Gates Foundation Announces $80M Over Next 3 Years To Fill Gender Data Gaps, Accelerate Progress For Women, Girls May 17, 2016 News Summary Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announces $80 Million Commitment To Close Gender Data Gaps And Accelerate Progress For Women And Girls “In her keynote speech [Tuesday] at the Women Deliver conference in Copenhagen, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced…
Fast Company Profiles Maverick Collective, Co-Founded By PSI Executive, Norway Princess May 17, 2016 News Summary Fast Company: How A Princess And A CEO Are Applying The VC Model To Philanthropy “…[In 2011, Kate Roberts, a senior vice president with Population Services International (PSI), and Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway] decided that if the current model for philanthropy wasn’t working to lift…
G7 Leaders Should Address Global Health Care Worker Shortage To Improve Epidemic Preparedness May 17, 2016 News Summary Huffington Post: G7 Leaders Can Help Close the Global Health Care Workforce Gap Rob Lovelace, senior fellow at the Trade Union Sustainable Development Unit “…Addressing the global health care worker shortage is one of the most important steps the G7 can take immediately to improve future epidemic preparedness. … There…
Global Coalition Needed To Cut Pollutants, Reduce Non-Communicable Diseases May 17, 2016 News Summary Mail & Guardian: Air pollution responsible for one in every eight deaths worldwide Margaret Chan, WHO director general; Børge Brende, Norway’s minister of foreign affairs; and Amina Mohammed, environment minister of Nigeria “…One of the fastest and most cost-effective ways for targeting the gradual and often imperceptible changes wrought by…
WHO Must Convene Emergency Committee To Coordinate International Response To Angola’s Yellow Fever Outbreak May 17, 2016 News Summary Project Syndicate: The Return of Yellow Fever Melvin Sanicas, program officer and global health fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “…In southwestern Africa, Angola is facing a serious yellow fever epidemic — its first in 30 years. … The good news is that, unlike Zika or Ebola, yellow…
Investing In Women, Girls Critical To Economic Development, Global Health May 17, 2016 News Summary Huffington Post: Igniting Change by Investing in Girls and Women Tedros Adhanom, minister of foreign affairs for Ethiopia “…Securing the health and rights of girls and women is a necessary condition if we are to [achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]. We need advocates from all branches of government and…
Editorial, Opinion Piece Urge U.S. Congress To Approve Zika Funding, Better Prepare For Disease Outbreaks May 17, 2016 News Summary Boston Globe: Funding to fight Zika virus shouldn’t wait Editorial Board “…Congress must treat Zika as a health emergency and fully fund the Obama administration’s $1.9 billion proposal to combat it. … Money is not only needed for more research to understand the disease, but also to develop a vaccine…
Mail & Guardian Africa Examines Increasing Partnering Of Aid Agencies, NGOs With Large Corporations May 16, 2016 News Summary Mail & Guardian Africa: The business of aid: there’s big money being made fighting poverty, disease and hunger “Aid agencies and NGOs are increasingly partnering with large corporations. New answer to global development — or just corporate welfare for the one percent? … The corporate takeover of aid is not…
U.S. House To Consider Emergency Spending Package For Zika Outbreak May 16, 2016 News Summary CNN: House Republicans push own Zika plan “House Republicans, who have resisted approving the $1.9 billion that President Barack Obama requested to combat the Zika virus, now are preparing their own spending package and are aiming for a vote as early as next Wednesday…” (Walsh/Barrett, 5/14). CQ News: Anti-Zika Spending…