Malaria Prevention
Jessica Cohen and Pascaline Dupas, December 2007
In a new Global working paper, Jessica Cohen studies malaria prevention efforts in detail, analyzing whether free distribution or cost-sharing of anti-malarial insecticide-treated nets in Kenya affects prevention of the disease.
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Health Care, Africa, Africa Growth and Development, Global Health, Global Economics
Spotlight: World AIDS Day

Reuters/Ajay Verma - School children take part in a campaign for AIDS awareness in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.
Amanda Glassman and Christopher Lane, November 29, 2007
The continuity and sustainability of global health financing continues to be a major challenge in the fight to stem HIV/AIDS, particularly in developing countries. Brookings Global Health expert Amanda Glassman examines country-based endowment funds as one innovative financing mechanism that could help alleviate this ongoing problem.
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Health Care, Africa, Africa Growth and Development, Global Health, Global Finance
Spotlight: World AIDS Day

Reuters/Jacky Naegelen - A medical personnel working with Medecin de Monde conducts HIV tests at Ouidah's hospital near Cotonou.
Jacques van der Gaag and Emily Gustafsson-Wright, November 29, 2007
Reflecting on World AIDS Day, Brookings Global Health Financing scholars discuss the importance of providing low-cost health insurance to low-income households to help guarantee HIV/AIDS treatment.
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Africa, Health Care, Africa Growth and Development, Global Health, Developing Countries
Financing Global Health Care

The World Bank/Curt Carnemark - Mother and child in Mali
As the volume of health aid to developing countries increases and allocations shift toward specific diseases, issues of aid allocation become more important to the achievement of better health outcomes. Brookings Global expert Amanda Glassman examines the effectiveness and impact of health aid in a recent Health Affairs article.
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Figthing Malaria: Corporate Action

Reuters/Daniel Flynn - Marie Eyeang holds her child as she stands before a hanging mosquito net in the village of Lybe, Gabon's border with mainland Equatorial Guinea.
Monday, March 12, 2007
12:00 AM to
Washington, DC
The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC) and the Brookings Institution co-hosted a private sector forum to promote key achievements and to present practical methods for increased corporate involvement in an effective and innovative malaria response.
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Africa, Global Health, Development, Global Economics, Global Poverty