Militant Insurgency, Suspicion Over Polio Vaccines Hinder Health Workers’ Efforts To Immunize Children In Nigeria November 22, 2016 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: Nigeria fights myths, fear in polio vaccine drive “…Boko Haram’s seven-year insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic state has disrupted health services across Nigeria’s northeast and hampered efforts to get [polio] vaccines to children at risk. … And as fighting between the militants and the Nigerian army…
Al Jazeera Examines South Africa’s Breastfeeding Policies, Challenges To Successful Implementation November 22, 2016 News Summary Al Jazeera: Why South Africa’s plan to boost breastfeeding fails “…The updated health department infant and child feeding policy mandates that public health facilities stop providing formula milk to all new mothers, and that women receive counseling on the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. The government also has been promoting Human…
Leaders Must Take ‘Balanced Perspective’ To Inform U.S. Global Development, Foreign Policy Under Trump Administration November 22, 2016 News Summary Huffington Post: What a Trump Presidency Could Mean for the Future of Global Development & Foreign Policy Caroline Avakian, founder of SourceRise and managing partner at Socialbrite “There is still much left to play out in the upcoming weeks when it comes to President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign aid and global…
‘Holistic Approach’ To Drug Development, Distribution More Effective Than Eliminating Patent Protections On Biopharmaceuticals November 22, 2016 News Summary New York Times: Letter to the Editor: Don’t Blame Pharmaceutical Companies Steve Ubl, president and CEO of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) “The authors of ‘The U.S. Is Standing in the Way of Cheaper Drugs for the Poor’ (Opinion, Oct. 27) argue that eliminating patent protections on innovative…
‘Frugal Innovation’ Involving Repair, Maintenance Of Medical Equipment Critical In Developing Countries November 22, 2016 News Summary The Guardian: The health care sector in the developing world needs frugal innovation Grace Kane, graduate intern at Philips Africa Incubator of Research “…The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 50 percent of [medical] equipment in the developing world is broken, meaning that half of it is being…
Advocates Express Concern Over Trump Administration’s Potential Impact On Reproductive, Human Rights November 22, 2016 News Summary Humanosphere: Trump’s male-dominated administration threatens reproductive rights, advocates say Humanosphere journalist Lisa Nikolau discusses the Trump administration’s potential impact on reproductive rights, writing, “[W]omen’s rights advocates are increasingly concerned about reproductive rights in the U.S. and in developing countries around the world” (11/21). Physicians for Human Rights: A Global Trump…
‘Science Speaks’ Highlights ASTMH 2016 Session On Impact Of TB Among Mothers, Children, Infants November 22, 2016 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: ASTMH 2016: Impacts of TB go widely unrecognized, unaddressed in maternal and child health services Christine Lubinski, executive director of the Center for Global Health Policy, reports on a session held at the recent American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 65th Annual…
WHO Panel Declares End To Zika As International Public Health Emergency; Agency Will Shift To Long-Term Strategy November 21, 2016 News Summary CNN: WHO ends Zika public health emergency “The Zika virus outbreak and related clusters of microcephaly are no longer a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization said Friday…” (Goldschmidt, 11/18). Deutsche Welle: WHO ends Zika global health emergency, moves to long-term response “…But the United Nations…
More Action Needed To Protect Young African Women From HIV; 18M People On HIV Treatment, UNAIDS Report Says November 21, 2016 News Summary The Guardian: U.N. calls for urgent action to protect young women from HIV/AIDS in Africa “Urgent action is needed to help and protect girls and young women from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, thousands of whom are still being infected with HIV every week, the U.N. says. Many adolescent girls do…