http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/11/03/global-health-in-the-news Comments for "Global Health in the News" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/11/03/global-health-in-the-news#comment-295 Webcasts of the Global Summit are available <a href="http://www.time.com/time/2005/globalhealth/webcasts.html">here</a>. Also, check out Pablo Halkyard's frequent <a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/healthcare/index.html">global health-related posts</a> at the <a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/">World Bank psd blog</a>. On October 26 he also mentions--in the same vein as Prahalad and SHEF--responsible profit from preventing malaria (which you can read about <a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1a19cfb6-457a-11da-981b-00000e2511c8,_i_rssPage=dad3b6d2-8162-11d8-81c6-000e2511c801.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/node/1581">NextBillion</a>. <br class="clear" /> Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:07:35 -0500 _Alex Bloom comment 295 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/11/03/global-health-in-the-news <img vspace="5" hspace="5" border="0" align="left" src="/image/view/1631" />Bill Clinton and Bill Gates held forth Wednesday afternoon at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.time.com/time/2005/globalhealth/">Time Global Health Summit</a> in New York City. Both have made global health issues a priority through their foundations, and both received a standing ovation for the work that they have done. What was fascinating was how much they shared the same strategies, priorities, and sense of urgency—even though Clinton is focusing on working with governments while Gates focuses on funding science and working with global health agencies. <br /><br />The conference was tied to the launch of the PBS series <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/index.html">Rx for Survival</a> airing this week and special coverage of global health issues in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1124350,00.html">this week’s Time magazine</a>. The event covered the big three infectious diseases (malaria, TB, AIDS), the threat on an avian flue pandemic, and other topics. It finishes today.<br /><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/11/03/global-health-in-the-news">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/11/03/global-health-in-the-news#comment Health The Policy Agenda Thu, 03 Nov 2005 11:31:58 -0500 Al Hammond 1632 at http://www.nextbillion.net