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  • African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) Meeting in Ghana The fifth annual international conference of the African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) will be held Nov. 9-11 in Accra, Ghana, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. The theme of this year's conference will be improving maternal, newborn, and child health in Africa, which will be discussed by top experts from around the world. ASADI V will kick off with the release of Science in Action: Saving the Lives of Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children, a new report by several African science academies, assessing the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing maternal and childhood mortality -- the focus of U.N. Millennium Development Goals Four and Five -- in sub-Saharan Africa. The report will include estimates of lives that could be saved if proven scientific methods reached more parts of Africa. 11/9
  • Meeting HIV/AIDS Cost Demands: Is The Global Response Working? The November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs focuses on key global health challenges – including the economic, political, scientific and ethical ones – facing world policymakers in their response to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. Over the next several years, the world could face a funding shortfall that would prevent millions more with HIV/AIDS from gaining access to antiretroviral drugs. Yet over the long-term, the world could also take critical steps to slash the global burden of HIV-AIDS – and the costs of battling the pandemic – by half. 11/10
  • Meeting HIV/AIDS Cost Demands: Is The Global Response Working? The November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs focuses on key global health challenges – including the economic, political, scientific and ethical ones – facing world policymakers in their response to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. Over the next several years, the world could face a funding shortfall that would prevent millions more with HIV/AIDS from gaining access to antiretroviral drugs. Yet over the long-term, the world could also take critical steps to slash the global burden of HIV-AIDS – and the costs of battling the pandemic – by half. 11/10

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Interview with Former Sen. Bill Frist

10/1/2009 •

Senator Frist, currently a member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, has published a memoir, A Heart to Serve in which he describes how "medicine can truly be a currency for peace in our world." More information, Transcripts, and Related Downloads »

U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus — "U.S. Strategy for Combating the Global TB Epidemic"

9/29/2009 • Kaiser Family Foundation Broadcast Studio - Washington, D.C.

This webcast features an expert panel discussing the U.S. government's global response to TB and key challenges in combating the disease around the world. More information, Transcripts, and Related Downloads »

The G-8 and the Obama Administration: What Happened on the Global Health Initiative and New Food Security Effort?

7/23/2009 • Barbara Jordan Conference Center - Washington, D.C.

This briefing co-sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center examined the outcomes arising from the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Italy in July 2009 relating to key global health issues, particularly the Obama Administration's new Global Health Initiative and its newly launched global food security strategy. More information, Transcripts, and Related Downloads »

Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis: A Workshop

7/14/2009 • Barbara Jordan Conference Center - Washington, D.C.

This three-day meeting convened by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine explores the implications of the recent global food price increase and economic crisis on nutrition and health. More information, Transcripts, and Related Downloads »

Expanded U.S. University Engagement in Global Health

7/9/2009 • Washington, D.C.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies Global Health Policy Center sponsored this event featuring Dr. Michael H. Merson, director of the Duke Global Health Institute, to discuss the unprecedented surge of attention and growth in global health programs on university campuses across the United States. More information, Transcripts, and Related Downloads »