WHO now recommends that anti-retroviral therapy be prescribed to all children under five. But where will the drugs come from and what happens when children reach adolescence? Read the full story here. Article published on the Guardian’s Development Professionals’ Network on 12 September 2013. Photo courtesy of the Gates Foundation, on Flickr, with Creative Commons License. Continue reading Treating children with HIV
A standard protocol on diagnosis and tests for HIV/AIDS tests will streamline product development and distribution, and accelerate access to treatment for patients. Read the full story here. Published on the Guardian Development Professionals’ Network, 6 August 2013. Photo is ©2011, Sokomoto Photography for International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Continue reading Wanted: standard model for HIV diagnostics in Africa
Africa is beginning to win its battle against the terrible parasitic river blindness infection, thanks in no small part to the painstaking work of villagers who catch the flies responsible for the disease and send them on for testing. The story first aired on the BBC’s From Our Own Correspondent on Radio 4 on Saturday 4 May – you can listen to it here. Or … Continue reading Beating river blindness, one fly at a time
The global health community should not take its eyes off the target to eliminate the disease that still kills 600,000 people every year. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian’s Development Professionals Network, 25 April 2013. Continue reading World Malaria Day: Time to stay focused
The African diaspora in the UK could play a key role in malaria prevention awareness in countries where the disease is endemic. Read the full story here. Published in the Guardian’s Development Professionals’ Network, 4 February 2013. Photo courtesy of Morguefile.com Continue reading Malaria and the diaspora
In 2009, a minor revolution took place at the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC): with new evidence emerging about the feasibility of eliminating onchocerciasis (better known as river blindness), the organisation decided to change its focus from control to elimination of the disease by 2025, with major implications for all stakeholders. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian’s Global Development Professionals’ Network, … Continue reading River blindness: from disease control to elimination
The development community is finally talking about how best to fight NTDs but more consensus and practical action is needed. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian, 27 November 2012. Continue reading Putting Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Spotlight
Up to three million women in sub-Saharan African and South Asia could soon benefit from a simplified, more accessible contraceptive injection, it was announced at the Family Planning Summit in London on 11 July. The new contraceptive, depo SubQ Provera 104, was developed by a partnership comprising of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), US aid agency USAID, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, … Continue reading Women to get access to innovative contraceptive
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London has just launched a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene in east Africa. Incredibly, it is the first of its kind on the continent outside of South Africa; about time, say its new graduates. Read the full story here. Published in Economist.com. Photo courtesy of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Continue reading Tropical medicine teaching in Africa, finally
Cancer kills more people globally than HIV-Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. In Africa, it is becoming a growing burden yet few donors have cottoned on to the need for action. Read the full story here. Published in the Guardian. Continue reading Cancer in Africa: time to act
