International Community Must ‘Do Better’ In Responding To HIV Among MSM July 8, 2016 News Summary The Lancet: The global response to HIV in men who have sex with men Chris Beyrer of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and colleagues “In July, 2012, The Lancet published a series on gay, bisexual, and other men…
Aid Agencies Laud Passage Of U.S. Global Food Security Act Of 2016 July 8, 2016 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: Aid agencies hail U.S. bill to end global hunger and malnutrition “Aid agencies have hailed the passage of a U.S. bill that aims to eliminate hunger and poverty around the world by helping smallholder farmers, especially women, with investments targeted at increasing productivity and improving nutrition. The…
Health Officials, U.N. Envoy Warn More Must Be Done To Address Health, Development Impacts Of El Niño, Climate Change July 8, 2016 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Climate change health impacts loom large “The world should brace for potentially devastating impacts on human health due to climate change, top policymakers and officials from around the globe meeting in Paris said Thursday. Some of these consequences may be avoided if humanity radically curbs its use of…
WHO Director Of Essential Medicines Discusses Agency’s Plan To Devise Fair Drug Pricing Model July 8, 2016 News Summary STAT: Q&A: Why the World Health Organization plans a fair pricing model for drugs “Over the next year, the World Health Organization wants to develop a fair pricing model for pharmaceuticals. … The trick is to find the right balance between access to affordable medicines and enticing companies to develop…
WFP Announces $610M Shortfall To Address Drought Relief In 7 Southern African Nations July 8, 2016 News Summary Reuters: U.N. food agency says faces $610 million shortfall for southern Africa drought relief “The United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday it needed $730 million over the next 12 months for relief in seven Southern African countries hit hard by a blistering drought and faced a $610 million shortfall.…
Sierra Leone’s Trauma Counselors Work To Assist Ebola Survivors July 8, 2016 News Summary The Guardian: Mental health experts in Sierra Leone aim to pluck out heart of Ebola mystery “…For nearly two years, Ebola stormed across this corner of West Africa, devastating communities and health systems that were already among the world’s poorest. But within that public health emergency was a second crisis,…
Zika Response Highlights U.S. Politics Surrounding Family Planning, Abortion July 8, 2016 News Summary Huffington Post: The Undeclared War on Contraception Robert Walker, president of the Population Institute “…Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have been waging [a war on contraception] for several years now. They have pursued this war under many banners. It has been fought under the ‘pro-life’ banner. It has…
Global Food Security Act Of 2016 Will Help U.S., World Make Progress Toward Ending Hunger, Malnutrition July 8, 2016 News Summary Huffington Post: Congress Takes Bipartisan Stand Against Global Hunger Lindsay Coates, president of InterAction “…The Global Food Security Act … is an exciting step forward in building the political will needed to end global hunger and malnutrition. Utilizing new approaches and the knowledge and commitment of a diverse coalition, the…
More Focus Needed To Improve Health Of Indigenous People Worldwide July 8, 2016 News Summary The Lancet: Indigenous health: a worldwide focus Editorial Board “…[I]t makes no difference where you live if you are Indigenous — you will be worse off health-wise, regardless of the economic status of that country. Why do such large differences exist between populations living in the same country? The answer…
CDC Documents West African, U.S. Ebola Responses In MMWR Supplement July 8, 2016 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: CDC details two years of Ebola response Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” writes, “In a more than 100-page supplement to its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the agency recounts challenges it met with both emergency and sustained responses that…