Feb 23 Head of Global Fund Makes Case for Health Aid Amid Economic Crisis By Admin, PBS News Hour With Congress taking up 2009 foreign operations appropriations this week, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has been meeting with lawmakers to stress the importance of foreign health aid in tough economic times. Continue reading
Feb 23 Reporter’s Notebook: Cultural Taboos Around Sex Feed AIDS Epidemic By PBS News Hour In his final reporter's notebook from South Africa, Ray Suarez reflects on the entanglement of sex and death in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the challenges of confronting the issues that no one wants to discuss. Continue reading
Feb 20 Reporter’s Notebook: South African Society Shaped by Racial Identity, Apartheid By Admin, PBS News Hour Ray Suarez is reporting in South Africa on global health issues. In this reporter's notebook, he reflects on the deep history and continued legacy of racial prejudice in South Africa, and the signs of progress he has seen during his… Continue reading
Feb 18 Reporter’s Notebook: TB, HIV Hit South Africa’s Poorest Communities the Hardest By Admin, PBS News Hour Ray Suarez is in Durban, South Africa, reporting on the deadly airborne disease tuberculosis, which has been nearly wiped out in some parts of the world but is flourishing among the South African population, especially those weakened by HIV. Continue reading
Feb 17 Reporter’s Notebook: Children Orphaned by AIDS Cobble Lives from the Ruins By PBS News Hour Ray Suarez is in rural KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, tracing the daily lives of children orphaned by AIDS. In this report he looks at their struggle for survival and the unique family units that form in the absence of… Continue reading
Feb 16 Microbicide Gels May Help Prevent HIV/AIDS Transmission By Admin, PBS News Hour Two new studies of topical gels meant to prevent the transmission of HIV are providing fresh hope for the field of HIV prevention research after a string of disappointing set-backs. Continue reading
Feb 13 Reporter’s Notebook: South Africa Battling Double-threat of Tuberculosis and HIV By Admin, PBS News Hour Ray Suarez is in South Africa reporting on the country's health policies and the growing threat of HIV-tuberculosis co-infection for an upcoming series of NewsHour reports. In this reporter's notebook, Suarez reflects on what he's seen so far. Continue reading
Feb 06 Economic Crisis May Take Toll on Health Services in Developing Nations By Admin, PBS News Hour As the global economic crisis continues to unfold, concern is growing over maintaining funding for health services in developing countries that rely on foreign aid to provide necessary treatments. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch Dawes, Pulitzer Center Take On HIV/AIDs in Jamaica Poet Kwame Dawes teamed up with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to create a multimedia Web site called "HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica." The interactive site pairs his poetry with music, essays and video from people… Continue watching
Oct 06 European Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Medicine By PBS News Hour Three European scientists will share this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, for identifying two deadly sexually transmitted viruses, the Nobel committee announced Monday. Continue reading