April 17, 2012

Health activists applaud World Bank appointment

Health GAP (Global Access Project) welcomed the appointment of Dr Jim Yong Kim as President of the World Bank. Dr Kim is a transformative figure in global health who lead the '3-by-5' initiative to scale up access to AIDS treatment in Africa at a time when so-called experts in development'including the World Bank'argued it was neither feasible nor 'cost effective' to do so.

TB, AIDS, and malaria are finding new ways to resist treatment

Rising drug resistance has turned what public health officials call today's Big Three infections ' HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria ' even more fearsome. Together, these diseases kill millions every year, representing 10 percent of all deaths globally. Worse, the trio of epidemics is tragically interconnected, with TB, for example, the leading cause of death among individuals infected with HIV.

MCC urged to make drug available

A promising new drug currently on trial offers the last hope for some patients with pre-extensively drug resistant (XDR) or XDR tuberculosis, and the life or death decision on whether to make it available rests with the Medicines Control Council (MCC).

Health activists applaud World Bank appointment

TB, AIDS, and malaria are finding new ways to resist treatment

MCC urged to make drug available

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