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Dr. Rajiv Shah discusses global health topics at National Institutes of Health

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Yesterday at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Administrator of USAID Dr. Raj Shah made a speech touching on the most pressing issues in global health. Highlights from the speech include:

  • President Obama’s Global Health Initiative continues to make a significant impact in the health of the developing world
  • Using science and technology to reduce deaths, save lives, and treat those who are infected with HIV, TB, and other communicable diseases
  • A focus on maternal and child health, specifically on family planning and its unmet need
  • A mention of NTDs, rotavirus, strengthening health systems, and the urgent need to reach those who do not have access to healthcare

A transcript of the speech can be found on USAID’s website.

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USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah to present 2010 David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture

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Addressing Grand Challenges: The Role of Science in Global Health Development

by USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah

Tuesday, December 14, 2010
11 a.m.
Masur Auditorium, Clinical Center (Building 10)
NIH Campus, Bethesda, Maryland

The event will include:

Please join us for this timely and relevant talk by Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for almost 50 years.

USAID recently unveiled a new approach that will support President Obama’s vision for high-impact global development, announced by the White House in September.

USAID’s is focusing on four core priorities:

  • Recommitting to the Millennium Development Goals by building sustainable governance and delivery systems to support healthy and productive lives.
  • Investing in country-owned models of inclusive growth and development in a focused set of countries that are well-governed, economically stable, globally connected and market-oriented.
  • Developing and delivering scientific and technological breakthroughs.
  • Utilizing expertise for humanitarian response and recovery in conflict settings.

For more information, click here.

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Reading List 7/27/2010

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Happy Tuesday readers! A brand new list of reads to get your week started off. Today we’re reading about the FDA’s efforts to incentivize neglected disease products, the European Foundation Initiative for NTDs (EFINTD) awarding 850,000 Euros to fund medical research on NTDs in Africa, a new program at NIH to fight rare diseases, and populations vulnerable to NTDs in Ghana. Take a look:

FDA hearing to look at incentives for neglected disease products, Peter Mansell , PharmaTimes
EFINTD awards 850,000 Euros for medical research on NTDs in Africa, The Medical Times
NIH Takes On Fight Against Rare Diseases, Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wallstreet Journal
Protect Vulnerables Against Neglected Tropical Diseases, All Africa

Reading List 6/7/2010

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Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a relaxing weekend. We have a new list of reads to kick start your week! Today we’re reading about National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) $15 million grant to establish a NTD research center at The George Washington Medical Center, which Dr. Peter Hotez will co-lead. We are also reading about how a plant found in western India used to treat roundworm could be useful in treating colon cancer, discussion about Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at an upcoming lecture by the Department for Development Cooperation in the Netherlands Antilles, and NTDs in urban New England areas.

$15 million NIH grant for NTD research center, GWU Medical Center (on page 7)
Experimental colon cancer model, Albert A Baskar, Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu, Gabriel M Paulraj, and Khalid S Al Numair, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Department for Development Cooperation public lecture, Roddy Heyliger, St. Maarten Island Time
Dirt Roads Ooze with Life, Bill Amos, Times Argus

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