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CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING- Deadly Duo: The Synergy Beteween HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis
Leading disease experts today called on President Obama and Congress to mount a concerted and  comprehensive response to the deadly alliance between HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Leading The call to action from America’s top HIV/TB scientists and physicians comes in the wake of a new report, “Deadly Duo: The Synergy Between HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis,”(PDF) from the Center for Global Health Policy, released June 25th 2009 at a Capitol Hill. 

Watch PART ONE of the Congressional Briefing by clicking here
Watch PART TWO of the briefing by clicking here
Read about the highlights of the briefing by clicking here

The Future of U.S. Global Health Policy
The Center for Global Health Policy’s Christine Lubinski was a featured guest on the NewsHour Insider Forum, in which reporter Ray Suarez moderated a discussion about President Barack Obama’s $63 billion global health initiative. Lubinski and Michele Moloney-Kitts, assistant U.S. global AIDS coordinator, talked about the future of PEPFAR, the threat of drug-resistant TB, and other pressing global health issues. View the full transcript and download the audio.

OTHER NEWS

Global HIV/AIDS Experts Cheer Confirmation of Eric Goosby to Head OGAC
Today, June 19th, Dr. Eric Goosby, a Global Center Scientific Advisory Member and a HIVMA board member, was confirmed by the Sentate to become the coordinator of OGAC. Please click here to read more about his confirmation.

2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting: Live Blogging 
Get the latest news from the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting from "Science Speaks," a live blog on the Center for Global Health Policy's website.

John Donnelly, a former reporter with the Boston Globe, attended this PEPFAR meeting and blogged items regularly during the conference. Blog entries are available at sciencespeaks.wordpress.com/category/hiv_conference/.

A CALL FOR GLOBAL HIV & TB PROGRAM INFORMATION:

Share information with us about your program or activity so we can make the case for US leadership on Global HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis-
Are you or someone you know working in a developing country on a project related to Global HIV prevention, Tuberculoisis and/or HIV/TB Co-Infection? Or have you worked in a developing country on this subject in the past?
If so we would love to hear from you!

The Global Center is looking to develop Program Profiles and Breif Reports in order to highlight innovative approches to HIV prevention, TB, and HIV/TB Co-Infection in the developing world setting. To learn more about what we are looking for and how to summit your story please click here.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact The Center directly.
Thanks and we look forward to you sharing your interesting stories with us!

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