Health News
Dear friends,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
turns ten this year. Thanks to the Fund, more than three million people
living with HIV have been put on treatment and nearly nine million cases of
tuberculosis have been effectively treated. We should all be celebrating
these successes, but unfortunately funding cuts have put the Fund in a
precarious position.
In this week’s update, we take a closer look at the
Global Fund situation with a special guest blog from Stephen Lewis,
co-director of AIDS-Free World and former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.
We also look at the debate surrounding patent
extensions for pharmaceuticals, which advocates say will raise the costs of
medicines while doing nothing to encourage medical innovation. Finally, we
discuss an issue that rarely receives public attention: what should be the
standard of care for children born with intersex conditions?
Thank you for reading, and please join us on Facebook and Twitter.
Paul Silva
psilva@sorosny.org
Follow me on Twitter: @PauloNYC
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