Building on the AIDS Response to Tackle Noncommunicable Disease

US to tackle AIDS on the border.

The US Health and Human Services Department plans to spend $11 million over the next 5 years in demonstration projects designed to provide care for people with AIDS who live along the US-Mexico border. The grant, announced by US Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala on World AIDS Day, December 1, will first be awarded to 4 projects in each of the 4 border states, Arizona, Califor...

Political lessons from the global HIV/AIDS response to inform a rapid noncommunicable disease response.

The United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in September 2011 was an important milestone in global health. Discussions were dominated by the relative prioritization of prevention versus treatment for NCDs [1]. Wealthy states are cautious about promising a long-term commitment to NCD care in developing nations because of the costs of interventions and uncertainty abo...

Informing the 2011 UN Session on Noncommunicable Diseases: Applying Lessons from the AIDS Response

The United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS in 2001 was a critical event that dramatically enhanced the global AIDS response. Ten years later, the September 2011 UN HighLevel Meeting on Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control provides a similar opportunity for the international community and national stakeholders to raise awareness and launch an effective glo...

Building cyber-resilience to tackle threats

Cyberspace is critical to organisations today – from the supply chain to customer engagement – and slowing adoption or disconnecting from cyberspace is simply not an option. However, the commercial, reputational and financial risks that go with cyberspace presence are real and growing, driven by two key factors. First, cyber-criminals are now better organised and more professional in their appr...

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