By Kate Hawkins, STEPS Centre member The past decade has witnessed a change in the public health funding landscape – with the rise of global health initiatives as well as…
AID FOR AIDS: HOW DO COMMUNITY GROUPS NEGOTIATE THE NEW FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE?
SWINE FLU: SOME EMERGING LESSONS
By IAN SCOONES, STEPS Co-Director Read a short version of this piece, published in The Guardian.The back-story of the swine flu outbreak is gradually seeping out. There are some vitally…
BOY ‘WAS FIRST TO GET SWINE FLU’
From the BBC News website following the authorities in Mexico saying they think they have pinpointed where the swine flu virus began. The video features ABC News’ Jeffrey Kofman speaking…
SWINE FLU: GOVERNING GLOBAL HEALTH IN AN AGE OF EPIDEMICS
By IAN SCOONES, STEPS Centre Co-Director More than 150 deaths in Mexico, a public emergency declared in the US, China banning imports of pigs from the USA and Mexico, health…
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…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico, Day 4
The conference has heard a lot about what we have learned in the past in terms of approaches to tackling HIV and AIDS. But a session today made the case…