In Journal Review, Experts Discuss Successes, Challenges In Controlling Liberian Ebola Epidemic November 11, 2015 News Summary CIDRAP News: Experts say leadership, engagement were key to Ebola control in Liberia “A review … of Liberia’s Ebola outbreak and the public health response to the event said no single factor explains the country’s control of the virus, but experts singled out six issues, including government leadership and community…
Routine Meningitis A Immunizations Required In Africa To Prevent Future Epidemic, WHO Says November 11, 2015 News Summary News outlets continue to report on a collection of articles and studies published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases noting progress in efforts by the Meningitis Vaccine Project to eliminate meningitis A in Africa. Agence France-Presse: WHO urges routine meningitis vaccine to avoid resurgence in Africa “Meningitis A has almost…
Ethiopia Appeals For $55M For Food Assistance; USAID Announces Additional $97M In Emergency Food Aid For Nation November 11, 2015 News Summary Associated Press/U.S. News & World Report: Ethiopia appeals for international help to feed thousands of refugees “An Ethiopian official says the country’s more than 730,000 refugees could go hungry if $55 million in food aid is not raised by the end of the year. Ayalew Awoke, deputy director of refugee…
Guardian Podcast Examines Role Of Data In Reaching SDG Targets November 11, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Measuring up: how open data could spur drive to meet the global goals — podcast transcript “…When the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, were adopted in 2001 technology was not so advanced and this has meant huge gaps in the way they’ve been monitored. As we move into…
India Promotes Clean Cooking Technologies To Save Lives, Ensure Social Justice, AP Reports November 11, 2015 News Summary Associated Press: India sees clean cooking as climate action that saves lives “…India, the world’s third-largest climate polluting nation, has spent decades encouraging cleaner cooking technologies, with limited success. Such a shift would have little impact on India’s emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases, and many of the alternatives pollute as…
‘Political Opportunity’ For Meaningful Global Health Security Reforms ‘Rapidly Closing’ November 11, 2015 News Summary JAMA: 3 Critical Challenges for Global Health Security Lawrence O. Gostin, professor at Georgetown University, director of the O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, and director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Public Health Law & Human Rights “International institutions are poised to make one of the most…
Increased Access To Pneumonia Vaccines, Integrated Health Systems Critical To Childhood Health November 11, 2015 News Summary Devex: Tackling the world’s deadliest childhood disease Anuradha Gupta, deputy CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance “…Increasing access to vaccines against childhood killers like pneumonia will increase protection rates in the world’s poorest countries and will, in turn, avert billions of dollars in treatment costs and productivity losses. … Immunization…
China’s Two-Child Policy Still Impedes Women’s Reproductive Rights November 11, 2015 News Summary New York Times: Still No Dignity for Chinese Women Sheng Keyi, Chinese novelist “…[D]ropping the one-child policy will not end the [Chinese] government’s control of women’s bodies. We still will not have the final say when it comes to our reproductive rights. … [A] two-child policy means the state can…
‘Science Speaks’ Highlights Communication Guides About TB, Sex Work November 11, 2015 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: “Case?” “Suspect?” “Trafficking?” “Industry?” We’re reading guides on how to talk about TB, write about sex work Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses the Stop TB Partnership’s release of a “guide to language and usage for tuberculosis communications ……
Bipartisan Bill Would Help Solidify U.S. Strategy To End Preventable Maternal, Child Mortality November 11, 2015 News Summary The Hill: Maternal mortality is a problem we can solve Diana Ohlbaum, independent consultant, co-chair of the Accountability Working Group of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network, and principal of Turner4D “…The reasons why progress [toward ending preventable maternal and child deaths] has been lagging are technically simple but politically complex.…