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Crafting an African Victory for the World

Crafting an African Victory for the World

On May 25, 1963,  Africans gathered in Addis Ababa to create the Organisation of African Unity, the precursor to today’s African Union. It stood tall in the minds of Africans who decided to unite for a common cause. It demonstrated our ability to set aside differences in order to make the world a better place. […]

Benin Pledges $2 Million to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Benin Pledges $2 Million to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

The government of Benin announced a US$2 million contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, signaling global commitment towards ending epidemics that affect people all over the world. The announcement came on the eve of the Global Fund’s Fifth Replenishment Conference on 16-17 September in Montreal, Canada, where world leaders and […]

WHO Hails Algeria’s Experience in Combatting Aids, Tuberculosis, Malaria

WHO Hails Algeria’s Experience in Combatting Aids, Tuberculosis, Malaria

World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Algiers, Bah Keita, praised Algeria’s experience in getting under control the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis and malaria, and its willingness to help neighbouring countries to combat such diseases. Keita made the statement at a meeting of the Regional Commission for Certification of Polio Eradication in Africa, being held […]

DNA Holds the Key to Improving Drug-Resistant TB Treatment in Africa

DNA Holds the Key to Improving Drug-Resistant TB Treatment in Africa

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world. It is caused by a bacteria that infects and gradually destroys the lungs, and is transmitted by saliva, spread through coughing. More people die from TB than from HIV/AIDS. Despite this, there is currently no effective vaccine against TB, and most of […]

U.S.$ 41 Million to Strengthen HIV and TB Response in Sudan

U.S.$ 41 Million to Strengthen HIV and TB Response in Sudan

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) have announced two new partnership agreements totaling US$ 41 million for Sudan, to give a major boost to the country’s response to HIV and Tuberculosis. “Thanks to our collaboration with UNDP […]

Global Fund News Flash

Global Fund News Flash

Global health partners in the fight against malaria welcomed news that the European Medicines Agency last month offered a positive scientific opinion on malaria candidate vaccine RTS,S. The decision marks a further significant step towards the availability of a vaccine against a disease that causes 584,000 deaths per year, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. […]

Mapping Ancestral Genes Could Help the Fight Against Tuberculosis

Mapping Ancestral Genes Could Help the Fight Against Tuberculosis

The fight against tuberculosis (TB) has been extended through the use of a genetic mapping technique called admixture mapping. This could help uncover previously unknown genetic factors contributing to susceptibility to the disease. To use this genetic technique, access to an admixed population that originated from two or more other populations (the so-called parental populations) […]

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