Kaiser Family Foundation Analysis Examines Global Health Components Of House SFOPs Bill June 11, 2015 News Summary Kaiser Family Foundation: House Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2016 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill According to the foundation’s analysis of the House Committee on Appropriations’ FY 2016 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which includes funding for U.S. global health programs at USAID and the State Department, “Funding in…
House Appropriations Committee releases FY 2016 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill June 11, 2015 News Summary The House Committee on Appropriations released the FY 2016 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill and associated committee report, which includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department (see table below) comprising a significant portion of U.S. funding for…
South Korea Reports 122 MERS Cases, 10 Deaths; WHO Working With Government On Prevention, Control Measures June 11, 2015 News Summary New York Times: South Korean Hamlet, Under MERS Quarantine, Symbolizes Weaknesses in System “No one in this tiny village of 73 households can leave. … Jangdeok represents the most extreme of the quarantine measures that embarrassed South Korean authorities have scrambled to assemble in recent days to stop the disease,…
Ebola Case Numbers Rise In Guinea, Sierra Leone, Stoking Fears Of Disease Resurgence June 11, 2015 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Ebola spikes again in Guinea, Sierra Leone: WHO “The number of Ebola cases has risen in Guinea and Sierra Leone for the second consecutive week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In Guinea, 16 new cases were found in the week ending June 7, with 15 more found…
Ghana Halts Experimental Ebola Vaccine Trial; Latest Setback In Efforts To Test Candidates June 11, 2015 News Summary PBS NewsHour: How close is the Ebola vaccine? “The quest for an Ebola vaccine has been a journey filled with excruciating delays and mad dashes. The latest outbreak in West Africa caused governments and drug companies to jumpstart research that had languished back when the threat of Ebola wasn’t big…
UNAIDS, A.U. Joint Report Addresses HIV Prevention, Treatment Among African Women, Girls June 11, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Women and girls in Africa ‘being left behind’ in fight against HIV/AIDS — U.N. report “…In order to guide regional and global advocacy and inform political dialogue on HIV prevention and treatment among young women and adolescent girls, UNAIDS and the African Union have launched a joint…
International Community Needs To Invest More In Development, Equality, U.K.’s Greening Says June 11, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Justine Greening: The days of ignoring poverty because it’s far away are over “The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the Mediterranean migrant crisis, and the enduring terror threat have shown prosperous countries that ‘the days of being able to simply ignore poverty around the other side of the…
Some Experts Say Critical Analyses Of Gates Foundation’s Global Health Funding Needed, Vox Reports June 11, 2015 News Summary Vox: The media loves the Gates Foundation. These experts are more skeptical. “…To be sure, plenty of experts think the Gates Foundation does important work in fighting neglected diseases and boosting vaccinat[ion] rates in children. The foundation has taken private funding for global health to an unprecedented level, giving away…
Vatican Official Calls For Measures To Improve Access To Medicines, Vaccines In Developing Nations June 11, 2015 News Summary Vatican Radio: Holy See: Poor countries need better access to medicines “The Vatican has called for waivers for the least-developed countries from certain obligations of intellectual property treaties in order to give them better access to essential medicines and vaccines. Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, permanent representative of the Holy See…