WHO, Global Partners Should Address Cumulative Exposure To Environmental Threats As Health Emergency, World Vision Adviser Says May 2, 2017 News Summary Devex: Cumulative exposure: A deadly health emergency that is ignored “…[T]he world is missing health crises many magnitudes larger than Ebola because of an inability to recognize the impacts of cumulative exposure to a changing environment, said Gerard Finnigan, a regional health and nutrition adviser for South Asia and Pacific…
Coalition Of Global Health Organizations Issue ‘Call To Action’ For G20 To Invest In NTDs, Drug Resistance, Disease Preparedness May 2, 2017 News Summary Devex: ‘Call to action’ for G20 health ministers ahead of Berlin meeting “A coalition of global health organizations came together Friday to urge G20 health ministers to do more to tackle pandemics, drug resistance, and neglected diseases, describing health as a ‘global security issue’ as it appears prominently on the…
U.S. Congress Allays Global Development Community’s Fears Of Major Budget Cuts In FY17 Budget Deal May 2, 2017 News Summary Devex: Budget bill puts Congress in U.S. aid driver’s seat “Late Sunday night, the United States Congress agreed to a budget deal to fund the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year and avoid a government shutdown. But the spending plan also sent a reassuring message from lawmakers…
Several Congressional Staffers Note Dispute Between Congress, White House Over Administration’s Proposal To Eliminate State Department’s Office Of Global Women’s Issues May 2, 2017 News Summary Foreign Policy: In Trump’s Plan to Gut Foreign Aid, Battle Lines Drawn Over Global Women’s Issues “Women’s issues remain a heated area for debate in Washington as the federal budget battle plays out. And there’s a crucial office in the State Department now facing its own existential battle amid Trump’s…
No Movement On Trump Administration’s Expected Pick For USAID Head Amid Questions About Agency’s Future May 2, 2017 News Summary POLITICO: Trump’s USAID pick stuck in the mud “Former GOP Rep. Mark Green is the Trump administration’s expected pick to lead the United States Agency for International Development, but has struggled to close a deal with the Trump administration, according to four sources with knowledge of the talks. For weeks,…
U.S. Must Do More To Prepare For Disease Outbreaks, Bioterrorism, Panel Members Say May 2, 2017 News Summary NBC News: Worse Than Ebola: U.S. Not Preparing for the Next Bio-Threat “The U.S. government is slacking off on preparing for the next big pandemic or biological terrorism attack and is not only endangering its citizens but also missing out on a great opportunity to score political points, experts said…
1.4M Children In Somalia At Risk Of Acute Malnutrition, UNICEF Warns May 2, 2017 News Summary Reuters: Acute malnutrition surges in Somali children: UNICEF “Some 1.4 million children in drought-hit Somalia are projected to suffer acute malnutrition this year, 50 percent more than estimated in January, the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday…” (Nebehay, 5/2).
Poor Economics, Conflict, Unpredictable Weather Fueling African Nations’ Food Insecurity May 2, 2017 News Summary Wall Street Journal: Economics and Bad Weather Amplify Africa’s Food Crisis “A toxic mix of economics, bad weather, and conflict is fueling record starvation levels in Africa, as prices of staple foods touch records in half the continent’s 54 countries amid the worst harvests in three decades. The countries worst…
U.S. Congress Should Honor Commitment To Women, Girls By Fully Funding U.S. Foreign Assistance May 2, 2017 News Summary Devex: Opinion: Women and girls are greatest return on foreign assistance investment Lyric Thompson, director of policy and advocacy at the International Center for Research on Women “…The leaked document [obtained by Foreign Policy outlining the Trump administration’s FY18 State Department and USAID budget request] paints a disastrous picture for…