Archive for 'Global Health'
Global Initiatives in Washington State
[ December 3, 2008; 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ]
Learn about opportunities to get involved in global health and global development projects here in Washington state at a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Global Washington, a coalition of Washington state nonprofit organizations, corporations, small businesses and academic institutions interested in promoting global development initiatives.
Global Washington Press Release:
Celebrate with Global Washington
PLEASE JOIN GLOBAL WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY, [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2008 under Global Health, Upcoming Events.
Tags: Global Development, Global Health, Seattle
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Learn about global initiatives here in Washington state
Learn about opportunities to get involved in global health and global development projects here in Washington state at a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Global Washington, a coalition of Washington state nonprofit organizations, corporations, small businesses and academic institutions interested in promoting global development initiatives.
Global Washington Press Release:
Celebrate with Global Washington
PLEASE JOIN GLOBAL WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY, [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2008 under Global Health.
Tags: Global Development, Global Health, Global Washington
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AIDS expert to speak at UW for World AIDS Day
[ December 1, 2008; 5:30 pm; ]
Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery.
The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80% and is credited with [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2008 under Global Health, Infections, Newborn and Infant Health, University of Washington, Upcoming Events.
Tags: AIDS, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Events, Global Health, HIV, HIV/AIDS, University of Washington, UW, Wilfert
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AIDS pioneer to speak at UW Monday, Dec. 1
Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery.
The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80% and is credited with [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2008 under Global Health, Infections, Newborn and Infant Health, University of Washington, Women's Health.
Tags: AIDS, Global Health, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Pediatrics
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Global Health in Washington State
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Leadership Conference last month focused on the region’s growing role in global health initiatives.
Representatives of the Washington Global Health Alliance, an organization of local nonprofit organizations, foundations, university programs and businesses involved in addressing global health problems, addressed the Chamber, describing the scale of these challenges and scope of [...]
Posted: November 25th, 2008 under Global Health.
Tags: Global Health, Seattle Chamber of Commerce
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Seattle foundations behind new malaria vaccine trial
Two Seattle-based foundations are behind a large malaria vaccine trial being launched in Africa next month.
The trial will enrol 16,000 children to test a promising vaccine that in earlier trials proved to be at least partially effective.
The trial has been organised by PATH, a Seattle-based foundation that specializes in global health, in cooperation with the [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under Global Health, Infections.
Tags: Gates Foundation, Malaria, PATH, Seattle Foundations
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