Established in 1999, the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) is a Zambian non-profit company with a broad academic mission in health program implementation, clinical and outcomes research, and training. The organization has multiple U. S. partner institutions, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Vanderbilt University. CIDRZ’s topical focal areas include HIV/AIDS; maternal-child health; cervical cancer;…

Malawi’s vacancy rate for nursing and midwifery positions in the public sector is 65%, but producing more health workers to fill the gaps is no easy task. In the latest edition of CapacityPlus Voices, "Nurses Needed: Partnering to Scale Up Health Worker Education in Malawi," Verah Nkosi shares her perspective as a nursing-midwifery student in her final year of training. Her story illustrates some common challenges for increasing the quantity and quality of graduates from health…

The University of North Carolina’s Board of Trustees has named Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Bentley a Distinguished Professor. Dr. Bentley, a professor in nutrition, who is also associate dean for global health at UNC and Board Chair of the Triangle Global Health Consortium, has been named the Carla Smith…

UNC HIV research named 'Breakthrough of the Year'

An HIV prevention research study led by UNC professor Myron S. Cohen, M.D., has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.

The study, HIV Prevention Trials Network 052, evaluated whether antiretroviral…

North Carolina State University is now accepting applications for its new IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) PhD program titled "Genetic Engineering and Society: The case of transgenic pests". 

The first cohort of students who will start in July 2012 will focus on mosquitoes that vector malaria and dengue. 

Detailed information can be found at the program website …

Rising Stars in Global Health

This program aims to tap into the creativity, knowledge and skills of emerging innovators from low- and lower-middle income countries to solve some of the most persistent health challenges in the developing world through scientific/technological, business, and social innovation. We call this…

Save the Date -- Call for Papers

Considering Women in Advancing the Surgeon General’s Call to Action 

7^th Breastfeeding and Feminism Conference…

Emerging Issues in Today’s HIV Response

Debate

Thursday, November 10  |  8:00-10:00 a.m.  |  Webcast

This Thursday, the sixth debate in the series, Treatment as Prevention, will feature Dr. Myron…

Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and Brisbane, Australia – Today, GRM International and the Futures Group announced that the two firms will merge to create a global leader in development with approximately 90 current projects operating in more than 60 countries, and $225 million in revenue. The combined group will have a multisectoral focus, more diverse technical offerings and a wider geographic reach.

This merger will give clients and partners access to a top-tier health and…

Nothing says global health like soap for all!

One of our own - Derreck Kayongo - has been listed on CNN's top ten heroes list and is in the running to win a major award for his non-profit organization, the Global Soap Project. It is an organization that takes soap donated by hotels, melts it down, sanitizes it and then makes it into bars that are shipped to communities in Africa as part of their health education and disease prevention programs. Nothing else…

We’re looking forward to seeing you this year in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Join attendees from 60 countries to address critical issues facing drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both the developing and developed worlds. The conference is only 3 weeks away and there’s still time to register.

This year’s event features over 25 workshop and networking events and a new Young Water Professionals Lounge. Workshop descriptions, as well as a…

School's Closed for 67 Million Kids: Opening the Doors for the World's Poorest Children

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

1:30-3:00pm

Hosted by NC Triangle RESULTS

Watts Street Baptist Church

800 Watts St.

Durham, NC 27701

A woman in South Sudan is more likely to die in childbirth than finish high school. This statement from Dr. Rajiv Shah,…

Save the date!  Rock for Reproductive Rights will be on Saturday, October 15^th, with featured performer Toshi Reagon and Big Lovely: http://www.toshireagon.com/.  Toshi has an incredibly dynamic stage presence and is a powerful and moving performer.    She is also a very committed political activist and uses her talents to support a number of social justice causes.   Her music spans rock,…

Town Hall Meetings:  Proposed Reforms for Human Subjects Research

The U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services has proposed sweeping changes to the regulations that govern research involving human subjects ("The Common Rule"). These include changes to the requirements for informed consent, IRB review of multisite studies, expanded use of exemptions and expedited review, and adverse event…

The UN’s Millennium Development Goals Report 2011 provides a fascinating snapshot of how far we’ve come in improving health outcomes—and how much further we need to go. Unfortunately, the report ignores the health workforce crisis in many of the countries struggling to meet their 2015 health goals. The MDGs cannot be achieved when large numbers of people lack access to a health worker, yet the persistent, severe shortage…

RTI staff members and visitors are invited to a presentation by the Taiwan Minister of Health, Wen-Ta Chiu, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the O8 Building Multipurpose Room.

Dr. Chiu—a highly distinguished neurosurgeon, medical researcher, academic leader and public health advocate—will discuss the impact of health information technology on public health in Taiwan.

Using its advanced IT capability, Taiwan issued in 2004 universal health insurance…

Dear TGHC Colleagues,

Which workshops and networking events are you going to attend this year? Map out your schedule today!

The 2011 Water and Health Conference features two days of academic oral and poster presentations and three days of workshops and networking events. View the agenda at: http://whconference.unc.edu/program.cfm

Early bird rate of US$395 ends 31 July 2011.…

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina and LIVERPOOL, U.K. (July 12, 2011) – The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) announced today that it has signed an agreement with drug discovery and development company SCYNEXIS, Inc. to find potential candidate compounds suitable for development into new insecticide active ingredients to protect public health. New…

Please see the Event listings on the TGHC website for more information.