February 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

Can AIDS Be Halted in Just Five Years?

Over the past two days, a glowing cascade of headlines have injected a serious feel-good note in the fight against HIV/AIDS. " Anti-retrovirals could halt AIDS spread in five years ," the BBC trumpeted, similar stories abounded . Given the degree...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 9:15 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

A $2.2 Trillion Global Health Disaster

Here's a vision: in the future, the world's 3,000 biggest firms suddenly suffer a $ 2.2 trillion loss, forcing fully one-third of their profits to evaporate. This image of financial apocalypse is brought to you by none other than the United Nations...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 8:44 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Rwanda Says No to Condoms in Prison

Rwanda would really like to fight HIV/AIDS in prison -- but not if doing so breaks the law. It sounds like a bizarre statement, and it is. But by continuing to deny prisoners condoms, that's what prison officials are effectively arguing. Across the...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 8:29 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Fighting Bad Ideas About Male Circumcision

Let's be clear: There is no vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, when you engage in risky behavior -- whether it's sexual intercourse or injection drug use -- there is no foolproof way to completely prevent the risk of transmission. I don't...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2010 7:02 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Who Will Fund Haiti's Fields?

Apparently, trees and rice fields have very little sway over the donor's imagination. After all, they're not great camera fodder -- you'd never see, for example, CNN's Anderson Cooper hoisting a tree trunk in a desperate passage to safety...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 9:03 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Behind Haiti's Orphan Crisis, Government Neglect

Thanks to the much-ballyhooed case of missionaries who went kid-snatching in Haiti, the plight of Haiti's orphans has gotten a lot more press in recent days. Not very discriminate coverage, though -- more of the shallow, headline-grabby variety. Which...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2010 11:24 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

WHO to Health Workers in Haiti: Please Don't Leave

In the aftermath of the devastating Jan. 12 quake, some 1,000 physicians descended on Haiti. They were joined by representatives from a whopping 396 national and international organizations, all working to secure survivors' health amid the rubble...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2010 12:17 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

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