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Independent research & practical ideas for global prosperity
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Global Prosperity Wonkcast
Posts Tagged: HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS Donors and Africa’s Health Workforce: Nandini OommanSeptember 8, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Global Health Policy Tags: Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Nandini Oomman
The new report identifies six ways AIDS donors could minimize the negative spillover effects major donor HIV/AIDS programs can have on health systems in recipient countries, and move away from temporary and AIDS-specific interventions. Until now, Nandini explains, donors have adopted an emergency response approach to AIDS, putting a priority on training a large number of health workers specifically to provide HIV/AIDS treatment (and, to a lesser extent, work on HIV prevention). Podcast: Play in new window | Download 4 Comments »Turning the Tide through Better Prevention: Mead Over on the AIDS TransitionJuly 27, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Global Health Policy Tags: Health, HIV/AIDS, Mead OverThe Wonkcast is taking a brief summer vacation. We’ve selected this show from our archives- it was originally posted on May 25, 2010.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Comment »When Medicines Fail: Rachel Nugent on Combating Drug ResistanceJune 15, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Global Health Policy Tags: Drug resistance, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Rachel Nugent
In the Wonkcast, Rachel explains that the more people rely on antibiotics and other medicines, the faster disease pathogens adapt and become resistant. In rich countries, a resistant strain of staph now kills thousands per year– most from hospital-acquired infections. The situation is more dire in the developing world. Rachel tells me that there is only one effective treatment remaining for malaria, and that some strains of tuberculosis are now completely untreatable. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 2 Comments »Turning the Tide through Better Prevention: Mead Over on the AIDS TransitionMay 25, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Global Health Policy Tags: Health, HIV/AIDS, Mead Over
Podcast: Play in new window | Download 2 Comments »Development and Obama’s Budget; Interview with CGD’s Sarah Jane StaatsFebruary 10, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Rethinking US Foreign Assistance Tags: Foreign Aid, HIV/AIDS, Sarah Jane Staats, USAID
$3.8 trillion is a number a little too large to comprehend; Sarah Jane and I break down some of the numbers in the budget and have some fun comparing development and diplomacy programs with some of the government’s big ticket spending items. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Comment » |
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Even as the cost of treating HIV/AIDS has fallen dramatically, the number of people newly infected has remained high. What can be done to reverse this trend and finally defeat this disease? This week on the Wonkcast, I’m joined by 
This week on the Wonkcast, I’m joined by 
I’m joined for this week’s CGD Wonkcast by Sarah Jane Staats, director of policy outreach here at the Center for Global Development. Last week, President Obama released his proposed budget for the next fiscal year. Sarah Jane and others here at the Center have been poring over the budget request, examining what signals the budget sends on the administration’s approach to development.
