New Issue Of ‘Global Fund News Flash’ Available Online October 27, 2016 News Summary Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Global Fund News Flash The latest issue of the Global Fund News Flash contains a video on a young man’s experience living with TB in the Ukraine and an article on the Global Fund’s efforts to help key populations overcome barriers to…
U.N. Must Accept Legal Responsibility, Issue Apology For Haitian Cholera Outbreak, U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur Says In Report October 26, 2016 News Summary Agence France-Presse: U.N. refusal to recognize role in Haiti cholera a ‘debacle’: expert “The United Nations’ refusal to admit full responsibility for the years-long cholera epidemic that has claimed more than 9,000 lives in Haiti is a debacle that it has a duty to correct, a U.N. expert said Tuesday…”…
Gates Foundation Grants $210M To University Of Washington For Population Health Initiative October 26, 2016 News Summary Reuters: Bill Gates foundation gives $210 million to Seattle-based university “Microsoft founder Bill Gates through his foundation has donated $210 million to an initiative based at the University of Washington in Seattle aimed at improving people’s health around the world, university officials said on Tuesday…” (Dobuzinskis, 10/25). Seattle Times: Record…
Multilateral Aid Organizations Must Show ‘Value For Money’ Or Risk Having Funding Cut, U.K. International Development Secretary Says October 26, 2016 News Summary The Guardian: Priti Patel warns aid organizations must provide value for money or face cuts “U.K. funding to major multilateral organizations that deliver aid, such as the World Bank, could be cut unless they provide ‘value for money,’ the international development secretary has said. Priti Patel was speaking on a…
WHO’s IARC Asked Panel Members Not To Disclose Documents Under U.S. FOIA, Reuters Reports October 26, 2016 News Summary Reuters: EXCLUSIVE — WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller documents “The World Health Organization’s cancer agency — which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens — advised academic experts on one of its review panels not to disclose documents they were asked to release under United States…
HIV/AIDS Researchers Gather To Discuss History, Future Of Epidemic October 26, 2016 News Summary ScienceInsider: At gathering of HIV/AIDS pioneers, raw memories mix with current conflicts Science reporter Jon Cohen describes a meeting of HIV/AIDS scientists recently held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in New York. “…A most unusual conference on the history and future of HIV/AIDS research would begin later that evening,…
Scientists Working To Understand Cluster Of Zika-Related Birth Defects In Northeastern Brazil October 26, 2016 News Summary Washington Post: Scientists are bewildered by Zika’s path across Latin America “…[T]o the great bewilderment of scientists, the epidemic has not produced the wave of fetal deformities so widely feared when the images of misshapen infants first emerged from Brazil. Instead, Zika has left a puzzling and distinctly uneven pattern…
Zika Virus Will Become Endemic In U.S.; CDC Needs More Flexibility To Respond To Outbreaks, Agency Director Says October 26, 2016 News Summary Miami Herald: Zika virus will ‘become endemic,’ CDC leader says “The nation’s highest ranking infectious disease expert delivered some sobering news on Zika to a Miami audience on Tuesday, telling them that the mosquito-borne virus is more widespread than Florida health officials have reported and that the rapid spread of…
U.N. Abandons Plans For Medical Evacuations From Aleppo October 26, 2016 News Summary Reuters: U.N. aborts plan to evacuate patients from Aleppo, blames all parties “The United Nations has abandoned plans to evacuate patients from besieged rebel-held east Aleppo which it had hoped to accomplish during a three-day lull in fighting last week, blaming all parties to the conflict for obstructing efforts…” (Barrington,…