On Tuesday, USAID administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah gave the 2011 David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture at NIH. His speech, titled “Addressing Grand Challenges:The Role of Science in Global Health Development,” can be viewed here. The transcript can also be downloaded, or you can read it on USAID’s website here.
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NTV Kenya Video: Saving the children from pneumonia
Webcast: Polio Eradication and the Power of Vaccines (with Bill Gates)
Please tune in for a special webcast featuring Bill Gates, ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Oshinsky, and a panel of experts on:
Polio Eradication and the Power of Vaccines
Monday, January 31, 9:30 a.m. ET at www.gatesfoundation.org
To launch Bill Gates’ 3rd annual letter, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invites you to join a conversation about the extraordinary progress in the fight to eradicate polio and the enormous lifesaving potential of vaccines.
Thanks to a global childhood immunization effort, polio has been reduced by 99% and we are on the cusp of eradicating only the second disease in history. This presents a powerful case for the value of vaccines.
Unique Perspectives
Bill Gates will join global leaders to discuss what the past can teach us about protecting children around the world from polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases. The event will be moderated by ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer, and speakers include:
Dr. David Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, “Polio: An American Story”
Professor Helen Rees, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa; and Chair, WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization
Dr. Ciro de Quadros, Executive Vice President, Sabin Vaccine Institute
Panelists will discuss why now is the time to rid the world of polio and ensure all children have access to lifesaving vaccines. No child deserves to face the threat of preventable disease, whether it’s polio, measles, or pneumonia.
To watch the live webcast, please visit www.gatesfoundation.org on Monday, January 31 at 9:30 a.m. ET. It will also be available on demand following the event.
About the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. Learn more at www.gatesfoundation.org.
UN: Year in Review 2010
I will not be blogging about AIDS today: World AIDS Day Round-Up
Today is World AIDS Day, which means that every blog out there that deals with international health, development, and/or humanitarian work has commented on it in some form or fashion. (I have seen great material on Humanosphere in particular.) Since most of these people are well-established professionals that know way more than I do, I will let them all speak for me and just try to collect the highlights of all that I have read today.
The Global Health Delivery Project put together a great round-up of media stories and major research reports.
End the Neglect posted a reading list as well as a great “status report” by blogger Alanna Shaikh.
The Center for Global Development has posted several blog entries on HIV/AIDS leading up to today, including a response to President George W. Bush’s piece on Pepfar in the Washington Post.
And finally, my personal favorite: Sarah Boseley of the Guardian wrote a piece on the importance of keeping AIDS on the agenda all year long.
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