Why We Shouldn’t Rely on Patents to Encourage Medical Innovation
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Els Torreele of the Open Society Foundations argues against proposals to extend patents on pharmaceuticals.
View ArticleThey Go to Die: An Interview with Jonathan Smith
Epidemiologist Jonathan Smith is working on a documentary film about the lives of four mineworkers who were dismissed from their jobs and sent home after contracting tuberculosis in the South African...
View ArticleTuberculosis
The Open Society Foundations support efforts aimed at reducing the spread of tuberculosis among marginalized populations, including people living with HIV/AIDS.Term URL/topics/tuberculosisTopics: Term...
View ArticleSalzburg Seminar: Palliative Care for Patients with TB or HIV/TB
The International Palliative Care Initiative of the Open Society Public Health Program convened a professional seminar focused on providing palliative care for patients with TB or HIV/TB co-infection.
View ArticleTimely Treatment for Drug-Resistant TB in Kenya
Health and human rights groups have mobilized in Kenya to support patients who are unable to access medicines to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis. Fewer than half of the patients with this infectious...
View ArticleLess Money, More Problems
With money tight, countries are slashing HIV and TB programs in an attempt to maintain basic, essential services. The programs most frequently on the chopping block are services for highly vulnerable...
View ArticleDespite Reduction in TB Mortality Rates, Need for Comprehensive Care Remains
Palliative care can play an important role in addressing patient care needs that have been obscured by the global reduction in TB mortality rates.
View ArticleA Light That Still Shines: An Update on Health Services for Drug Users in St....
Mobile harm reduction buses in St. Petersburg continue to light the way—both for drug users in need of care and for other NGOs negotiating a repressive political environment.
View ArticleContinuing the Promise of the Global Fund
As the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria undergoes changes, it must preserve its legacy as an indispensable resource for the most marginalized individuals the world over.
View ArticleOpen Society Foundations/Durham University Scholarships
The Open Society Foundations and Durham University are offering outstanding students from Afghanistan, Indonesia, Nepal, and Palestine an opportunity to study in the United Kingdom.
View ArticleFact Sheet: Pretrial Detention and Health
The excessive use of pretrial detention leads to overcrowded, dirty, chaotic, and violent environments where pretrial detainees, who have not been convicted, are at risk of contracting disease.
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