Global Pulse

Journey through Nepal

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This blog post tracks my travels through Nepal.

Exciting, difficult times for global health journalists

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US officials pledge to let health aid recipients decide

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A call for young people to ‘get angry’ about global warming

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India’s polio progress and the global eradication effort

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The growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis

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Poor TB treatment creates a vicious cycle in a variety of countries — creating much more dangerous cases of the disease including “totally drug-resistant TB.”

A determined TB nurse, and the impact on a young mother

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Psychology can have as much to do with surviving drug-resistant tuberculosis as medicine does.

Global Fund turns 10, but where’s the party?

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Last week, amidst all the furor over pink ribbons and the Komen Foundation, another, quieter story unfolded. Without much fanfare, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria turned 10.

Health, nutrition become priorities at Davos

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At Davos, world leaders came together to discuss our shared economic burden. But it might be surprising to learn how the tiniest nutrition source, the multivitamin, has a global impact on the economy and development.

US senator on global health: ‘Achievable stuff’

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High-level answers to the question, ‘Why should the US fund global health research?’