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Boston Event Raises Over $250,000 for Accordia
Accordia International Council member Nancy Brady mobilizes network in support of Accordia.
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World AIDS Day 2010
On this World AIDS Day, Accordia Global Health Foundation salutes the thousands of health workers, community advocates, and patient volunteers who are dedicated to fighting a pandemic that has resulted in more than 25 million deaths and infected 60 million people worldwide.
The intensive efforts of the past two decades by multilateral organizations, governments, foundations, corporations, and individuals to reduce the suffering caused by infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa are beginning to yield results. Better prevention and diagnostic tools have been created, new treatments have been developed and made widely available, and over a million lives have been saved. Twenty-two African countries have now reduced new HIV infection rates by more than 25%.
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Second Annual Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award Recognizes Emerging African Leaders in Infectious Disease
October 21, 2010, Washington DC - Accordia Global Health Foundation is pleased to announce the second annual Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award and to invite nominations and applications.
The award was established in memory of Dr. Merle Sande, a co-founder of Accordia and a renowned infectious diseases specialist known for his enthusiasm for work and life, his joy of teaching, and his outstanding leadership abilities. In 2010, Accordia presented the first Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award to Dr. W.D. Francois Venter, senior director of the HIV Management Cluster in the Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit (RHRU) at the University of Witwatersrand, for his remarkable knowledge and experience, dedication to his patients, and resounding impact on his country’s fight against HIV.
Accordia Featured on the Michael Eric Dyson Show
September 14, 2010, Washington DC - Dr. Alex Coutinho, executive director of the Infectious Diseases Institute, and Accordia's executive director, Carol Spahn, spoke with Michael Eric Dyson about the challenges of building and operating African medical facilities.
Click here to read more and listen to the interview.
Accordia Urges Improved Impact Evaluation of Capacity-Building Programs in Africa
, Return on Investment The Long-Term Impact of Building Healthcare Capacity in Africa
IDI Lab Recognized in International Competition
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Accordia Recognizes World Malaria Day 2010
April 23, 2010, Washington, DC: This Sunday, we recognize World Malaria Day, which commemorates the millions of people who battle the disease each year, celebrates the healthcare workers who provide treatment, and reinforces the drive to end the disease altogether.
Malaria takes the lives of over a million people each year, many of whom are children under the age of five. Ninety-percent of all cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis has grown with the HIV/AIDS epidemic: malaria accelerates the course of AIDS and HIV increases the frequency and severity of malarial attacks.
Despite these grim statistics, there is hope for defeating malaria, which is both preventable and treatable. With improved access to prevention techniques like bed nets, effective medication, and training for healthcare workers to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment, the devastation caused by malaria can be dramatically decreased.
2010 Infectious Diseases Summit Concludes in Dar es Salaam
April 16, 2010, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Friday marked the end of Accordia's Infectious Diseases Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The event was a success, with attendees spending two days addressing challenges to long-term healthcare capacity-building in Africa. This is the final installment in the three-part series of reports from Accordia's 2010 Summit.
The final sessions of the Accordia Global Health Foundation’s third annual Infectious Diseases Summit were sober but hopeful. Opinion was strong that effectively evaluating and measuring the impact of programs to improve healthcare worker capacity was critical to long-term efforts to achieve success, but everyone was quick to admit the somewhat daunting challenges that accompany that goal.
Attendees Dive into Evaluation Challenges on Day Two of the Accordia Infectious Diseases Summit
April 16, 2010, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Today marked the second day of the 2010 Accordia Infectious Diseases Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We are continuing to report from the Summit today as key leaders and experts from the private sector, government, NGOs, foundations, and academia address related to long-term healthcare capacity building in Africa.
Accordia's Infectious Diseases Summit Kicks Off in Dar es Salaam
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Accordia Commemorates World TB Day
March 24, 2010, Washington DC: Today, Accordia Global Health Foundation joins the global health community in recognizing World Tuberculosis Day.
Each year, nearly 2 million people die of TB-related causes, and the disease is the leading killer of people with HIV. Despite the prevalence of the disease, healthcare workers are limited by dated and often ineffective diagnostic and treatment options. The only licensed vaccine against TB is more than 100 years old and does not prevent adult pulmonary (lung) TB, the most common and infectious form of the disease.
Accordia’s 2009 Global Health Leadership awardee and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, recently discussed the importance of investing in tuberculosis research, stating:
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