The Global Fund responds—partnership with Lombard Odier

The precarious promise of the Global Fund.

A global fund for the health MDGs?

1500 www.thelancet.com Vol 373 May 2, 2009 A disadvantage of early vaccination in infancy can be reduced immunogenicity because of acquired immune responses that are less mature, and interference from maternal antibodies. However, newer vaccines supported for potential introduction into some developing countries pose safety as well as effi cacy questions about timing. More than 30% of children ...

Editorial: Global Health Fund or Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria?

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFTAM) has generated passionate debates since the UN Secretary General called for its creation in April 2001 [The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFTAM) 2002].The debates concentrated on issues such as the gap between required funds and funds pledged (US$ 2 billion so far – some of it one-off contributions – where U...

Global Fund withdraws grants to Myanmar.

News Global Fund withdraws grants to Myanmar International agencies are scrambling to raise funds to maintain three fledgling health-care projects in Myanmar, after the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria withdrew grants to the country in August this year. Discussions are underway with donors in Norway, Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan to try to secure the survival of a p...

The Lombard effect

How does it work? Although the adjustment of vocal intensity happens involuntarily when background noise levels change, the phenomenon is not truly a reflex. Much of what we do know about how the Lombard effect works at a neural level comes from comparative work on non-human primates and other mammals. From these studies we learn that the essential circuits responsible for the Lombard effect ar...