global health

Primate disease field guide covers critical gap in global health

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:00:00 -0600

(Emory University) The first trench-to-bench field guide for tracking wild primate infectious diseases provides integrated information that could help scientists identify infection patterns and prevent epidemics, says Emory University scientist and lead author. The work was published Nov. 17 in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology's Yearbook of Physical Anthropology.

Global health seen as big business for Seattle

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:28:00 -0500

Global health could be the next big thing for business in Seattle, which for some raises the question of whether it should be a business.

World leaders in infectious diseases convene to discuss emerging...

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene) Nearly 2,700 leading researchers and scientists in the area of infectious and emerging disease are expected to attend the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to discuss the prevention and treatment of global health threats in New Orleans, Dec. 7-11, 2008.

HIV rates among drug users rising

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:43:04 -0500

The rising prevalence of HIV among injecting drug users represents a global health challenge, researchers say.

Global Malaria Estimates Are Reduced

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:20:00 -0500

The 2008 World Malaria Report finds that the global health agency overestimated rates of new malaria cases by about 100 million per year

Harvard University recipient of Global Health Nutrition grant

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(Harvard Medical School) The Harvard Initiative for Global Health has been selected to receive a prestigious $400,000 Framework Programs for Global Health grant from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center.

Brown study: Schistosomiasis more debilitating than estimated

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:00:00 -0600

The health effects of one strain of schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease common in developing countries, are seven to 46 times greater than previously estimated, according to new Brown University research. The study findings, which appear in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, may have major implications for global health policy.