Africa Closer To Polio Elimination With Marked Reduction In Case Numbers, CDC Reports November 21, 2014 News Summary News outlets discuss a CDC report showing Africa has not recorded a wild poliovirus (WPV) case since August and Nigeria has seen a significant reduction in case numbers so far this year. Slate: Are We on the Verge of a Polio-Free Africa? “With all of the news about Ebola’s rapid,…
Egyptian Court Acquits Doctor In FGM Trial November 21, 2014 News Summary News outlets report on an Egyptian court’s acquittal of a doctor charged with performing female genital mutilation on a young girl that led to her death. Associated Press: Egypt acquits doctor in female genital mutilation “An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted a doctor charged with performing female genital mutilation that led to…
Mozambique Aims To Lower Cervical Cancer Rate With Screenings, HPV Vaccinations November 21, 2014 News Summary VOA News: Mozambique Rolls Out Cervical Cancer Vaccines for School Girls “Mozambique has one of the world’s highest rates of cervical cancer, a disease that kills 4,000 women there every year. A new plan to vaccinate 10-year-old girls could turn the tide in the fight against a devastating illness that…
MERS Source Remains Unknown, Leaving Concerns About Animal-Borne Diseases’ Spread Among Humans November 21, 2014 News Summary Reuters: Saudi Arabia tackles MERS virus, still hunting source “Saudi Arabia has not yet traced the source of a mysterious camel virus, leaving many questions about a disease that has killed 346 people in the Kingdom. The lack of scientific evidence about how camels contract the virus, which causes an…
Opinion Piece, Letter To Editor Discuss How Sustained Responses To Ebola, Health Systems Strengthening Needed In West Africa November 21, 2014 News Summary Huffington Post: Ebola is What Happens When Promises Are Broken Bono, lead singer of U2 and co-founder of ONE “…The Ebola outbreak in West Africa — and the world’s inept initial response to it — shows how fragile we are on all fronts. Because the epidemic isn’t just a failure…
Increased Funding For NIH Infectious Diseases Research ‘An Investment In Our Health And Our Future’ November 21, 2014 News Summary Seattle Times: Fund the National Institutes of Health to fight infectious diseases Alan Aderem, president and director of Seattle BioMed “…Disease research is some of the most critical and challenging work of the 21st century. Increased funding to the NIH is the single most important component to discovering new vaccines,…
Preventing Violence Against Girls Vital To Ending AIDS November 21, 2014 News Summary Daily Beast: To End HIV, Stop Violence Against Adolescent Girls Michele Moloney-Kitts, director of Together for Girls “…Until girls’ rights and needs are placed at the top of our agenda, we won’t get far in achieving our goal to stop HIV, not to mention many other critical public health issues.…
Christian Institutions, Organizations Can Play Greater Role In NTD Prevention, Treatment November 21, 2014 News Summary PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Global Christianity and the Control of Its Neglected Tropical Diseases Peter Hotez, co-editor in chief of PLOS NTDs and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine When data from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life are…
Opinion Pieces Discuss Issues Surrounding 25th Anniversary Of Child Rights Convention November 21, 2014 News Summary Huffington Post: It Is Time for an International Children’s Court Gordon Brown, U.N. special envoy for global education and former U.K. prime minister Inter Press Service: U.S. Missing in Child Rights Convention Kul Gautam, a former UNICEF deputy executive director and U.N. assistant secretary general Huffington Post: 25 Years Later,…
USAID Assistant Administrator Lindborg’s Testimony Before Senate On Ebola In West Africa, U.S. November 21, 2014 News Summary USAID: Testimony of Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindborg before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs The agency presents a transcript of Lindborg’s testimony delivered on Wednesday discussing “the U.S. response to the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa and other emerging health security threats” (11/19).