World Bank Report Examines Children’s Access To Essential Services In Latin America, Says More Progress Needed October 20, 2016 News Summary Humanosphere: World Bank: Improve water and sanitation access for Latin American kids Humanosphere journalist Lisa Nikolau discusses data from a new World Bank report measuring children’s access to essential services like education, water and sanitation, and electricity. Nikolau writes, “The report had some good news about Latin America’s progress on…
Washington Post Examines U.S. Foreign Assistance Budget October 19, 2016 News Summary Washington Post: Everything you ever wanted to know about the U.S. foreign assistance budget “…Using the State Department’s request to Congress for a 2017 budget, we compiled what we thought was a comprehensive look at the U.S. foreign assistance budget. That budget request is a complex stew of programmatic acronyms,…
U.S. Health Officials Outline Distribution Of Federal Zika Funds October 19, 2016 News Summary CIDRAP News: Zika funding to be split among CDC, NIH, emergency fund “Two weeks after Congress allocated $1.1 billion in supplemental funding to fight Zika, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced [Tuesday] during a teleconference how the pie of Zika funding will be sliced among major players…”…
UNICEF Reaches Deal With Vaccine Suppliers To Halve Price Of Combined Vaccine Against 5 Childhood Diseases October 19, 2016 News Summary Reuters: UNICEF clinches vaccine deal to protect children from five diseases “The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with six vaccine suppliers to provide a combined vaccine against five deadly childhood diseases for half the price it currently pays. An estimated 5.7 million…
U.N. Will Resume Aid To Aleppo Only When Ceasefire Plans Ensure Safety For Aid Workers October 19, 2016 News Summary Reuters: No U.N. aid for Aleppo until Russia’s ceasefire plan guarantees safety also “The United Nations said on Tuesday that Russia’s plan for a ceasefire will not mean any supplies get into besieged eastern Aleppo because Russia, Syria, and other groups fighting in the city have not yet given guarantees…
Steady Progress Being Made In Post-Hurricane Haiti But More ‘Robust’ Response Needed, U.N. Special Adviser Says October 19, 2016 News Summary Reuters: U.N. fears more cholera in Haiti after storm, says protests slowing relief “The scale of a cholera outbreak in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew may be underreported because remote areas are cut off, a United Nations official in charge of controlling the disease said on Tuesday, adding protests over slow…
WHO Appeals For $22.35M To Prevent Cholera Epidemic In War-Torn Yemen October 19, 2016 News Summary VOA News: War-torn Yemen Faces Threat of Cholera Epidemic “The World Health Organization warns that war-torn Yemen is facing the threat of a cholera epidemic. The WHO is urgently appealing for $22.35 million to prevent the deadly disease from spreading throughout the country. The World Health Organization reports 340 suspected…
Brazilian Mothers Of Children With Zika-Related Birth Defects Say Government Must Do More To Assist With Health Care Needs October 19, 2016 News Summary Associated Press: Where Zika struck hardest, Brazil moms say more help needed “…[A] surge late last year in [Zika-related] cases of babies born with small heads in northeast Brazil set off worldwide alarm about the virus, which was later linked to a birth defect known as microcephaly. When the connection…
USAID To Strengthen Investigation Into Possible Illicit Activities Relating To U.S.-Funded Malaria Programs In Nigeria October 19, 2016 News Summary Channels Television: U.S. To Investigate Funding Of Anti-Malaria Initiatives In Nigeria “The U.S. government says it is setting up a framework within Nigeria to help curb the proliferation of fake and adulterated antimalarial drugs. To this end, the United States government has launched a campaign against the theft and counterfeiting…