International Focus Should Now Be On Ebola In Sierra Leone, Guinea, U.N. Special Envoy Says December 10, 2014 News Summary Associated Press: U.N. Ebola chief’s focus is on Sierra Leone, Guinea “…Dr. David Nabarro says his staff is focused now on ‘two particularly troublesome areas’ centered around Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, and the forested mountainous region in southeastern Guinea…” (12/9). U.N. News Centre: Ebola: U.N. envoy says intense response needed…
U.S. Government Agencies Assist In Search For Ebola Vaccine; HHS Offers Immunity To Ebola Vaccine Makers December 10, 2014 News Summary CQ HealthBeat: BARDA Finds Ways to Help Boost Vaccine Production “Far less famous than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health is a program at the heart of the fight against diseases such as the flu and Ebola — the Biomedical Advanced Research and…
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee To Hold Ebola Hearing; Liberian President To Appear Via Video Link December 10, 2014 News Summary The Hill: Senate panel to hear from Liberian president “Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear testimony from Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the Ebola crisis. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) will chair the Subcommittee on African Affairs hearing on Wednesday titled, ‘The Ebola Epidemic: The Keys to…
Reproductive Rights Groups’ Rally Asks Policymakers To Clarify Application Of Helms Amendment December 10, 2014 News Summary The Guardian: Rally outside White House calls on U.S. to aid abortion services abroad “Dozens of reproductive rights groups braved piercing rain in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to denounce a controversial law that prevents the U.S. from providing aid for abortion services in foreign countries…” (Holpuch, 12/9). Inter Press Service:…
U.S. House Bill Would Authorize Feed The Future Program December 10, 2014 News Summary Devex: Feed the Future’s moment on Capitol Hill? “As budget talks in the U.S. Congress lurch toward a frenzied conclusion this week, the House could vote as soon as Thursday on a bill that gives staying power to U.S. President Barack Obama’s Feed the Future initiative. If passed, the Global…
U.S. Government Spending Compromise Includes Flat Funding For NIH Research December 10, 2014 News Summary ScienceInsider: First look: New U.S. spending deal a mixed bag for science “NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) appear to be among the winners — relatively speaking — in a spending deal reached Tuesday night by lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, with both agencies receiving…
Large Portion Of Global Population Cannot Afford Health Care, ILO Report Says December 10, 2014 News Summary U.N. News Centre: “Paying out-of-pocket for health care leads to ‘deep impoverishment’ — U.N. report” “Some 80 percent of the population across 44 countries lives without any health protection, essentially being deprived of the right to health care simply because they cannot afford it, according to a new report released…
WFP To Resume Food Aid To Syria After Success With Online Fundraising Campaign December 10, 2014 News Summary New York Times: U.N. Food Agency to Resume Aid to Syrians After Donors Step Up “The United Nations said Tuesday that it would soon resume food aid to Syrian refugees after a successful emergency appeal through social media, which brought an outpouring of financial support from thousands of people and…
Gunmen Kill Polio Vaccinator In Pakistan December 10, 2014 News Summary Deutsche Welle: Pakistan: Polio vaccinator killed in Faisalabad “Gunmen have killed a polio vaccinator in Pakistan’s Punjab province just a day after the Taliban claimed responsibility for attacking two policemen assigned to protect an immunization team in the country’s northwest…” (Shams, 12/9). New York Times: Anti-Polio Worker Slain in Pakistan…