http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/ Version 3.0: Tracking news around the intersections of HIV, global development and politics. Copyright 2009 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:39:23 -0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dear devoted readers: I have accepted a new job covering foreign policy for my old friends at Congressional Quarterly. This means a move back to DC and, what with the assumption of a heavy load of new duties, a hiatus... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/07/im_going_to_a_t.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/07/im_going_to_a_t.php Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:39:23 -0100 Laura Bush's trip to Africa doesn't generate a whole heck of a lot of coverage, though Joe Schatz tells us that she stopped in Zambia to talk about faith-based organizations battling AIDS. Reuters also checks in from Senegal, and the... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/old_friends.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/old_friends.php Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:06:35 -0100 NASTAD's new ADAP Watch for June says that 12 states are putting the extra Ryan White money that came about because of the new formula enacted last year to use, eliminating waiting lists and expanding formularies. Nonetheless, 529 people remain... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/ryan_white_flip.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/ryan_white_flip.php Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:07:58 -0100 The House passed its fiscal 2008 spending bill funding the State Department and other foreign operations, including PEPFAR. The bill includes a waiver of funding requirements for abstinence-only education in PEPFAR, as well as a provision that would allow the... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/house_advances.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/house_advances.php Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:16:35 -0100 The Washington Post says that, despite availability of medicine, controlling HIV in Africa remains a distant hope.... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/take_your_pick.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/take_your_pick.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:33:29 -0100 Judge for yourself.... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/abstinenceonly.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/abstinenceonly.php Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:33:33 -0100 A new World Bank report says that ARVs and condoms, among other things, are in fact slowing the spread of HIV in Africa. Or perhaps the opposite.... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/takeyourpick_de.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/takeyourpick_de.php Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:28:51 -0100 One interpretation of name-brand drug companies' aggressive response to countries that issue licenses to produce generic drugs is that the companies are seeking to preserve an economic worldview that no longer exists. The intellectual property regime that allows companies set... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/deck_chairs_tit.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/deck_chairs_tit.php Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:51:51 -0100 "Federal guidelines calling for the routine testing of all Americans ages 13 to 64 for the AIDS virus might not be the best way to identify people who are infected but don't know it," says the Baltimore Sun. CDC's decision... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/scene_of_the_cr.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/scene_of_the_cr.php Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:46:58 -0100 Bono's One Campaign is investing $30 million in trying to get the 2008 presidential candidates talking about global poverty and disease. (Good luck.) Are these the same folks whose marketing expenses may outweigh their philanthropic efforts? Turns out $22 million... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/aids_and_the_pr.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/aids_and_the_pr.php Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:55:39 -0100 More reaction from AIDS leaders to the G8's pledges out of their summit. Sounds like people are not happy.... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/update_update.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/update_update.php Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:50:12 -0100 While the outside world focuses on climate change and Russia, one of the main agenda items at last week's G8 summit was Africa. Activists gathered in Heiligendamm, Germany to try to hold leaders to the promises of universal access to... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/update_from_g8.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/update_from_g8.php Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:52:55 -0100 The Economist weighs in on Thailand vs. big pharma, pointing out the implications for the generic industry. India's robust generic industry has gone from ignoring patents to seeking to honor them as the companies develop their own drugs and methods... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/trade_and_paten.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/trade_and_paten.php Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:06:31 -0100 In the race for the not-hotly-contested title of country home to the most HIV infections, India has apparently fallen behind South Africa. India had earned this honor, which it has been trying to shake, about a year ago. But more... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/new_survey_puts.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/new_survey_puts.php Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:35:33 -0100 A WHO official charged with building community partnerships offers a note reminding us of the value of faith-based groups in providing care and treatment in the developing world. In light of the ongoing health worker shortage, The Rev. Canon Ted... http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/faithbased_oppo.php http://www.reportersabroad.org/moz/archives/2007/06/faithbased_oppo.php Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:53:49 -0100