Dear Colleagues,
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Despite the holiday season, we found numerous interesting articles. First of all we included three articles on the address by Obama to Ghana ’s parliament. A short report of what he said by the Kaiser Family Foundation, followed by two comments. One from Ruth Levine from the Centre for Global Development (CGD) and one from Paul Collier; both emphasising the change in tone that Obama used: No compassion but rather conscience and accountability. Then, among the articles around the World Population Day on July 11, we selected one article from IRIN underlining the fall in funding for family planning since the
On Health system strengthening, we included a blog post from CGD again, with interesting replies already, on the recent move from the GFATM, GAVI and the World Bank to merge their efforts in strengthening health systems. On the World Bank website you will also find extensive reports from the consultation held in
This week, The Lancet has a large series of articles related to AIDS. We could not include all of them so please check online if you are particularly interested. If you haven’t read it so far, we propose you to read the opinion written in March by Peter Piot, Michel Kazatchkine, Mark Dybul and Julian Lob-Levyt on the myths hanging around AIDS that is published in this week’s paper version. We also added a short comment on the need for PEPFAR to adapt its priorities to include the retention of patients benefiting from ART. The Lancet also publishes the results of an aborted trial on the risk of HIV transmission to female partner of circumcised HIV+ male and a comment on this research.
Finally, the UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) has published a report on counterfeit drugs in
I apologise if you find some mistakes in this text as my preferred editors are absent today.
Best Regards.
David Hercot & on behalf of Wim Van Damme
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Obama’s Global Health policy
1. KFF – Obama addresses Ghana’s parliament, reiterates
http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2009/July/13/GH-071309-Obama-In-Ghana.aspx
2. A C-Change in Presidential Rhetoric: Compassion to Conscience and Common Interest
By Ruth Levine
3. Guardian – Send in the accountants
Paul Collier
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/14/aid-obama-africa-accountants
Funding Aid
4. IRIN – GLOBAL: Falling family planning funding threatens poverty fight
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85223
Health System Strengthening
5. Wedding Bells for GAVI, the World Bank and the Global Fund?
By Ruth Levine
6. Lancet – Reinventing Primary Health Care
Julio Frenk
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60693-0/fulltext
AIDS
7. Lancet AIDS: lessons learnt and myths dispelled
Peter Piot, Michel Kazatchkine, Mark Dybul, Julian Lob-Levyt
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60321-4/fulltext
8. Lancet PEPFAR’s biggest success is also its largest liability
Peter Navario
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61312-X/fulltext
9. Lancet Circumcision in HIV-infected men and its effect on HIV transmission to female partners in
Maria J Wawer, Frederick Makumbi, Godfrey Kigozi, David Serwadda, Stephen Watya, Fred Nalugoda, Dennis Buwembo, Victor Ssempijja, Noah Kiwanuka, Lawrence H Moulton, Nelson K Sewankambo, Steven J Reynolds, Thomas C Quinn, Pius Opendi, Boaz Iga, Renee Ridzon, Oliver Laeyendecker, Ronald H Gray
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60998-3/fulltext
10. Lancet Male circumcision and HIV risks and benefits for women
Jared M Baeten, Connie Celum, Thomas J Coates
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61311-8/fulltext
Drugs
11. Fake medicines in
UNODC
