Investing In Civil Registration, Vital Statistics Systems Critical To Assessing, Achieving Public Health Goals November 21, 2017 News Summary Devex: Opinion: The Achilles heel of the Sustainable Development Goals is a lack of data Philip Setel, vice president and director of the civil registration and vital statistics program at Vital Strategies “…Billions of people live in countries with weak civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems, which renders many…
Multilateral Aid Review Act ‘Positive Step’ Toward U.S. Aid Reforms November 21, 2017 News Summary Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network: Multilateral Aid Review Act a Bipartisan Opportunity to Increase Aid Effectiveness In a statement delivered on behalf of MFAN, Co-Chairs George Ingram, Tessie San Martin, and Connie Veillette write, “MFAN commends the effort to review U.S. assistance to multilateral institutions in order to ensure greater efficiency…
MSF To Urge India To Overturn Pfizer Patent On Pneumonia Vaccine November 21, 2017 News Summary Médecins Sans Frontières: India: Unmerited Pfizer patent on pneumonia vaccine limits access for children “Pfizer does not deserve the patent it was granted in August on its pneumonia vaccine, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF is set to argue [on Tuesday] in the High Court of Delhi, India that it…
CGD Outlines Reasons U.S. Congress, Donors Should Continue To Support GAFSP November 21, 2017 News Summary Center for Global Development’s “U.S. Development Policy”: GAFSP’s Last Gasp? Don’t Count on It Scott Morris, senior fellow and director of the U.S. Development Policy Initiative at CGD, discusses the history and role of the U.S. Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), and a call by the Trump administration…
CGD Examines Lessons Learned From Global Fund OIG’s Audit Of Wambo.org November 21, 2017 News Summary Center for Global Development’s “Global Health Policy Blog”: Three Lessons from the OIG’s Wambo.org Audit Rachel Silverman, senior policy analyst and assistant director of global health policy at CGD, discusses results from the Global Fund Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) recently released audit report on Wambo.org, the fund’s “online…
Q&A Series Continues To Highlight Women Working In Development, Supported By USAID November 21, 2017 News Summary USAID/Medium: Q&A Series: When Women Do Better, Countries Do Better In this continuing series of blog posts, USAID highlights the innovative work of women the agency has supported. “They are having an outsized impact in the developing world – and beyond – proving that when women do better, countries do better,” the blog…
U.S. Supports Humanitarian Efforts For Rohingya, Rakhine Refugees In Burma, Bangladesh November 21, 2017 News Summary U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Assessing the Impact of U.S. Humanitarian Assistance in Burma and Bangladesh Simon Henshaw, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Population, Refugee, and Migration, discusses a recent “delegation to Burma and Bangladesh to see firsthand what is happening on the ground with…
Puerto Rico’s Health System Continues To Struggle 2 Months After Hurricane Maria, Especially In Rural Areas November 20, 2017 News Summary Wall Street Journal: Two Months After Maria, Puerto Rico’s Health System Struggles to Meet Needs “…Two months after Hurricane Maria tore across the island, Puerto Rico’s health care system is still struggling. Storm damage and power outages remain problems especially in rural areas where access is still difficult, say medical…
Nearly 21M People Worldwide On ARV Therapy, UNAIDS Report Says, Outlines Steps Needed To End Epidemic November 20, 2017 News Summary Reuters: New ARV drugs, early diagnosis key to beating AIDS epidemic: UNAIDS “Developing new antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and using technology for early diagnosis are among steps needed to sustain momentum in fighting HIV/AIDS and ending the disease as a public health threat by 2030, UNAIDS said in a report on…