FT Health Discusses HIV Progress, Features Interview With UNAIDS’ Michel Sidibé July 24, 2017 News Summary FT Health: Mixed progress on HIV The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter discusses progress made in global HIV efforts and features an interview with UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé, during which he discussed top priorities, funding issues, and the rise in HIV infections in Eastern…
The Guardian Examines Implications Of President Trump’s Reinstatement, Expansion Of Mexico City Policy July 21, 2017 News Summary The Guardian: How Trump signed a global death warrant for women “Six months ago, one powerful white man in the White House, watched by seven more, signed a piece of paper that will prevent millions of women around the world from deciding what they can and can’t do with their…
Donor Government Funding For HIV Declined In 2016, Kaiser Family Foundation/UNAIDS Report Shows July 21, 2017 News Summary Kaiser Family Foundation: Kaiser/UNAIDS Study Finds Donor Government Funding for HIV Declined by 7% in 2016, Falling to Lowest Level Since 2010 “Donor government funding to support HIV efforts in low- and middle-income countries decreased by US$511 million from US$7.5 billion in 2015 to US$7 billion in 2016, finds a…
Inefficiencies, Ineffectiveness Within PEPFAR Can Be Reduced With Better Data, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Birx Says July 21, 2017 News Summary Devex: U.S. global AIDS coordinator downplays proposed cuts, says programs can be more efficient “Ambassador Deborah Birx, the United States global AIDS coordinator, [on Thursday] downplayed the significance of White House proposals to cut U.S. global AIDS spending … Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, … Birx…
Devex Examines U.N. Estimates Of Cost To Reach Health-Related SDGs July 21, 2017 News Summary Devex: Here’s how much is needed to meet SDGs’ global health targets by 2030 “In its newest estimates, published this week, the World Health Organization has predicted that low- and middle-income countries will require an additional $134 billion per year between now and 2025 to reach health-related targets under the…
Drug-Resistant HIV Threatens Progress Toward Ending AIDS, WHO Report Says July 21, 2017 News Summary Deutsche Welle: What’s changed since the last HIV meeting? “…[A]s world HIV experts prepare to talk through the latest science in Paris at IAS 2017, … new statistics suggest those experts will have to fight the battle on an emerging front: HIV drug resistance…” (Abbany, 7/20). Reuters: HIV drug resistance could…
U.S. Global Health Research Investments Provide Economic, Health Benefits Domestically, Abroad, Report Shows July 21, 2017 News Summary CIDRAP News: Report details economic benefits of U.S. global health R&D “Against the backdrop of steep cuts in global health spending proposed in President Donald Trump’s budget, two health advocacy groups [Thursday] released a new report documenting how earlier government research and development investments have increased jobs in the United…
Trump Administration Developing Comprehensive Plan Against Disease Outbreaks, Biological Attacks, Homeland Security Adviser Says July 21, 2017 News Summary Reuters: White House developing comprehensive biosecurity strategy: official “The Trump administration is developing the first comprehensive strategy to defend the United States against disease pandemics and biological attacks by terrorists, the top White House homeland security official said on Thursday. … The effort involves retired Admiral Tim Ziemer, who oversaw…
Billions In Cost-Savings Possible With Improved Aid Access, Strengthened Resiliency, Advances In Food Distribution Networks, WFP Report Says July 21, 2017 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Cost of feeding hungry world surging due to conflicts and instability — U.N. agency “Improved aid access, strengthened resilience, and advances in food system networks could provide as much as $3.5 billion in annual cost savings at a time when humanitarian needs are skyrocketing in multiple complex…