AIDS and TB: How should care be delivered?
The availability of cheaper drugs and the establishment of a UN Global Fund are helping to increase the scope of programs to combat diseases like HIV/AIDS and TB in developing countries. But how should these programs be designed? Dr. Jim Yong Kim of Harvard Medical School and Partners in Health says that treatment programs are possible and can make a difference even in the poorest areas.

Also: Dr. Richard Marlink of the Harvard AIDS Institute comments on the need to balance care and prevention when designing programs to combat HIV/AIDS.

What do you think? HMI World invites reader responses.

Colombian nursing makes great strides with HMI program
A two-year program with St. Vincent de Paul University Hospital in Medellín, Colombia has created new opportunities for leadership and education for nurses at the hospital and throughout the region.

Giving medical students an early dose of clinical practice
Harvard Medical School’s Patient-Doctor course gives students early experiences with patient care. Now, faculty at a medical school in Dresden, Germany are looking to do the same, as part of an extensive curriculum reform program.

An enduring partnership in India continues to spark exchange
A five-year alliance with Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute has brought fruitful student and faculty exchanges, and a focus on research and institutional growth.

Online training program will ease the stress of surgical residency

First global BioSecurity conference will be held in November

Leaders from China Worldbest Group visit HMS to discuss large-scale health care program

HMI Trauma and Disaster Institute honors Dr. Tom Durant

Upcoming Practi-Med in Japan will bring attention to primary care

Mannheim medical students propose their own new pathway

Dominican Republic project will lay plans for med school and hospital

Former Dean Tosteson honored by Munich medical school

When a Macy scholar met “Stan, ” a new career path began
“Stan,” a computer-controlled mannequin used in Harvard’s medical education curriculum, helps students experience clinical situations without a real patient. Dr. James Gordon of Harvard Medical School was introduced to the patient simulator while he was a scholar at the Harvard Macy Institute in 1998. “Ultimately, the Macy Institute and my introduction to the anesthesia simulator group during the Macy program changed the focus of my career,” he said.

Links to selected news items from the Harvard community, including:

New breast cancer drugs expand treatment options
A treatment update from the Harvard Women’s Health Watch.

The new ancient trend in medicine
An article on the scientific scrutiny of "alternative" therapies from Harvard Magazine.

Researchers chronicle unequal, race-based health care
A look at a new book on racial disparities from the Focus Newsletter at HMS.

Common protein may hold key to diagnosis of ovarian cancer
News from Brigham and Women’s hospital on a link between the protein osteopontin and ovarian cancer.