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Global Health, HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases
(see Development)

 

A Plan to Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases - Hotez, Peter Jay
Scientific American, January 2010, v302, #1, pp90-96

The Human-Climate-Wildlife Nexus - Chavarria, Gabriela; Knowlton, Kim; Atchley, Dylan - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 2010, v66, #1, pp48-56

Turning Neglected Tropical Diseases Into Forgotten Maladies
- Musgrove, Philip; Hotez, Peter J. - Health Affairs, November/December 2009, v28, #6, pp1691-1707

Investing To Meet The Scientific Challenges Of HIV/AIDS
- Fauci, Anthony S.; Folkers, Gregory K. - Health Affairs, November/December 2009, v28, #6, pp1629-1632

Critical Choices In Financing The Response To The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic
- Hecht, Robert; Bollinger, Lori; Stover, John; McGreevey, William et al. - Health Affairs, November/December 2009, v28, #6, pp1591-1606

The Evolving HIV/AIDS Response And The Urgent Tasks Ahead
- Bertozzi, Stefano M.; Martz, Tyler E.; Piot, Peter - Health Affairs, - November/December 2009, v28, #6, pp1578-1592

The New Diseases on our Doorstep
- Larsen, Kim - Onearth, Fall 2009, online edition, 5p

Health Care Problems Heat Up: Climate Change and the Public's Health - Levi, Jeffrey et al. - Trust for America’s Health, October 26, 2009, online edition, 60p (PDF)

Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence - Institute of Medicine, Report Brief, October 15, 2009, 4p

The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: An Overview - Lister, Sarah; Redhead, Stephen C. - Congressional Service Center (CRS) Report, August 6, 2009, online edition, 35p

Mapping US Engagement in Global Public Health
- Kates,Jennifer; Fischer,Julie E.; Lief,Eric; Seegobin,Vidal - Kaiser Family Foundation, August 2009, online edition, 137p

F as in Fat 2009:
How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America - Trust for America's Health & The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 2009, online edition, 108p (PDF)

Pandemic Flu: Lessons From the Frontlines - Trust for America's Health (TFAH), The Center for Biosecurity & The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), June 2009, online edition, 24p (PDF)

Consider the Source: The Drug Dilemma
- Bate, Roger; Porter, Karin
The American, May 19, 2009, online edition

U.S. Global Health and National Security Policy
- Feldbaum, Harley
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Report of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, April 20, 2009, 15p

Pandemic Flu - Pandemic Flu/gov, April 28, 2009

Swine Influenza - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 28, 2009

Enviro-Health Links- Swine Flu - U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, April 27, 2009 - Databases and other resources related to the Swine Flu.

Influenza (Flu) Antiviral Drugs and Related Information - U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Updated April 27, 2009

Making Progress in Global Health: The Need for New Paradigms - Benatar, Solomon R.; Gill, Stephen; Bakker, Isabella - International Affairs, March 2009, v82, #2, pp347-371

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic - Wolfe, Nathan - Scientific - American, March 2009, online edition

Are we about to Eliminate AIDS? - Wilson, Clare - New Scientist, February 21, 2009, v201, #2696, pp38-41

The Future of Foreign Assistance Amid Global Economic and Financial Crisis: Advancing Global Health in the U.S. Development Agenda
Garrett, Laurie A. - Council on Foreign Relations, January 27, 2009, 47p

The End of the Era of Generosity? Global Health Amid Economic Crisis
Schneider, Kammerle; Garrett, Laurie
- Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, January 9, 2009, v4, #1, online edition

Can HIV Be Cured? - Stevenson, Mario - Scientific American, November 2008, v299, #5, pp78-83

25 Years Later: The AIDS Vaccine Search Goes On - Watkins, David I.
Scientific American, November 2008, v299, #5, pp69-76

Children Environmental Health: 2008 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Web posted October 11, 2008

Hot Or Not?: Recognizing And Preparing For Climate-Induced Illness - McCormick, Sabrina - American Sociological Association, Web posted August 23, 2008, 40

Seizing the Opportunity on AIDS and Health Systems - Oomman, Nandini; Bernstein, Michael; Rosenzweig, Steven - Center for Global Development (CGD), August 4, 2008, 72p

Exploring the Links Between HIV/AIDS, Social Capital, and Development - David, Antonio C.; Li, Carmen A. -World Bank, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit, Africa Region, Policy Research Working Paper 4679, Web posted July 23, 2008, 31p

Special Report: Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, July 2008

The Global Funds to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Progress Report and Issue for Congress - Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, April 14, 2008, Web posted May 27, 2008, 22p

From Good Intentions to Bad AIDS Policy: The Moral Hazards of Redesigning PEPFAR - Moloney, Patrick, Ph.D - Heritage foundation, WebMemo #1921, May 13, 2008, 5p

Rolling Back Malaria: Rhetoric and Reality in the Fight Against a Deadly Killer - Bate, Robert - American Enterprise Institute, Health Policy Outlook #4, April 2008, Web posted May 5, 2008, 9p

Children and Aids: Second Stocktaking Report - UNAIDS, UNICEF, World Health Organization, April 2008, 52p

Confronting Africa's Health Crisis - Regina Jere-Malanda - New African, March 2008, pp56-60

The Lancet’s Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition - Executive Summary - The Lancet, February 5, 2008, 12p

Combating the Twin Epidemics of HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction - Fiellin, David A.; Green, Traci C.; Heimer, Robert - Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), February 4, 2008, 93p

Paging Dr. Ricardo: A Dose of Economics for Healthier Pharmaceutical Production - Bates, Robert - American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Online, Health Policy Outlook, February 1, 2008, 10p

Is the Global Health System Broken? - Finance & Development, December 2007, v44, #4, online edition

Governing Global Health - Bloom, David E. - Finance & Development, December 2007, v44, #4, online edition

Estimating the Global Health Impact of Improved Diagnostic Tools for the Developing World - Research Brief, RAND Corporation, Web posted November 14, 2007, online edition, 5p

Battling HIV/AIDS
: Should More Money Be Spent on Prevention? - Bristol, Nellie - CQ Researcher, October 26, 2007, v17, #38, pp889-912

Smarter Spending on AIDS: How the Big Funders Can Do Better - Center for Global Development, CDG Brief, October 10, 2007

Making HIV Prevention Paramount in the Next Phase of the U.S. Global HIV/AIDS Response - Kates, Jennifer; Nieburg, Phillip; Morrison, J. Stephen - CSIS Task Report, October 2007, online edition, 20p

The Politics of PEPFAR: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - Dietrich, John W. - Ethics & International Affairs, Fall 2007, v23, #3, pp277-292

Malaria: Disease Impacts and Long-Run Income Differences - Zimmermann, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), August 2007, online edition, 34p

The Impact of an AIDS Vaccine in Developing Countries: A New Model and Initial Results - Stover, John; Bollinger, Lori; Hecht, Robert; Williams, Clara;Roca, Eva - Health Affairs, July/August 2007, v26, #4, pp1147-1159

Financing Global Health: Mission Unaccomplished - Schieber, George J.; Gottret, Pablo; Fleisher, Lisa K.; Leive, Adam A. - Health Affairs, July/August 2007, v26, #4, pp921-935

Rapidly Spreading Threats - Serafini, Marilyn - National Journal, July 7, 2007, v39, #27, pp22-26

Toward a Golden Age - Yong Kim, Jim - Harvard International Review, Summer 2007, v29, #2, pp20-26

Bad Medicine in the Market - Bate, Roger and Kathryn Boateng
Health Policy Outlook, AEI, posted June 9, 2007, online edition, 6p

The Power of Partnerships: Third Annual Report to Congress on PEPFAR (2007) - The United States President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, posted June 9, 2007, online edition, various pagings

The Plague: Could It Happen Again? - Sever, Megan - Geotimes, May 2007, v52, #5, p24, online edition

From "Marvelous Momentum" to Health Care for All - Farmer, Paul
Foreign Affairs, March-April 2007, v86, #2, pp155-159

Unprepared for a Pandemic - Osterholm, Michael T. - Foreign Affairs, March-April 2007, v86, #2, pp47-57

The Denialists - Specter, Michael - New Yorker, March 12, 2007, v83, # 3, pp32-38

The State of Aging and Health in America Report 2007 - The Center for Disease Control, March 2007, online edition, 46p

Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership on HIV/AIDS - A Report of a July 13, 2006, Conference of the Task Force on HIV/AIDS - Copson, Raymond W. CSIS Report, February 23, 2007, online edition, 24p

Combating Addiction - Clemmitt, Marcia - CQ Researcher, February 9, 2007, v17,#6, pp.121-144

Genetic Testing: Scientific Background for Policymakers - Sarata, Amada K. - CRS Reports, January 26, 2007, online edition, 13p

Burying Evidence: The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Unscientific Claims about Air Pollution and Health. - American Enterprise Institute, Web posted January 23, 2007, online edition, 20p

The Power of Partnerships: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Third Annual Report to Congress - Third Annual Report to Congress, 2007, online edition, various pagings

Aids Vaccines: The Next Frontiers - AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), Web posted December 29, 2006, 60p

The Case Against Smoking Bans - Lambert, Thomas A. - Regulation, Winter 2006-07, online edition, 7p

How to Promote Global Health: A Foreign Affairs Roundtable
- Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007, online edition

The Challenge of Global Health
- Garrett, Laurie - Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007, online edition

Evolved for Cancer? - Zimmer, Carl - Scientific American; January 2007, v296 #1, pp68-75

Nothing but Thanks
- Reilly, Rick - Sports Illustrated, December 4 2006, v105, #22, p88, 1p

77 New Medicines Now in Development for HIV/AIDS - Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Medicines in Development for HIV/Aids 2006, November 2006, 40p

Aids Epidemic Update - World Health Organization, December 2006. Web posted November 21, 2006,online edition, 94p

Online Health Search 2006 - Fox, Susannah - Pew Internet & American Life Project, October 29, 2006, online edition, 22p

Assessing the Impact of Pandemic Flu
- A Brookings Economic Studies and Global Economy & Development Briefing, October 19, 2006, online edition, 51p

Persistent Plague - Dyer, Ervin - The Crisis, Sep/Oct 2006, v 113, # 5, pp26-30

Reading , Writing, and Refreshments: Are School Finances Contributing to Children’s Obesity? Anderson, Patricia M.; Butcher, Kristin F. Journal of Human Resources, August 2006, online edition, 28p

Quest for the Cure - Check, Erika, - Foreign Policy, Jul/Aug2006, #155, pp28-36

AIDS in Africa - Cook, Nicholas - CRS Report, July 27 th, 2006, online edition, 24p

Stem Cells: The Real Culprits in Cancer? Clarke, Michael; Becker, Michael - Scientific American, Jul2006, v295, #1, pp52-59

A New Assault on HIV - Stix, Gary - Scientific American, June 2006, v294, #6, pp76-79

An Anti-Addiction Pill? - Denizet-Lewis, Benoit - New York Times Magazine; 6/25/2006, v155, #53621, pp48-53

The World Health Report 2006 - Working Together for Health
World Health Organization, April 2006, 237p.

New Hope for Defeating Rotavirus - Glass, Roger I. - Scientific American, April 2006, v294, #4, pp46-55

What's Next in the Sino-Viral War? - Greenfeld , Karl Taro - Foreign Policy, Mar/Apr 2006, #153, pp46-47

The Virus Hunters - Greenfeld, Karl Taro - Foreign Policy, Mar/Apr 2006, #153, pp42-55

Progress on Global Access to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy. A Report on “3 by 5” and Beyond - World Health Organization (WHO) and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) March 2006, online edition

Action Today: A Foundation for Tomorrow: President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Second Annual Report to Congress - U.S. Department of State, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, February 8, 2005. 166p. Highlights, 8p.

Global Macroeconomic Consequences of Pandemic Influenza - McKibbin, Warwick J. & . Sidorenko, Alexandra A. - Lowy Institute for International Policy, February 2006, 78p

H5N1: A Special Report -- What is the Threat and Why Should the Environmental Health Profession Be Concerned?
Fabian, Nelson - Journal of Environmental Health, Jan/Feb 2006, v68, #6, pp46-63

HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006 - Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji - CRS Report for Congress, Updated January 3, 2006, 6p

The Underground Economy of AIDS - Epstein, Helen - The Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 2006, v82, #1;13p

Asian Culture and AIDS - Williams, Elisabeth - Brown Journal of World Affairs, Fall 2005, v12, #1, pp209-223

The Deadliest Virus - Barry, John -Foreign Policy; Jan/Feb2006, #152, p20-

The Flu Hunter - Smithsonian, January 2006, online

Avian Flu: Business Thinks the Unthinkable - Carey, John et al. -
Business Week, November 28, 2005, #3961, pp36-39

Preparing for a Pandemic. Gibbs, W. Wayt; Soares, Christine. Scientific American, November 2005, #293, #5, p44-54

China's Disease Cauldron - Prescott, Elizabeth, National Interest, Fall 2005 Asia Supplement, pp16-21

Council Report Finds Direct Link Between HIV/AIDS Pandemic and National Security. Garrett, Laurie. Council on Foreign Relations, July 18, 2005, online edition

The Muslim Face of AIDS. Kelley, Laura M.; Eberstadt, Nicholas. Foreign Policy, July-August 05, # 149; pp42-49

The Lessons of HIV/AIDS. Garrett, Laurie. Foreign Affairs, Jul/Aug2005, v84, #4, pp51-, 15p

Can the World Afford to Save the Lives of 6 Million Children Each Year? Bryce, Jennifer et al. Lancet, June 25, 2005, v365, #9478, p2193, 8p, 17407988





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