Global Health Investments Must Address NCDs In LMICs December 16, 2014 News Summary Project Syndicate: A New Direction for Global Health Thomas Bollyky, senior fellow for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations; and Thomas Donilon and Mitchell Daniels, co-chairs of the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries “…International investments have not yet…
Time To Rethink WHO Mission, Funding December 16, 2014 News Summary The Economist: World Health Organization: Heal thyself Editorial Board “…The WHO has faced wide criticism for its role in allowing Ebola, which has now killed over 6,300 people, to rage out of control in West Africa. Some of it is unfair. … But the world’s ‘directing and coordinating’ health authority…
South Sudan’s Leaders Must Choose Peace To Prevent Further Food Insecurity, Humanitarian Crises December 16, 2014 News Summary Washington Post: John Kerry and Susan Rice: South Sudan’s leaders need to set aside their dispute John Kerry, U.S. secretary of state, and Susan Rice, U.S. national security adviser “In 2011, the world’s newest nation was born amid joyous celebrations. … The hope and promise of that day are now…
Bill Gates Reflects On Global Health Progress Made In 2014 December 16, 2014 News Summary Gates Notes: Good News You May Have Missed In 2014 Bill Gates reflects on global health progress made in 2014, including a decrease in under-five deaths worldwide; milestones met in HIV/AIDS efforts; the widespread implementation of a rotavirus vaccine; a new TB treatment regimen; and Nigeria’s success in eliminating Ebola…
U.S. Government Committed To Use Of Gender-Sensitive Data In Foreign Policy, Development Initiatives December 16, 2014 News Summary U.S. Department of State: U.S. Government Increases Focus on Gender-Sensitive Data: Leading Foreign Assistance Programs Avail Gender-Sensitive Data to Improve Policy and Development Decision-Making This media note describes the U.S. government’s participation in the recent Data2X event in New York City and its “commitment to making the empowerment of women…
Blog Post Discusses 4 Ugandan Laws Negatively Impacting Country’s Public Health December 16, 2014 News Summary Open Society Foundations: Four Laws That Are Devastating Public Health in Uganda Naomi Burke-Shyne, a senior program officer with the Law and Health Initiative and the International Harm Reduction Development Program, highlights four Ugandan laws that “target individuals who are already marginalized by society and most in need of health…
New Issue Of ‘Global Health: Science And Practice’ Journal Available Online December 16, 2014 News Summary Global Health: Science and Practice Journal: December 2014 The new issue of the “Global Health: Science and Practice Journal” focuses on successes in global health programs (December 2014).
Uganda’s History Of Effective Ebola Responses Informing Efforts In West African Epidemic December 16, 2014 News Summary IntraHealth International’s “Vital”: Uganda Brings Ebola Expertise to the West African Response Vincent Oketcho, IntraHealth’s Uganda country director, and Richard Seifman, a consultant at IntraHealth, discuss Uganda’s experiences managing past Ebola and hemorrhagic fever outbreaks and how “[i]nternational health officials have acknowledged and tapped into” this expertise (12/15).
Obama Lauds Congress For Emergency Ebola Funding, Warns West African Epidemic Must End To Avoid Spread To U.S. December 15, 2014 News Summary The Hill: Obama: ‘A lot more work to do’ on Ebola “President Obama on Friday applauded Congress for setting aside $5.4 million in emergency funding to fight Ebola, which he said is crucial in case the disease resurfaces in the United States. ‘Until we have snuffed out the last case…