The Global Fund was, and is, one of the most hopeful, compassionate and impressive things the international community has done in a long time. That’s why it’s being celebrated in and around the grand UN confab this week. That’s why some cheered when Britain announced it would give another $1.6 billion this week, and it’s also why some are clamoring for even more funds – since many millions more are still not reached. But like most things we humans do when we rush in to fix something, it was also seriously flawed.
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Dr. KJ Seung in North Korea.The Eugene Bell Foundation Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a global problem, but one that is…
Luwiza Makukula is a Zambian grandmother who says she would not be alive today if not for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
tuberculosis patient, El Salvador As a Reuters article from last week indicated, there were high hopes the results from a…
People are always surprised by this one basic fact about tuberculosis: One out of every three people on the planet…
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Global health is sexy. At least in Seattle. The…
An odd-sounding scientific experiment — a battery-powered “electronic nose” — has been awarded a $950,000 grant from the Bill &…
Peter Small wanted to get back on the front lines. Small, who qualifies as one of the old-timers at the…
More than a thousand young (along with a few not-so-young) Seattleites got together Friday to eat, drink, dance, schmooze and…
Okay, you don’t have much more time. Party with a Purpose is almost sold out. This Friday’s event, sponsored by…