowing down support for the Fund... - Round 5 and GF funding rounds in general... - Large-scale projects supported by the GF - The importance of TB On donors slowing...

PartnersGF - 2004-11-19 1. Dr. Charles Geshekter (Re. TB) 2. Diana K. DuBois (Re. malaria) 3. Dare Odumuye (Re. CCM mandate) Tuberculosis medicine and DOTS Dr. Charles Geshekter ********************* Dear Friends: I entirely support Beatrice Minja's timely and forceful reminder about the centrality...