For True Reform, WHO Must Address Relationship With Regional Entities, Budget Size, Flexibility May 27, 2015 News Summary Washington Post: Why proposed WHO reforms aren’t enough to deal with the next epidemic Jeremy Youde, associate professor of political science and department head at the University of Minnesota Duluth “…These reforms [approved this week by the World Health Assembly] may change how WHO operates, but they are not the…
Food For Peace Acts As ‘Stabilizing Force’ In Conflict-Ridden Middle East May 27, 2015 News Summary The Hill: In response to Mideast wars, increase Food for Peace William Lambers, author and blogger “…There is no doubt Congress and President Obama should increase funding for Food for Peace in the upcoming FY16 budget. In a world where there is plenty of chaos, Food for Peace is one…
Improving Health Of Women, Children, Adolescents Requires Collective Action From International Community May 27, 2015 News Summary Devex: Invest in Every Woman Every Child to save a generation within a generation Amina J. Mohammed, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special adviser on post-2015 development planning “…As we are currently defining a bold new development agenda that will firmly set the world on a path toward inclusive, sustainable development,…
Link Between Gender-Based Violence, Ebola Transmission Must Be Recognized May 27, 2015 News Summary Huffington Post: Ebola: The Overlooked Sexually Transmitted Disease Mardia Stone, senior adviser to Liberia’s Ebola Response and to the Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Lynn Lawry of Overseas Strategic Consulting Ltd. “…Affected governments, the United Nations, and WHO have yet to recognize gender-based violence and its…
Communicating Global Development Goals Effectively Will Help End Extreme Poverty May 27, 2015 News Summary Huffington Post: A Call to Action: Transform the Way We Communicate Global Development Nicole Schiegg, senior vice president at Fenton “…The next set of global goals and the updated [Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (Global Strategy)] are two important agendas that require the highest levels of political…
GHTC Blog Post Discusses U.S., European Efforts To Address Drug Resistance, Speed Treatment Approvals May 27, 2015 News Summary Global Health Technology Coalition’s “Breakthroughs”: Research Roundup: U.S. and European efforts to address growing antimicrobial resistance and legislation to advance medical breakthroughs Kat Kelley, GHTC’s senior program assistant, discusses efforts made by the U.S. and European Parliament to address the threat of antimicrobial resistance, as well as “a bill intended…
Panelists At Recent Symposium Discuss Midwifery Success Stories, Challenges May 27, 2015 News Summary Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: How Midwives Can Answer the World’s Maternal Health Woes Linnea Bennett and Theo Wilson, interns with the Environmental Change and Security Program, discuss a recent “day-long symposium at the Wilson Center [held] in cooperation with UNFPA, the Swedish government,…
Xpert TB Test More Effective Than Traditional Detection Methods, Study Shows May 27, 2015 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Large-scale study underscores value of routine Xpert testing on TB, MDR-TB case finding Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses the findings of a recently published study conducted in India showing the Xpert molecular TB test is more effective than…
World Health Assembly Greenlights Outbreak Preparedness Plan, Malaria Eradication Targets, Antimicrobial Resistance Goals, Among Other Issues May 26, 2015 News Summary News outlets report on discussions at the World Health Assembly, as the WHO decision-making body prepares to wrap up its annual meeting. Agence France-Presse: Some 30 nations have dangerously weak health systems: WHO “About 30 countries have health systems that are as dangerously weak as the ones that allowed Ebola…