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  • White House Nominates Global Health Expert Jim Yong Kim To Head World Bank

    "The White House on Friday named Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College and a global health expert, as its nominee to lead the World Bank" beginning "on June 30, when its current president, Robert B. Zoellick, will step down at the end of his five-year term," the New York Times reports (Lowrey, 3/23). "Kim is a South Korean-born doctor, anthropologist and former head of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS department," the Financial Times notes (Harding/Leahy, 3/23). "Kim helped found the international aid organization Partners in Health, which provides care to patients in more than a dozen countries," and served as the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, according to NPR (Horsley, 3/23). At a Rose Garden ceremony to announce the nomination, President Barack Obama said, "It's time for a development professional to lead the world's largest development agency," the Associated Press reports (Pace, 3/24).

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  • Chevron Recognized As First ‘Global Fund Corporate Champion,’ VOA News Reports

    VOA News reports on a March 20 panel meeting in Washington, D.C., that highlighted the contributions of corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Chevron, which has "invested $30 million for the three-year period between 2008 and 2011 and has pledged another $25 million through 2013," was recognized at the meeting as "the first Global Fund Corporate Champion," according to VOA (DeCapua, 3/23).

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  • BRICS Countries Increasing Global Health, Development Aid, Report Says

    As their economies grow, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- known collectively as BRICS -- "are injecting new resources, innovation and momentum into efforts to improve health in the world's poorest countries, according to a report [.pdf] by Global Health Strategies initiatives [GHSi]" released on Monday, Business Live reports (Roberts, 3/26). "The report was released in New Delhi, India, where the BRICS Summit, including a heads of government meeting, will be held from 28-29 March," a GHSi press release (.pdf) states.

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  • National Biosecurity Panel To Hold Closed-Door Meeting On Bird Flu Research

    The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) is scheduled this week to hold "a closed-door meeting to once again look at unpublished manuscripts describing" two studies that showed how H5N1 bird flu virus could be manipulated to become transmissible among ferrets, a model for humans, NPR's health blog "Shots" reports, noting that the meeting "will include a classified briefing from the intelligence community." The article examines the "dual use" nature of the studies, meaning "legitimate scientific work that's intended to advance science or medicine, but that also might be misused with the intent to do harm." Though the "concept of dual use got a lot of attention even before this bird flu controversy," scientists, institutions and funding agencies do not always have policies in place to review the potential consequences of research, the blog notes (Greenfieldboyce, 3/26).

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  • U.N. SG Ban Calls For Global Effort To Fight TB On World TB Day

    Speaking on Saturday at a World Tuberculosis (TB) Day event, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "called for a global effort to diagnose and treat tuberculosis," United Press International reports (3/24). According to the WHO, 8.8 million people contracted TB in 2010, and 1.4 million people died of the disease, primarily in low and middle-income countries, CBS News' "Health Pop" blog notes (Castillo, 3/24). "Let us vow to end the neglect of TB and to end deaths from this disease in our lifetime," Ban said, adding, "It is critical to support those who lack the means to respond with the care and treatment they need to enjoy healthy and productive lives. ... With the right interventions, we can make a major difference," according to the U.N. News Centre (3/24).

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  • Setting The Scene: Court Arguments Offer Different Kind Of Drama

    With no Twitter, cameras or telephones allowing reports from inside the court, much of the action will take place on the outside. A range of groups have planned demonstrations. All the while, the lawyers involved in the arguments have been busy with "moot court" practice sessions; spectators have been waiting in line in hopes of getting a seat; and stakeholders, such as the health care industry, are anxiously watching for clues to the outcome.

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  • States Brace For Impact Of Health Law Ruling

    Even with the health law's future in question, news reports indicate that some states are pressing forward with implementation, while another -- Massachusetts -- considers itself untouched by what becomes of the federal law. All the while, the politics of the health overhaul will play a significant role at the state level, too.

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