U.S. Will Maintain Technical Presence In South Africa’s AIDS Programming, Ambassador Says June 11, 2015 News Summary News24: U.S. to remain involved in SA’s fight against AIDS “…U.S. Ambassador Patrick Gaspard said [on the sidelines of the South African AIDS Conference in Durban that] while the world’s largest economy and South Africa’s biggest donor in fighting HIV/AIDS is slowly reducing their financial aid, the U.S. intends [on]…
Despite International Assistance, South Sudan Running Out Of Money, Facing Food Insecurity Amid Civil War June 11, 2015 News Summary Wall Street Journal: World’s Newest Country Struggles to Survive “South Sudan is running out of money, which along with a civil war and mass food shortages is putting the world’s youngest country at risk of becoming its youngest failed state. In the past two years, the U.S. government has spent…
Drop In Crop Production Due To Drought Could Lead To Food Shortages In North Korea June 11, 2015 News Summary International Business Times: Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea Faces Historic Famine As Drought Threatens Crop Production “A drought in North Korea could shrink the isolated country’s crop production by as much as 20 percent, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said Tuesday. The country, which often faces food shortages, is…
NEJM Perspective Piece Examines TPP’s Potential Impact On Health Policy Issues June 11, 2015 News Summary New England Journal of Medicine: The Trans-Pacific Partnership — Is It Bad for Your Health? Amy Kapczynski, professor of law at Yale Law School and faculty director of the Global Health Justice Partnership “International trade deals once focused primarily on tariffs. As a result, they had little direct effect on…
Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Updated Primer On U.S. Engagement In Global Health June 11, 2015 News Summary Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Government Engagement in Global Health: A Primer This updated primer provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. government’s engagement in global health issues. Specifically, the document includes basic information about global health challenges; provides a brief history of the evolving response from the U.S. government…
U.S. Feed The Future Initiative Making Strides In Improving Global Food Security June 11, 2015 News Summary Feed the Future Blog: Meet the U.S. Government Team Making a Difference in the Fight to End Global Hunger Richard Greene, acting assistant to the administrator in the USAID Bureau for Food Security, writes about the efforts of “Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s cornerstone global hunger and food security…
USAID Adviser Discusses Social Mobilization, Behavior Change Communication In Ebola Response June 11, 2015 News Summary USAID’s “Impact”: Q&A: How Changing Behaviors is Helping Stop Ebola’s Spread in West Africa Clara Wagner, a former intern for USAID’s Bureau of Legislative and Public Affairs working on content and public engagement, interviews Kama Garrison, a senior public health adviser for USAID’s Neglected Tropical Disease Program, about her work…
New Issue Of ‘Global Fund News Flash’ Available Online June 11, 2015 News Summary Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Global Fund News Flash The latest issue of the Global Fund News Flash discusses the Stop TB Partnership’s launch of an online consultation process for the development of the Global Plan to Stop TB 2016-2020; efforts to expand viral load testing; the status…
WHO Marks World Blood Donor Day, Underscores Need For Voluntary Blood Donations June 11, 2015 News Summary WHO: WHO calls for increase in voluntary blood donors to save millions of lives In a news release in advance of World Blood Donor Day, the World Health Organization discusses the importance of increasing voluntary blood donations around the world and improving the safety and accessibility of blood and blood…
Blog Post Discusses XDR-TB Case In U.S., Challenges Of Treating Disease June 11, 2015 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: XDR-TB patient in U.S. highlights global reach of infectious disease Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in light of the identification of a women with XDR-TB who traveled from India to the U.S. (6/10).