GHS in the News
- War against killer malaria intensified
Sir Richard Feachem visits the Solomon Islands to help local government implement malaria elimination procedures.
Solomon Islands Star, May 7, 2009 - Eight Southern African Countries Team Up to Fight Malaria
Sir Richard Feachem interviewed for story on malaria prevention efforts in Namibia and other African countries.
InterPress Service News Agency, April 30, 2009 - The Business of Pandemics
Sir Richard Feachem, of GHS’ Global Health Group, is cited as expert on pandemics in article about dealing with the current swine flu outbreak.
Counterpunch, April 30, 2009 - Can malaria deaths be eradicated by 2015?
Global Health Group’s Sir Richard Feachem interviewed on malaria elimination article in The Lancet.
CNN.com, April 24, 2009 - From The Financial Times Special Report, Combating Malaria
Chasing elimination could undermine control
Sir Richard Feachem, GHS' Global Health Group: "eradication is an achievable goal."
April 24, 2009 - The Financial Times (London) interviews Sir Richard Feachem, of GHS' Global Health Group, on the likelihood of eradicating malaria.
April 23, 2009 - UCSF Global Health Sciences featured in report: The Dramatic Expansion of University Engagement in Global Health; Implications for U.S. Policy
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
From the report:
Global health is experiencing an unprecedented and palpable surge of attention and growth on universities campuses across the United States. Curricula, programs, centers, departments, and institutes of global health are being established as either free-standing entities or within schools of medicine and public health at major universities.
- Royal Society Urges Integration of Human and Veterinary Medicine
GHS' Sir Richard Feachem quoted on importance of studying animals in pursuit of treatments for humans for diseases such as bird flu - Global Health: Planning for the Future
UCSF Foundation Catalyst, Winter 2009 - Eight Countries Launch Cross-Border Effort to Eliminate Malaria
Ministry of Health and Social Services, March 2-3, 2009. Windhoek, Namibia - Delegates From Asia-Pacific Countries Meet in Australia To Discuss Malaria Eradication
GlobalHealthReporting.org, February 9, 2009
Delegates from eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region met Monday in Brisbane, Australia, for the inaugural meeting of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network.
- UCSF GHS in the 2009 California Biomedical Industry Annual Report
California Biomedical Industry 2009 Report - $7M to address Tanzania healthworker shortages
East African, January 16, 2009
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given a $7.5 million grant to Tanzania’s Muhimbili University of Health Allied Sciences and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Global Health Sciences Department to address the lack of personnel in the country’s health sector.
- New Child-Friendly Malaria Drug Presents Distribution Challenge
Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2009
Global Health Sciences’ Sir Richard Feacham is quoted on new malaria drug.