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Health Affairs Briefing: Meeting HIV/AIDS Cost Demands: Is The Global Response Working?

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:43:33 EST

WHEN:Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., Metro: Union Station (Red Line)Click here to RSVP

HEALTH AFFAIRS Briefing: Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:08:31 EST

Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Call to ActionTuesday, November 3, 2009 Washington, D.C.The November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs focuses on key global health challenges, including tackling so-called neglected diseases such as trachoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Key lawmakers, leading health policy experts, including former NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D.; and industry officials have been invited to discuss the appropriate strategies and policies for fighting neglected ...

Webcast of WHO/UNICEF/WORLD BANK Briefing: State of World's Vaccines and Immunization

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:03:38 EST

Leading Experts to Report on Progress, Continuing Challenges in Vaccine Science, Status of Efforts to Deliver Life-Saving Interventions to Children Most in Need

WHEN: October 21, 2009, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDTRSVP now to receive ...

WHO/UNICEF/WORLD BANK Briefing: State of World's Vaccines and Immunization

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:27:34 EST

Leading Experts to Report on Progress, Continuing Challenges in Vaccine Science, Status of Efforts to Deliver Life-Saving Interventions to Children Most in NeedWHEN: October 21, 2009, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM (breakfast at 9:00 AM)WHERE: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC, 13th floor (METRO: Metro Center, 13th Street Exit ...

Ministers Call for "Uniquely African Green Revolution" at Sustainable Development Meeting

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:22:07 EST

African agriculture and other ministers who met in Namibia in February to discuss food production on the continent endorsed efforts to bring about a sustainable African Green Revolution.At a conference hosted by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, the ministers discussed the need to make food production in Africa more efficient through a "uniquely African Green Revolution." The group said that an African Green Revolution depends not only on improved seeds and fertilizers, but that it must be built on a range of complementary investments ...

Revisiting Medical Schools' Educational Mission

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:18:05 EST

The nation's medical schools are expanding their enrollments for the first time in 30 years, offering an unparalleled opportunity for medical education to reinvigorate itself.That's the message of a group of influential medical leaders who in January 2009 issued a call to action for medical schools to reform how they train physicians so that schools do a better job of meeting societal needs. The report, Revisiting the Medical School Educational Mission at a Time of Expansion, was produced by a 35-member panel supported by the Josiah Macy, ...

Consumer Reports Health Blogger Summit

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:27:11 EST

In today's world, Web-savvy consumers can find health information online that once would have been unavailable outside of their doctor's office. Patients can learn about treatments, interact with other patients online, and even use the Web to agitate for health policy change. But consumers can also be misinformed, misled, and ultimately harmed by incorrect information on the Internet. Individual doctors can find their voice online -- but so can unqualified medical "experts." Given the unregulated nature of the Web, how are consumers finding ...

Fighting HIV at Home

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 07:54:43 EST

The HIV epidemic in the United States has simmered largely unnoticed for years. 60,000 people are infected with HIV every year in America. Almost one-third of them are under the age of 30. More than 60 percent are African American or Hispanic. Overall, almost 250,000 HIV positive people in the U.S. do not know they are infected. They are unable to treat their infections and are far more likely to transmit them. In 2006, HIV experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged that all Americans aged 13-64 be routinely tested for ...

Looking Back: Notable Successes from the Late Summer and Fall, 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:08:34 EST

We're pleased to provide a run-down of some notable successes from fall, 2008:Health Affairs Event Explores Innovations in CareLeading experts convened in Washington, D.C. in early September to explore ways to fix the ailing American health care system. The meeting was part of a Health Affairs briefing for the journal's September/October 2008 thematic issue, which focused on innovations in health care delivery. Burness organized and coordinated the briefing and panel discussion, which attracted more than 250 health ...

Mark Your Calendar: Two Upcoming Briefings

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:13:54 EST

We'd like to let you know about two upcoming briefings here in Washington, DC.The first, to be held on November 24, 2008, is a Health Affairs briefing called "Medicare Advantage: Where Is It Now, And Where Is It Going?"Are Medicare enrollees -- and U.S. taxpayers -- getting their money's worth from the private health plans that serve beneficiaries through the Medicare Advantage program? Just what is it Medicare Advantage plans are providing -- ...