For sexual and reproductive health advocates across the globe the inauguration of President Obama promised great things. The Bush Administration’s policy line on sexual and reproductive health and rights at…
AN END TO SPECULATION AS OBAMA ACTS ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RURAL HEALTHCARE: THE IBARAPA EXPERIENCE
By KATE HAWKINS, Future Health Systems member STEPS Centre affiliate, the Future Health Systems Research Programme Consortium, is currently meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. Future Health Systems is an international partnership…
EPIDEMICS: UNDERSTANDING DISEASE DYNAMICS
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Uncontrolled outbreaks of disease have always had the power to terrify. In recent years, such fears have grown to include the spectre of pandemic…
WORLD AIDS DAY
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member HIV and AIDS is one of the greatest health and development challenges of our time. We have known about HIV, and how to prevent…
AVIAN FLU: EXTRA $949M BUT ‘WORLD STILL UNPREPARED’
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Some success has been achieved in reducing avian influenza outbreaks in poultry and humans, but the world must still be prepared to tackle an…
AVIAN FLU: VIEW FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The blogosphere is a rich and varied arena for all things avian flu-related. As ministers from around the globe gear up for the opening…
AVIAN FLU: NEW APPROACH NEEDED
By IAN SCOONES, STEPS Centre co-director As ministers of health and agriculture from around the world gather in Egypt for the International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, the…
AVIAN FLU: MINISTERS GATHER IN EGYPT
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Ministers of health and agriculture from around the world are gathering in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt to formulate a global plan to prepare for,…
MARIE JAHODA LECTURE: PROFESSOR JOHN BEDDINGTON
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The UK government’s chef scientific advisor, Professor John Beddington was here at Sussex University last night to deliver the 12th Marie Jahoda Annual Lecture,…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico, Day 4
Shockingly the 4th day of the International AIDS Conference marked the first ever plenary on children and HIV. That we could get to a point where there are 2 million…