CGD Blog Post Discusses President Trump’s Budget Proposal, Approach To Foreign Assistance May 24, 2017 News Summary Center for Global Development Blog: There is an Emerging Trump Philosophy for Foreign Assistance Scott Morris, senior fellow and director of the U.S. Development Policy Initiative at CGD, discusses insights gleaned from President Trump’s FY 2018 budget request on foreign assistance priorities. Morris writes, “Emerging from the president’s budget proposal…
Clinton, Sridhar Outline 5 Priorities For New WHO DG May 24, 2017 News Summary BMJ Opinion: Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar: Five tasks for the new WHO DG Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the Clinton Foundation and adjunct assistant professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and Devi Sridhar, professor in global public health and director of the global health…
Lancet Comment Piece Discusses Gaps In Global Pandemic Response, Recommendations To Strengthen Preparedness May 24, 2017 News Summary The Lancet Global Health: Financing of international collective action for epidemic and pandemic preparedness Gavin Yamey, professor of the practice of global health at Duke University, and colleagues discuss the gaps in the global response to pandemics, “call for scaled-up financing of international collective action for epidemic and pandemic preparedness,” and…
5 Core Principles Should Guide U.S. Foreign Assistance May 24, 2017 News Summary The Hill: Five key principles for U.S. foreign assistance success Carolyn Miles, president and CEO of Save the Children, and David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, both former co-chairs of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) “…[T]he president’s budget will have an enormous impact on our nation’s standing…
Private Sector Has Ability To Maintain, Increase Progress Against Global Poverty May 24, 2017 News Summary The Guardian: Foreign aid is being cut, but business will keep fighting poverty William Warshauer, president and CEO of TechnoServe “…The new U.S. administration has proposed cutting the foreign aid budget … and eliminating certain programs. … But it’s worth remembering that there is another force out there that I…
New WHO Director-General Tedros Should Put Women, Girls At Center Of Agency’s Agenda May 24, 2017 News Summary Devex: Opinion: 4 priorities on women’s health for new WHO chief Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus Shannon Kowalski, director of advocacy and policy at the International Women’s Health Coalition “…As next director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros [Adhanom Ghebreyesus] will take the helm as countries such as the United States…
Global Community Must Address Child Marriage, FGM, Early Pregnancy To Prevent Obstetric Fistula May 24, 2017 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: Obstetric fistula; a silent death for millions of women and girls Jenny Vaughan, senior campaigns and advocacy officer at FORWARD “…Fistula affects mostly those left behind, often those whose lives are affected by multiple factors; social norms that promote child marriage, FGM, and the condoning of domestic…
Trump Administration’s FY18 Health Budget Proposal Posted Online Shows Cuts To Health Agencies Similar To ‘Skinny Budget’ Released In March May 23, 2017 News Summary BuzzFeed News: Trump Budget Plan Calls For Cuts To Medicaid And Public Health Agencies “The Trump administration’s health budget, mistakenly put online Monday afternoon, calls for hundreds of billions of dollars in new cuts to Medicaid and [cuts] for many health science agencies…” (McLeod, 5/22). STAT: Trump budget proposes massive…
Trump Administration’s Expansion Of Mexico City Policy ‘Will Hamper’ Health Care Delivery In Developing World May 23, 2017 News Summary Los Angeles Times: Trump’s new global gag rule will devastate health care in poor countries Editorial Board “…[T]he new Trump administration incarnation of the [Mexico City policy] is far more expansive [than previous iterations]. Instead of applying specifically to [foreign NGOs’] family planning programs, … [h]ealth care providers overseas working…