WHO Reports Lowest Weekly Total Of New Ebola Cases This Year; West Africa Must Maintain Vigilance, Agency Says March 26, 2015 News Summary New York Times: Health Agency Reports Lowest Weekly Total of New Ebola Cases “The World Health Organization on Wednesday reported the lowest weekly total of new Ebola cases so far this year in the three nations of West Africa that have been afflicted by the deadly virus…” (Gladstone, 3/26). Reuters:…
Guinea Begins Ebola ‘Ring Vaccination’ Trial; Chinese Researchers Report Results From Another Vaccine Trial March 26, 2015 News Summary CIDRAP News: Ebola vaccine trial launches in Guinea; Chinese vaccine test detailed “In an effort to see if a vaccine might be used to drown out Ebola flare-ups, a new trial launched in an area of Guinea where cases have occurred recently, while Chinese researchers reported the first human trial…
Ugandan Government Paid U.S. Firm To Neutralize Negative Publicity From Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Ugandan Newspaper Reports March 26, 2015 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Uganda paid U.S. PR firm ‘to clean up image’ after anti-gay bill “A row over a law banning homosexuality in Uganda has been reignited after it emerged that the government paid a U.S. public relations firm to offset negative publicity, a report said Monday. Uganda’s Observer newspaper said…
Typhoid Fever Outbreak Infects Hundreds In Uganda’s Capital, Health Official Says March 26, 2015 News Summary Associated Press: Ugandan official: Typhoid sickens hundreds in capital “An outbreak of typhoid fever has infected hundreds of people in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and looks likely to spread as the rainy season gets under way, a senior health official said on Wednesday…” (Muhumuza, 3/25).
Access To Clean Water, Sanitation Indispensable To Stop Cholera In Haiti, PAHO Says March 26, 2015 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: Cholera will plague Haiti until water, sanitation crisis solved: experts “Cholera will continue to kill and infect Haitians as long as they lack access to clean water and sanitation, with a thousand new cases reported each week, health experts say. … ‘We cannot be complacent. We can’t…
Zimbabwe Alert As Cholera Spreads From Neighboring Mozambique To Border Towns March 26, 2015 News Summary IRIN: Zimbabwe on alert over cholera threat “…[W]ith the emergence of a cholera outbreak in neighboring Mozambique, which has already infected 14 people in Zimbabwe’s border towns, the question is whether the authorities are ready and better able to cope should cholera spread to Harare…” (3/25).
With Biodegradable Toilet Powder, Indian WASH Advocates Hope To Speed Waste Breakdown In Safer Way March 26, 2015 News Summary Wall Street Journal: This Poo Powder Aims to Help India’s Diarrhea Problem “…As part of a ‘Stop Diarrhea’ program run by the non-profit Save the Children, a biodegradable toilet powder that speeds up the breakdown of excrement has been developed by Reckitt Benckiser — makers of toilet cleaning products such…
The Guardian Examines Progress On Gender Equality Under MDG3 March 26, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: What is the Millennium Development Goal on gender equality all about? This fact sheet discusses MDG3 on gender equality, progress toward the targets, shortcomings of the goal, and how MDG3 will be represented in the Sustainable Development Goals (Ford, 3/26). The Guardian: Have the Millennium Development Goals empowered…
U.K. Parliamentary Group, Pharmaceutical Leaders Call For Investment In Health Systems To Prevent MDR TB March 26, 2015 News Summary Devex: Pharmaceutical leaders call for greater investment in health systems “Aid agencies must invest more in strengthening health systems and infrastructure to avoid many millions of people losing their lives to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by 2050, a group of U.K. members of Parliament said on World Tuberculosis Day. Their call to…
U.K., Scottish Ministers Apologize To Those Infected With HCV, HIV Through Contaminated Blood Over 30 Years Ago March 26, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Cameron apologizes to those infected with hepatitis C and HIV 30 years ago “Ministers from the U.K. and Scottish governments have apologized and pledged extra funding after it emerged that more than 3,000 people were infected by hepatitis C and HIV via contaminated blood more than 30 years…