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November 23, 2014

Ten global health advancements I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving

As global health advocates, our work often requires us to focus on unmet needs—such as the number of people worldwide who still die from preventable diseases each year, or the lack of adequate resources and investment to tackle these diseases.

September 3, 2014

Why invest in R&D for HIV, TB and malaria? Because it’s good for global health, and good for Europe

In this post, Eoghan Walsh—communications officer at Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW)—writes about the need for Europe to increase financial and political support for efforts aimed at creating new ways to tackle diseases such as HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.

July 27, 2014

Research Roundup: Appropriations, Ebola, AIDS 2014, open working groups, and more

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

July 22, 2014

Senate shows strong support for global health R&D in defense appropriations bill and report

Earlier this month, we reported that both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees included language supporting global health research and development (R&D) in their reports concerning funding for the Department of State, foreign operations and related programs.