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By LocalHealthGuide on July 29th, 2010
Seattle “Smart” Global Health Policy Forum Online
Two-hour forum on reforming U.S. global health practices was held in Seattle Thursday will be available online.
Global Health
By Michael McCarthy on July 25th, 2010
News round up
In the news: driving under the influence of prescription drugs; federal funds boost community health clinics; and Whatcom County “super rice” goes global
By Tom Paulson on June 15th, 2010
When pig flu flew
Did industry influence prompt WHO to change its working definition of pandemic, asks Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson.
By Tom Paulson on June 10th, 2010
Putting the Gateses’ mission shift in context
Maybe someone should take a hard look at how many members of the G8 kept their previous global health commitments — and whether these new commitments represent true progress or sort of a shell game.
By LocalHealthGuide on June 08th, 2010
“Our World at War” exhibit highlights Red Cross’s international work
Free exhibit will be on display at the Seattle Center June 26 through August 15.
By Tom Paulson on June 08th, 2010
What we mean when we talk about women & children’s health
Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson asks: Have women and children’s health issues really been neglected in global health policy and agenda-setting? And if so, how?
By Tom Paulson on May 27th, 2010
Global health neglects big killers
Should global health programs focus more resources on “non-communicable” diseases like heart disease and cancer, which now kill more people than infectious diseases?
By Tom Paulson on May 23rd, 2010
Child survival improving worldwide–except in America
Worldwide, child mortality is down, but the U.S. does far worse than most of the rest of the developed world, writes Seattle global health reporter Tom Paulson
By Tom Paulson on May 17th, 2010
Thailand AIDS Vaccine Trial: Back Story Troubles
Tom Paulson went to Thailand believing the recent AIDS vaccine trial had been a success; when he got there he learned about some serious, unresolved problems.
By Michael McCarthy on April 29th, 2010
U.S. adult mortality rates slip to 49th for women, 45th for men
Mortality of rates for adult Americans are now worse than they are in all of Western Europe and even such low-income countries as Chile, Tunisia and Albania.
By Tom Paulson on April 28th, 2010
View: Time for a truly global Global Health Fund
Tom Paulson blogs about former PEPFAR head Mark Dybul’s ideas about moving away from “disease-specific” projects to more comprehensive efforts.
By LocalHealthGuide on July 21st, 2009
Health stories in the news – July 21
Continuous chemotherapy for some cancers?
New York Times reporter Andrew Pollack writes that some doctors and pharmaceutical companies are advocating treating patients with cancer continuously.
“That would be a departure from the common practice of stopping treatment when the cancer is under control and resuming it only if the cancer worsens,” Pollack writes.
Some doctors say such ”maintenance [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on May 04th, 2009
Experts to give update on swine flu at UW today
A panel of local and international experts will provide an update on the influenza A/H1N1 (“swine flu”) outbreak this afternoon at the UW Medical Center.
The panel will include:
Dr. David Fleming, director of public health for Seattle and King County;
Kathleen Neuzil, director of PATH’s Influenza Vaccine Project
Marie Kimball, UW professor of epidemiology and director of Asia Pacific [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on February 03rd, 2009
Malaria fighters in Seattle
Steve Scher, host of KUOW’s talk show Weekday, today interviewed three Seattle experts who are working to control and prevent malaria, a disease that kills 1 million people a year, mostly children.
A podcast of the show is available online.
Scher’s guests included:
Dr. Rip Ballou, deputy director for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Development at the Bill and Melinda [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on January 22nd, 2009
Seattle Global Health News – PATH, Gates and IDRI
Gates gives $255 million to $630 million polio eradication push
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $255 million challenge grant to Rotary International for its Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
The Rotary will match the Gates grant with $100 million raised by its own members over the next three years.
In addition, the United Kingdom will give [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on December 02nd, 2008
Global Initiatives in Washington State
[ December 3, 2008; 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ]
Learn about opportunities to get involved in global health and global development projects here in Washington state at a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Global Washington, a coalition of Washington state nonprofit organizations, corporations, small businesses and academic institutions interested in promoting global development initiatives.
Global Washington Press Release:
Celebrate with Global Washington
PLEASE JOIN GLOBAL WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY, [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on December 02nd, 2008
Learn about global initiatives here in Washington state
Learn about opportunities to get involved in global health and global development projects here in Washington state at a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Global Washington, a coalition of Washington state nonprofit organizations, corporations, small businesses and academic institutions interested in promoting global development initiatives.
Global Washington Press Release:
Celebrate with Global Washington
PLEASE JOIN GLOBAL WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY, [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on November 29th, 2008
AIDS expert to speak at UW for World AIDS Day
[ December 1, 2008; 5:30 pm; ]
Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery.
The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80% and is credited with [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on November 29th, 2008
AIDS pioneer to speak at UW Monday, Dec. 1
Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery.
The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80% and is credited with [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on November 25th, 2008
Global Health in Washington State
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Leadership Conference last month focused on the region’s growing role in global health initiatives.
Representatives of the Washington Global Health Alliance, an organization of local nonprofit organizations, foundations, university programs and businesses involved in addressing global health problems, addressed the Chamber, describing the scale of these challenges and scope of [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on November 11th, 2008
Seattle foundations behind new malaria vaccine trial
Two Seattle-based foundations are behind a large malaria vaccine trial being launched in Africa next month.
The trial will enrol 16,000 children to test a promising vaccine that in earlier trials proved to be at least partially effective.
The trial has been organised by PATH, a Seattle-based foundation that specializes in global health, in cooperation with the [...]
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