365 review: Top global health innovation news of 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, the Global Health Technologies Coalition is reflecting on the past year in global health innovation.
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As 2015 draws to a close, the Global Health Technologies Coalition is reflecting on the past year in global health innovation.
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) received a grant from the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, a member of the GHTC, to study the human microbiome in search of biomarkers to predict preterm birth.
Findings of a study presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting last week suggest that ivermectin—a drug long used to treat river blindness and elephantiasis—can combat malaria when used in mass drug administration programs.
Dr. Robert Gallo co-discovered the HIV virus and subsequently led the development of the first HIV and AIDS blood test.