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Special Report on the State of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

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Earlier this year, a group of South Africa's forfront HIV experts met to share ideas on how to best reduce the epidemic. This Global Health Magazine article, coauthored by Managing Director Robert Hecht, discusses the main points of that meeting.

On January 21, a group of South Africa’s leading HIV experts met in Cape Town to discuss the state of prevention and treatment in the AIDS epidemic. Council on Foreign Relations Global Fellow Dr. Peter Navario convened the meeting for HIV/AIDS thinkers, policy makers, and practitioners to share ideas on how to best tackle the epidemic. This article, coauthored by Managing Director Robert Hecht, summarizes the analysis and recommendations that emerged from that meeting.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Peter Navario
Link to Publication-Resource: 
http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/summary/front_line_aids_fight

Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment Launches New Website

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6 July, 2010

Hundreds of millions of people are affected by “diseases of the poor”, such as African sleeping sickness, Leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease, as well as better known killers like Malaria and Tuberculosis. Yet there are far too few drugs, vaccines, and diagnostic tests to address these health challenges.

Connected Expert(s): 
Aarthi Rao
Connected Expert(s): 
Amrita Palriwala
Connected Expert(s): 
Kimberly Manno Reott
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
Assessing Innovations in Global Health R&D Policy and Financing
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
http://healthresearchpolicy.org

Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) launches interactive web platform

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30 June, 2010

As a publicly accessible global knowledge platform consisting of a network of partners that collect, analyze, and disseminate information about Health Market Innovations in developing countries, the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) website facilitates the exchange of knowledge and the creation of strategic linkages among key stakeholders.

Connected Expert(s): 
Alice Garabrant
Connected Expert(s): 
Donika Dimovska
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Maria Belenky
Connected Project(s): 
Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The Rockefeller Foundation
http://healthmarketinnovations.org/

R4D launches aids2031 synthesis report and convenes global leaders to discuss the future of the AIDS response

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14 June, 2010

Key leaders from the Uganda AIDS Commission, the Zambian National AIDS Council, the Global Fund, and the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator came together at the Global Health Council Annual Conference to discuss and debate the future costs and challenges of financing the global response to the AIDS epidemic.

Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Connected Publications & Resources: 
Costs & Choices: Financing the Long-Term Fight Against AIDS

Costs & Choices: Financing the Long-Term Fight Against AIDS

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This book recommends a series of actions that can move the world toward a better future in dealing with AIDS, while using financial resources in a more efficient and affordable manner.

35 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS WORLDWIDE

OVER 2.5 MILLION BECOME INFECTED EVERY YEAR

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Carleigh Krubiner
R4D Author(s): 
David de Ferranti
R4D Author(s): 
Farzana Muhib
R4D Author(s): 
Kira Thorien
R4D Author(s): 
Richard Skolnik
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
William McGreevey
Funder(s): 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached Publications & Resources: 
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aids2031 Cost & Choices.pdf
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aids2031 Cost&Choices (Environmentally Friendly).pdf

Letter to the Editor: Fighting AIDS

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Results for Development Managing Director Robert Hecht responds to the New York Times front page article, "At Front Lines, Global War On AIDS Is Falling Apart"

This Letter to the Editor highlights the importance of different options facing policy makers in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In this response to the New York Times article "At Front Lines, Global War on AIDS Is Falling Apart", R4D Managing Director Robert Hecht discusses the ways in which funds can be spent wisely, to save more lives. The research conducted by aids2031 reveals how policy makers can continue to battle the AIDS epidemic, despite increasingly strained budgets.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Journal Articles
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Link to Publication-Resource: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/opinion/l15aids.html

R4D to host special session with global leaders on AIDS costs and policy choices

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9 June, 2010

How much will the fight against AIDS cost in the coming years, who will pay for it in the midst of global economic crisis and competing spending priorities, and how can governments better use their scarce AIDS resources to have the greatest impact on the epidemic?

Connected Expert(s): 
Aarthi Rao
Connected Expert(s): 
Carleigh Krubiner
Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached File(s): 
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Dr. Apuuli - bio.pdf
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Bio - DR. BENSON CHIRWA.pdf
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Rifat Atun bio Global Fund_5Mar2010.pdf
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Paul D. Bouey bio.pdf

aids2031 projections featured in New York Times articles on AIDS spending

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10 May, 2010

On Monday, the New York Times featured findings from the aids2031 Costs and Financing Project, directed by R4D, in a pair of front page articles examining the global response to HIV/AIDS.

Connected Expert(s): 
Carleigh Krubiner
Connected Expert(s): 
Kira Thorien
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Connected Publications & Resources: 
Critical Choices In Financing: The Response To The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Fiscal Space and Political Space for Financing the Global AIDS Response to 2031
The Evolution and Future of Donor Assistance for AIDS
The Future Role of the Philanthropy Sector Fighting AIDS

Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage

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The Joint Learning Network (JLN) for Universal Health Coverage brings together countries from across the globe to share experiences and challenges in implementing health financing reforms.

Over the past decade, a number of national or state-level reforms have been implemented by governments that are committed to achieving universal health coverage through “demand-side” financing models, often specifically targeting the poorest and informal sectors of their populations. While many implementing countries have not yet achieved universal health coverage, reforms are underway in countries as varied as Chile, Colombia, Estonia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Main Contact: 
Brian Latko
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Alice Garabrant
Brian Latko
David de Ferranti
Gina Lagomarsino
Maria Belenky
Sapna Singh Kundra
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