African Nations Using Innovative Solutions To Prevent, Treat Fistula July 18, 2017 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: Africa fights fistula with mobile money and community ambassadors “From training community ambassadors to encourage women with fistula to seek treatment, to cash for transport to hospitals, African nations are finding new ways to deal with the agonizing childbirth injury that ruins the lives of millions of…
Secretary Of State Tillerson Moving Forward With State Department Reorganization Plan; No Intention Of Merging USAID Into Agency, Deputy Secretary Says July 18, 2017 News Summary Devex: No intent to merge USAID into State, says deputy secretary of state “The United States Department of State does not currently intend to merge the U.S. Agency for International Development into the State Department, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Monday. In…
U.N. High-Level Political Forum, Secretary General’s Report Examine Global Progress On SDGs, Call For Accelerated Efforts July 18, 2017 News Summary Devex: Indigenous leaders lament disconnect between SDG indicators and reality at U.N. “An annual review of the Sustainable Development Goals is underway at the United Nation’s high-level political forum in New York — but indigenous leaders attending the summit stressed the need to look beyond the U.N. for an accurate…
Most Countries Have Ability To Reach Universal Health Coverage By 2030, But World Needs To Spend Additional $274B Annually On Health, WHO Study Shows July 18, 2017 News Summary Intellectual Property Watch: WHO Study: Most Countries Have Ability To Reach Universal Health Coverage By 2030 “A new study by the World Health Organization finds that most countries will have the technological and the financial ability to reach universal health coverage in the next 13 years, according to authors. The…
12.9M Infants Worldwide Did Not Receive Any Routine Immunizations In 2016, U.N. Agencies Report July 18, 2017 News Summary Newsweek: Global Disease: Nearly 13 Million Infants Were Not Vaccinated In 2016 “New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have found that 12.9 million infants, or nearly one in 10, around the world didn’t receive any vaccinations in 2016. Consequently, these infants missed the first dose of…
In Series Of Letters, Sanofi Denies Rejecting U.S. Army Request For Fair Pricing Of Zika Vaccine July 18, 2017 News Summary STAT: Sanofi denies rejecting Army request for a fair price on a Zika vaccine “In a series of letters to the U.S. Army and several senators, Sanofi is denying that it rejected so-called fair pricing for a Zika virus vaccine that the company is developing with American taxpayer funds. The…
CDC’s Field Epidemiology Training Program Strengthens In-Country Public Health Workforce, Disease Surveillance Capacity July 18, 2017 News Summary CDC’s “Our Global Voices”: Training the Future Public Health Workforce in Malawi: the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) Kiran Bhurtyal of CDC Malawi discusses Malawi’s Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) and the work and achievements of its trainees, writing, “Malawi has made much progress in public health in the past…
Private Sector, Citizens Must Contribute To Humanitarian Relief Efforts In Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria July 18, 2017 News Summary Washington Post: More than 20 million people are at risk of starving to death. Will the world step up? Editorial Board “More than 20 million people in four countries are at risk of starvation in the coming months, in what the United Nations has called the worst humanitarian crisis since…
Foreign Aid Investments Serve America’s Interests July 18, 2017 News Summary Independent Journal Review: Foreign Aid Has an Enormous ROI for the U.S. and Boosts Our National Security. Don’t Cut It. Richard Fontaine, president of the Center for a New American Security “…Wisely spending dollars abroad represents not merely charity, but an exercise in short and long-term self-interest. It helps keep…