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WHO Issues New Guidelines on Rural and Remote Worker Retention

By Julia Berman on August 27, 2010

The World Health Organization has published new guidelines meant to address the health worker shortage that plague rural and impoverished regions. In a July 2010 policy recommendation paper, the WHO offers recommendations to aid worker retention and attract new health workers to overlooked areas. Strategies include altering the ways in which students are selected and [...]

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Maternal Mortality: A Right to Health Approach Will Ensure Integrated Services and Save Lives

By Helen Potts on April 27, 2010

The article Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5, released in The Lancet last week, records a global reduction in maternal mortality rates. A reduction is certainly welcomed. At the same time, whatever the exact reduction – be it indicated by these figures or [...]

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US Must Fulfill Its Promise to Scale Up Global AIDS Programs

By Helen Potts on April 14, 2010

The news that health facilities in Uganda have received notification to stop enrolling new patients in PEPFAR programs confirms what we have suspected and reported on since mid 2009 — that the Obama administration is curtailing its commitment to PEPFAR.
Ambassador Goosby’s optimism regarding increased funding in the coming years and the Obama Administration’s commitment to nearly doubling [...]

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Keeping Our Promise on AIDS

By Pat Daoust, MSN, RN on June 12, 2009

On Tuesday, June 9, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held confirmation hearings for Dr. Eric Goosby to serve as Ambassador at Large and US Global AIDS Coordinator. That same day, nearly 6,000 people living with HIV around the world died — as they do every day — due to a lack of access to life-saving treatments.
The stakes are high [...]

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