Global Health Innovators

Some big thoughts from some über-big thinkers in global health (Mark Dybul, Peter Piot and Julio Frenk)...

Interesting profile on Kathleen Bongiovanni who won a recent Gates grant for proposing a simple test to identify premature babies.

Well played! It was just announced that Bill Foege will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US honor awarded to a civilian. Check out Dr. Foege's terrific speech on global health delivered earlier this year.

Great news, Ghana!

"I'm still living, okay, it's time to be productive in life." Living with AIDS in Vancouver BC Canada.

Great new (unanimous) ruling from the US Supreme Court on diagnostic patenting. Nor could Archimedes have secured a patent for his famous principle of flotation." But will it really stifle innovation?