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...managed by the Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH), an interfaculty initiative of the President and Provost’s Office. “Broadly, our mission is to train and educate the next generation of global health leaders and generate new knowledge that leads to addressing the major challenges facing the world in global health,” said Thomas A. La Salvia, executive director of HIGH. By connecting Harvard researchers from different schools to the issues in global health, HIGH serves as a solid platform for CFAR, La Salvia said. Building Bees From BoltsBoston’s Museum...
...July the Ugandan government announced that, using cash from the U.N. Population Fund, it would distribute 100,000 female condoms in a bid to stop a resurgence of HIV/AIDS. Advocates cheered the initiative, saying it would give women more control over their bodies. But in the weeks since, major funders of HIV/AIDS-prevention programs have shown far less enthusiasm, with many deciding not to back the plan. Instead of serving as a surefire weapon against the spread of HIV, Uganda's female-condoms initiative has become the latest example of the limitations faced by governments, advocacy groups and donors...
...Even so, major donors including PEPFAR say they are not likely to back the female condom in Uganda. PEPFAR's Strong says the female condom could occupy a niche market at best, and the government is better off focusing on programs that already exist, not trying to start new ones. PEPFAR, for example, has distributed 133 million male condoms in Uganda in the past five years. (Read "A Brief History of Safe...
...Aging pro athletes thriving in a young man's game always make for a great spectacle. Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer, 46, is a marvel, throwing about as hard as your average slow-pitch softball stud but still making major league hitters look bad. And what about that Tom Watson, who at 59 inspired the world's elderly population by nearly winning the British Open in July? Then there's also a certain quarterback now playing for the Minnesota Vikings, who turns 40 in October, and still has a chance to age gracefully on the football field...
...from global warming unless we can change the way we build and the way we use energy - and New Orleans just happens to provide an excellent opportunity to try that in an urban environment that needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Nor will it be the last major city to be menaced by rising seas - from New York to London to Shanghai, most of our major metropolises are built next to an ocean, and it's only a matter of time before the next superstorm hits. If we can build back New Orleans in a way that...