Partnerships, U.N. Development System Reform Will Help To Achieve 2030 Agenda July 18, 2017 News Summary Inter Press Service: Don’t Move Resources from Development to Security, Warns U.N. Chief António Guterres, U.N. secretary general “…[T]he agendas of sustainable development and the agendas of preventing (conflict) and sustaining peace need to be linked. But here there is a caveat — that link should not be a pretext…
Bonds, Blended Finance, Private Sector Involvement Vital To Achieving UHC July 18, 2017 News Summary Devex: Opinion: More money alone won’t meet SDG 3 Susann Roth, senior social development specialist at the Asian Development Bank “…Health care … is essentially a business, and as such needs proper funding mechanisms to deliver quality service. … As traditional donor grants are harder to come by, it’s time…
Meeting Global Need For Family Planning, Maternal, Newborn Care In Developing Countries Would Cost Less Than $10 Per Person Per Year July 18, 2017 News Summary Huffington Post: Investing In Women’s Reproductive Health: The Value Of $8 Seema Jalan, executive director of the Universal Access Project “…Just-released data from the Guttmacher Institute found that meeting the global need for family planning and maternal and newborn health care in developing regions would cost just $8.39 per person…
U.S. Leadership In Global Health Security Protects Americans, Friends Of The Global Fight Issue Brief Says July 18, 2017 News Summary Friends of the Global Fight Blog: Brief: Disease Knows No Borders — Global Health Security Investments Make America Safer “Friends of the Global Fight [Monday] released, ‘Disease Knows No Borders: Global Health Security Investments Make America Safer.’ This issue brief highlights how U.S. leadership in global health ultimately protects our…
8 International NGOs Form Global Emergency Response Coalition To Raise Attention, Funds For Hunger Crises Worldwide July 17, 2017 News Summary Devex: New coalition brings NGOs together for famine fundraising “A group of eight international nongovernmental organizations are hoping that their unprecedented partnership will help draw attention and funds for the famine-like conditions endangering more than 20 million people across the globe. … CARE, International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, Mercy…
Donors Commit $207M To UNFPA At London Family Planning Summit; Agency Needs Additional $700M Through 2020 July 17, 2017 News Summary Associated Press: $207 million pledged to U.N. population agency facing U.S. cuts “The U.N. Population Fund, which has seen all funding cut by the Trump administration, says donors have committed $207 million to help expand family planning services and strengthen national health programs. But the agency, known as UNFPA, says…
The Guardian Examines Implications Of Trump Administration’s Cuts To Global Health-Related Spending July 17, 2017 News Summary The Guardian: Why Donald Trump is bad for the health of the world — in five charts “…America has long been the world’s most generous bilateral funder of health care programs in the developing world. However, the Trump presidency has delivered a triple whammy: cutting aid budgets, defunding the U.N.…
New CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald Speaks With WSJ Regarding Agency’s Priorities July 17, 2017 News Summary Wall Street Journal: New CDC Chief Lays Out Priorities as Agency Faces Cuts “The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said she will prioritize a wide range of public health issues, from fighting infectious disease to strengthening early-childhood development, as the federal agency faces potentially substantial…
U.N. Event To Examine Access To Medicines In Context Of SDGs July 17, 2017 News Summary Intellectual Property Watch: Event Looks At U.N. High-Level Panel On Medicines Access, SDGs And Policy Coherence “An event on 17 July at the United Nations in New York will address the ‘U.N. Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines: Advancing Health-Related SDGs through Policy Coherence.’ The High-Level Panel issued…