John Donnelly

GlobalPost

John Donnelly is a journalist based in Washington, D.C., specializing in global health and environmental subjects. From 1999 to 2008, he was a reporter with The Boston Globe. He worked for five years in the Washington bureau of The Globe, covering foreign policy, with a special focus on global health issues. From 2003 to mid-2006, he opened and ran the Globe’s first-ever Africa bureau. Based in South Africa, he traveled widely around the continent, focusing on a wide range of health issues, politics, counter-terrorism, development policy, and the future of oil in Africa.

Conversations from AIDS 2012: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick on the AIDS fight in America

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick, who has about 100 HIV-positive patients, speaks about what should be happening in the AIDS fight in the US.

Conversations from AIDS 2012: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick on the AIDS fight in America

Analysis: For faith leaders, a new turn in AIDS fight

Analysis: For faith leaders, a new turn in AIDS fight

Conversations from AIDS 2012: USAID's Rajiv Shah on the AIDS fight

Conversations from AIDS 2012: USAID's Rajiv Shah on the AIDS fight

Conversations from AIDS 2012: Sen. Bill Frist on HIV work as 'currency for peace'

Conversations from AIDS 2012: Sen. Bill Frist on HIV work as 'currency for peace'

Conversations from AIDS 2012: General Manager of the Global Fund

Conversations from AIDS 2012: General Manager of the Global Fund

Conversations from AIDS 2012: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim

Less than a month into his tenure, Kim spoke to GlobalPost about the Bank's focus on eradicating poverty and fighting AIDS.

Conversations from AIDS 2012: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim

Conversations from AIDS 2012: Vanessa Kerry on partnering with the Peace Corps

Vanessa Kerry, daughter of Sen. John Kerry, talked to GlobalPost about the partnership she spearheaded between her non-profit and the Peace Corps.

Conversations from AIDS 2012: Vanessa Kerry on partnering with the Peace Corps

Defining an ‘AIDS-free generation’

Is an AIDS-free generation just a dream? And what does it mean?

Defining an ‘AIDS-free generation’

In Tanzania, HIV at a crossroads

The US will launch a series of HIV prevention strategies to test whether an AIDS-free generation really is possible. Will this be a breakthrough moment?

In Tanzania, HIV at a crossroads

Q&A with WHO’s TB chief: ‘We have to be bold’

Mario Raviglione has been the director of the World Health Organization’s Stop TB Department since 2003. He spoke with John Donnelly about the progress and frustrations with detection and treatment of Tuberculosis.

Q&A with WHO’s TB chief: ‘We have to be bold’

Activists question Obama's AIDS plan

Part One: Many perceive a disconnect between the president's big promises and a proper strategy.

Activists question Obama's AIDS plan

TB: A 'catastrophe' that needs a vaccine

There haven't been any new TB drugs for over 40 years. But an unlikely partnership between non-profits and a mining company may save thousands of lives in the search for a new vaccine.

TB: A 'catastrophe' that needs a vaccine

Talking about the end of AIDS

Business leaders join government and NGO representatives to discuss why it makes to much sense to invest in treatment.

Talking about the end of AIDS

Kenyans want AIDS windfall to stay in country

Activists point blame back at the US for unspent funding.

Kenyans want AIDS windfall to stay in country

Pulling out old photos, backpacks to save children

USAID yesterday launched a social media campaign called “Every Child Deserves a Fifth Birthday.”

Pulling out old photos, backpacks to save children