Securing Sustainable Growth, Development Requires Action On Climate By Global Leaders, Civil Society September 18, 2015 News Summary Livemint: Securing a sustainable future Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway, and Graça Machel, former minister of education of Mozambique “…Implementation and accountability [of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)] are key. Fine words are not enough; leaders must commit to putting them into action, and civil society must…
‘Supply And Demand Forces’ Should Be Tapped To Ensure Availability Of Effective Childhood Pneumonia Treatment September 18, 2015 News Summary Devex: Using markets to improve children’s lives Cammie Lee, senior program officer at the Results for Development Institute, and Kanika Bahl, principal and managing director at the Results for Development Institute “…[K]ey donors are rapidly mobilizing resources to scale up access to [amoxicillin dispensable tablets (amox DT)] in several countries…
Report, Interactive Map Examine Trends In Antibiotic Resistance September 18, 2015 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Antibiotic resistance poses growing threat to fragile health systems Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy’s State of the World’s Antibiotics 2015 report, which “tracks trends of growing antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria…
Low-Cost Baby Warmer Aims To Reduce Neonatal Hypothermia In Uganda, Kenya September 18, 2015 News Summary Humanosphere: Tackling neonatal hypothermia in Uganda and Kenya Jennifer Zhu, a health policy analyst and Global Health Corps fellow, discusses a new technology called Embrace Baby Wrap, a low-cost baby warmer designed by Stanford University graduate students as an intervention for neonatal hypothermia, “one of the leading contributors to neonatal…
USAID Releases Global Health Programs FY 2014 Report To Congress September 17, 2015 News Summary USAID: Global Health Programs: Report to Congress FY 2014 This report provides a summary of USAID’s work and progress toward achieving its global health goals, including three strategic priorities: ending preventable child and maternal deaths, creating an AIDS-free generation, and protecting communities from infectious diseases (9/17).
Global Efforts To Treat, Prevent Malaria Help World Reach MDG, Africa Significantly Reduce Cases September 17, 2015 News Summary News outlets discuss findings from a WHO/UNICEF report showing the Millennium Development Goal on malaria has been met and a study published in the journal Nature showing the positive effects of malaria control programs in Africa since 2000. Agence France-Presse: Malaria deaths fall 60 percent since 2000: U.N. “Malaria deaths…
Air Pollution Contributes To More Than 3M Premature Deaths Globally Each Year, Study Shows September 17, 2015 News Summary News outlets report on a study published in Nature showing the contribution of air pollution to global premature mortality. The Guardian: More people die from air pollution than malaria and HIV/AIDS, new study shows “More than three million people a year are killed prematurely by outdoor air pollution, according to…
Liberia Working To Register Children Born At Home During Ebola Outbreak September 17, 2015 News Summary VOA News: Ebola Resulted in Thousands of Unregistered Births in Liberia “…Health officials said that because many pregnant women chose to have their babies at home [during the Ebola outbreak], tens of thousands of children today have not been officially registered. … Liberian Health Minister Bernice Dahn said the government…
CDC Official Urges Long-Term Commitments To Maintain Data Collection Systems Established In West Africa During Ebola Outbreak September 17, 2015 News Summary SciDev.Net: Aid agencies urged to sustain Ebola data advances “…Strides made in building systems to collect data on infectious diseases and track outbreaks will only endure with long-term commitment, said Athalia Christie, the deputy for global health at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She told a…