Devex Examines Shifts, Declines In Global AIDS Funding July 28, 2016 News Summary Devex: AIDS funding is in crisis. Who will step up? “…Scientists say the tools are available to end the AIDS epidemic. But public health interventions are running out of money. And even as officials talk about the approaching end of a pandemic that has killed more than 35 million people,…
Lack Of Emergency Funding, Resources To Address Zika Hinders Effective Response, CDC Director Says July 27, 2016 News Summary TIME: We’re Fighting Zika ‘With One Hand Tied Behind Our Backs,’ CDC Director Says “It’s been a little over a week since the Senate failed to pass emergency funding for the Zika epidemic, right in the midst of mosquito season. And while Zika hasn’t started spreading locally stateside, emergency responders…
Europe Reports First Zika-Linked Microcephaly Case In Infant Of Spanish Woman Who Traveled To Latin America; Honduras Reports 8 Cases Of Birth Defect July 27, 2016 News Summary New York Times: Woman With Zika Virus in Spain Gives Birth to Baby With Microcephaly “A woman infected with the Zika virus gave birth on Monday to a baby with microcephaly in Barcelona, in what is probably the first case of its kind in Europe, according to the hospital where…
Southern African Countries Appeal For $2.8B In Emergency Drought Relief Funding; USAID Pledges Additional $127M July 27, 2016 News Summary The Guardian: Southern Africa appeals for billions to cope with El Niño devastation “Southern African countries have launched an emergency appeal for $2.8bn (£2.1bn) to help feed nearly 40 million people hit by one of the worst regional droughts in 35 years…” (Vidal, 7/26). Mail & Guardian: USAID pledges US$127…
UNICEF Reiterates Attacks On Health Facilities Violate International Humanitarian Law Following Bombings Of Clinics In Syria July 27, 2016 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Recent attacks on hospitals in Aleppo ‘can amount to war crimes’ — UNICEF “The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reiterated [Tuesday] that attacks on health facilities are a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and can amount to war crimes, in response to the recent airstrikes on…
U.S. Suspends More Than $200M In Syrian Humanitarian Aid Contracts Over Fraud Suspicions July 27, 2016 News Summary Washington Post: Suspecting fraud, U.S. suspends some Syrian aid programs “While the White House has placed humanitarian aid at the heart of its Syria policy, the government agency charged with disbursing it has frozen more than $200 million in contracts, fearing significant fraud. As fighting deepens nightmarish conditions across northern…
Amid Security Concerns, U.N. Agencies, Health Ministry Ramp Up Efforts To Stem Cholera Outbreak In South Sudan July 27, 2016 News Summary Xinhua News: Insecurity hampers fight against cholera outbreak in S. Sudan: health agencies “…The U.N. children’s fund (UNICEF) said on July 20 that dozens of people may have cholera following a rise in suspected cases in the capital Juba, Terekeka and Jonglei states. However, the mystery still remains unconfirmed due…
WHO Moving Toward Delisting Transgender As Mental Disorder In Medical Codebook July 27, 2016 News Summary New York Times: WHO Weighs Dropping Transgender Identity From List of Mental Disorders “The World Health Organization is moving toward declassifying transgender identity as a mental disorder in its global list of medical conditions, with a new study lending additional support to a proposal that would delete the decades-old designation.…
HIV-Positive Malawian Man Paid To Have Sex With Young Girls In ‘Cleansing’ Ritual Arrested Under Presidential Order July 27, 2016 News Summary Washington Post: Malawi police arrest HIV-positive man paid by parents to have sex with scores of young girls “Eric Aniva, who is HIV-positive, unabashedly claimed he has had sex with more than 100 women, most of them underage. Some were as young as 12. He was paid to do this,…