Leading Web Resource for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Information Now Available in French, Spanish, Russian, Hindi and Simplified Chinese

Leading Web Resource for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Information Now Available in French, Spanish, Russian, Hindi and Simplified Chinese

June 06, 2007

GlobalHealthReporting.org Provides Journalists and Others
Across the Globe With Up-to-date Global Health Statistics,
Overviews, Country-specific Information and the Latest
News


    MENLO PARK, Calif., June 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Updated daily with the latest information on HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, GlobalHealthReporting.org a
free website for global health news, reports and data is
now available in French, Spanish, Russian, Hindi and
simplified Chinese. This free website is operated by the
Kaiser Family Foundation with major support from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation.

    As the amount of information on HIV/AIDS, TB and
malaria grows, staying abreast of the latest news,
statistics and reports becomes increasingly challenging.
GlobalHealthReporting.org is designed to help journalists
and others cut through the wealth of information to
efficiently search the latest and most accurate news and
facts about global health. 

    "Through GlobalHealthReporting.org, we're able to
get the latest health news and developments to journalists
and others in many of the hardest-hit regions of the
world," said Kaiser Family Foundation President and
CEO Drew E. Altman, Ph.D.  "With our resources now
available in multiple languages, the power of that
information is magnified."

    With portions of the website now available in six
languages, more journalists, as well as researchers,
policymakers and NGOs across the globe can access the
information, which includes:

    * Current regional and global statistics on HIV/AIDS,
TB and
      malaria including the number of new cases and people
living
      with the diseases.
    * An overview of the three diseases and frequently
asked
      questions.
    * Language-specific and region-specific reporting
guides on
      HIV/AIDS which provide glossaries and basic facts,
and address
      the challenges of reporting on HIV/AIDS, treatment
and
      prevention strategies, and global financing efforts.
    * Country spotlights for more than 60 countries,
providing a
      snapshot of the diseases' impact, recent news stories
and
      resources, with other countries added on a bi-weekly
basis.
      (Provided in English only).
    * Country-level data on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and other
emerging
      health problems such as avian flu, displayed in
color-coded
      maps and charts are available on the companion
website,
      GlobalHealthFacts.org. (Provided in English only).
    * Daily summaries of news from around the world
(featured in the
      GlobalHealthReporting.org Weekly TB and Malaria
Report), links
      to new reports, webcasts from key global health
organizations
      and a calendar of upcoming events related to
HIV/AIDS, TB,
      malaria and health journalism. (Provided in English
only).

    Sign up to receive free weekly email alerts with
updates about what's new in global health and the weekly
news summary report, the GlobalHealthReporting.org Weekly
TB and Malaria Report, at
http://www.GlobalHealthReporting.org/email. We also
encourage you to forward this notice to others who might be
interested in GlobalHealthReporting.org and invite you to
include a link to GlobalHealthReporting.org from your
organization's Web site. Linking instructions can be found
at http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/about.asp#link .

    The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private
operating foundation dedicated to providing information and
analysis on health care issues to policymakers, the media,
the health care community and the general public. The
Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or
Kaiser Industries.






    For more information, please contact:

     Robin Sidel
     Kaiser Family Foundation
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]