Experts At Roundtable Discussion Examine Whether European Nations Can Fill Gap Left By Potential U.S. Foreign Aid Retreat April 28, 2017 News Summary Devex: Experts disagree on whether Europe can fill gap left by U.S. aid cuts “As the United States looks set to implement hefty aid cuts and drastically reorganize the way it does foreign assistance, European development experts express mixed views on the likelihood of their countries picking up the slack…
AAP/CDC Project Aims To Help Pediatricians Immunize All Children April 27, 2017 News Summary CDC’s “Our Global Voices”: Vaccines Work: Leaving No Child Behind — How Pediatricians Can Contribute to Global Vaccine Coverage In a guest post, Louis Z. Cooper, past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), discusses global immunization coverage, noting that 19 million children worldwide do not receive vaccinations. He…
Kaiser Family Foundation Budget Summary Analyzes Global Health Aspects Of Draft FY18 State Department, USAID Budget Request April 27, 2017 News Summary Kaiser Family Foundation: U.S. Global Health Funding in Draft FY18 Budget Request This budget summary highlights global health-related funding contained in a draft document obtained by Foreign Policy presenting the Trump administration’s FY18 budget request for the State Department and USAID. According to the document, funding for global health programs would…
World Education’s Nepal Country Director Discusses 2015 Earthquake Relief, Recovery April 27, 2017 News Summary Humanosphere: Nepal’s long road to recovery 2 years after the earthquake Joanne Lu, writer and editor at Humanosphere, speaks with World Education Country Director Helen Sherpa about the organization’s relief strategy and recovery efforts in Nepal since the 2015 earthquake (4/26).
U.S. House Passes Resolution Calling For Continued Food Aid Support To, Peaceful Conflict Resolution In South Sudan April 27, 2017 News Summary Devex: Congress backs famine relief, calls for political pressure on South Sudan “On Tuesday night, the United States House of Representatives passed a near-unanimous resolution calling for continued U.S. engagement on the famine in South Sudan. The motion backs the provision of critical food aid, and calls for the U.S.…
Social Inequalities, Rapid Urbanization Challenge Vaccination Coverage Of World’s Children, UNICEF Says April 27, 2017 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: World’s mushrooming cities pose big vaccination challenges: UNICEF “Rapid urban growth poses a big challenge for efforts to vaccinate the world’s poorest children and increases the risk of rapidly spreading disease outbreaks, the head of immunization at the U.N. children’s agency said. A growing number of unvaccinated…
U.K., U.S. Anti-Terrorism Laws Inhibiting Humanitarian, Food Aid Deliveries To Drought-Hit Somalia April 27, 2017 News Summary The Guardian: Anti-terrorism laws have ‘chilling effect’ on vital aid deliveries to Somalia “Strict British and U.S. counter-terrorism laws are discouraging humanitarian organizations from delivering vital emergency assistance to millions of people facing starvation and fatal diseases in drought-hit Somalia. Senior humanitarian officials say the laws, which target any individual…
Gates Foundation Official Discusses Steps Organizations Can Take To Prepare For Possible Cuts To U.S. Global Health Spending April 27, 2017 News Summary Business Insider: Polio could make a comeback under Trump’s budget, Gates Foundation fears “[T]he Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation still has concerns about [polio] making a comeback, particularly if the Trump administration’s budget cuts to foreign aid limit how much philanthropic bodies can work with the U.S. on public health…
Inexpensive Blood-Clotting Drug Reduces Postpartum Hemorrhage Among New Mothers, Study Shows April 27, 2017 News Summary Humanosphere: Drug effective against leading cause of maternal death, study finds “An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of thousands of women who die each year from severe bleeding after childbirth — the leading cause of maternal death worldwide, according to new study…” (Nikolau, 4/26). New York…