Topic: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
A scheme in six Indian states that concentrated safe-sex campaigns on a few niche groups prevented 100,000 HIV infections over five years, according to estimates published in The Lancet on Tuesday.The so-called Avahan project was launched in 2003 in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, ...
In a development that could change the battle against AIDS, researchers have found that taking a daily antiretroviral pill greatly lowers the chances of getting infected with the fatal virus. In the study, published Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, ...
Merck, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commit $60M to Botswana HIV/AIDS partnershipsDrugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. said Tuesday its foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will commit an additional $60 million to Botswana's African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships.Merck said it made ...
The most powerful force against AIDS in Africa may be circumcision, a procedure that's easily done in the developed world."The ShangRing could have a huge impact on reducing HIV transmission," said Marc Goldstein, a professor of reproductive medicine and urology at New ...
The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft is touting what he sees as an investment with enormous returns the money spent to improve health care in poor countries and the millions of lives saved because of it. "Global health money improves lives more effectively ...
Not all of the billions of dollars given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to boost global health have been wisely spent, one of Britain's top medical journals said on Friday.While praising the outsized philanthropy of the Microsoft founder and his ...
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria An excellent, transparent website that has information in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. For older evaluations, see "The World Bank's Global HIV/AIDS Program of Action" and "Committing to Results: Joint United Nations ...
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