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Whadya Know About NTDs?
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent a group of more than a dozen major chronic infectious diseases, most of them parasitic infections, found in the developing countries of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Thirteen NTDs represent the most common infections of people living in extreme poverty. These diseases disproportionately affect the bottom billion, producing chronic disability resulting in impaired child … Read More
World TB Day 2017 – Unite to End TB
World TB Day is held each year on March 24th and aims to build public awareness for action against tuberculosis, a disease which despite being curable, remains a destructive epidemic in much of the world. This year, we commemorate the 135th anniversary of Dr Robert Koch’s announcement in 1882 of his discovery of the TB bacillus, the cause of tuberculosis. … Read More
Whadya Know About TB?
Each year on March 24th, we celebrate World TB Day. Although tuberculosis (TB) is preventable and curable, it remains one of the top ten causes of death in the world.
Poll: Who should be the next WHO Director-General?
A new Director-General for the WHO will be voted on by UN Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May. It is the first year that the vote is open to the organization’s entire 194 country membership instead of just the Executive Board. Following in this spirit of transparency, we at GBCHealth thought it might be interesting to offer … Read More
Call for Applications: 2017-2019 Global Fund PSD Board Member and Alternate Board Member Elections
The Private Sector Delegation (PSD) to the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is now accepting applications for Board Member and Alternate Board Member positions for the upcoming 2017-2019 term. The PSD Board Member and Alternate Board Member will represent the private sector as a voting constituency to the Global Fund’s governance board for a … Read More
Healthy People, Healthy Region: Driving Corporate Action to Eliminate Malaria in Asia-Pacific
The Healthy People, Healthy Region: Driving Corporate Action to Eliminate Malaria in Asia-Pacific private sector meeting was held on May 10, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand as part of the Joint Malaria Week. Co-organized by the Asian Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) and the Myanmar Health and Development Consortium (MHDC), with support from Sanofi and Sumitomo Chemical, the meeting brought together … Read More
New Private Sector Partnership Led by GSK Raises £22 million to improve health systems for malaria
GSK and UK-based charity Comic Relief have announced a £22 million partnership providing grant funding to organizations addressing malaria and improving health systems in some of the world’s worst-affected regions. Grant recipients in Ghana, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and the Greater Mekong region will benefit from this collaboration, which will promote research into medicines and vaccines, improve the supply of … Read More
Applications are now open for the first of the 2016 GBCHealth Business Action on Health Awards: Focus on Women and Girls
Each year, GBCHealth’s Business Action on Health Awards shines a spotlight on exemplary corporate programs that address global health challenges in unique, high-impact and collaborative ways. Improving the health of women and girls around the world is a top priority for the international community, as evidenced by the inclusion of specific health targets in the new Global Goals for Sustainable … Read More
RBM Partnership Approves Reformed Structure
The Roll Back Malaria Partnership Board approved a new Governance Framework at its 29th Board Meeting in Geneva which will refine and refocus the current Partnership to better advocate for and attract increased attention to the global malaria fight for the next fifteen years. Part of this Board approval will see the creation of a high-level Malaria Council, a Partnership … Read More