Podcast, Blog Post Discuss Response To DRC Ebola Outbreak May 30, 2018 News Summary U.N. Dispatch’s “Global Dispatches Podcast”: A New Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo Mark Leon Goldberg, editor of U.N. Dispatch and host of the Global Dispatches Podcast, speaks with Laurie Garrett, former fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic…
U.S. Version Of Mexico City Policy Threatens Women’s Health, Rights May 29, 2018 News Summary Washington Post: Letters to the Editor: Trump brings the ‘global gag rule’ on abortion home to America Brian Dixon, senior vice president of the Population Connection Action Fund “The May 21 editorial ‘A blow to low-income women’ rightfully condemned the ‘domestic gag rule,’ the Trump administration’s latest attempt to defund…
The Intercept Examines Impact Of Mexico City Policy On Family Planning Services In Uganda May 29, 2018 News Summary The Intercept: In Uganda, Groups Offering Contraception and Family Planning Have Lost Millions in U.S. Aid Thanks to Trump’s Global Gag Rule “…President Donald Trump’s iteration of the GGR [global gag rule, also called the ‘Mexico City policy’], announced in the early days of his presidency, goes farther than those…
U.S. Senators Introduce Legislation To Increase Taiwan’s Participation In International Organizations, Including WHO May 29, 2018 News Summary Taiwan News: U.S. Senators introduce ‘Taiwan International Participation Act’ of 2018 “Republican Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, and Democrat Senator Edward J. Markey [of Massachusetts] announced a new legislative act on Friday May 25 entitled the ‘Taiwan International Participation Act of 2018’ (TIPA) that will be heading to the U.S.…
13 Dead In India’s Nipah Outbreak; CEPI Announces $25M Over 5 Years For Vaccine Development May 29, 2018 News Summary CIDRAP News: Nipah death toll in India hits 12 as CEPI funds vaccine efforts “…[Thursday] the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced a $25 million collaboration with two pharmaceutical companies to develop a vaccine against the disease, one of the group’s priority diseases…” (Schnirring, 5/24). Quartz: The latest outbreak…
Devex Highlights PEPFAR’s Successes On 15th Anniversary, Discusses Potential Impacts If Political Support Falters May 29, 2018 News Summary Devex: 15 years later, PEPFAR is still at war with a global epidemic “…Descriptions of what the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief has achieved in the last 15 years often include words ‘miracle,’ and ‘unprecedented.’ The initiative has provided antiretroviral medications to more than 14 million people, saved millions…
Former U.S. Official Speaks About Evolution Of Global Health, U.S. Policy At AAAS Lecture May 29, 2018 News Summary Science: Global health shifts to local experts with global partners “…Jimmy Kolker, now a visiting scholar at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Center for Science Diplomacy … was the assistant secretary for global affairs at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, a position to which he…
Ebola Vaccinations Begin In Congo Outbreak; Health Workers Stress Need For Holistic Prevention Strategies May 29, 2018 News Summary Associated Press: 1 new Ebola death confirmed in Congo, bringing total to 12 “Another person has died in Congo of a confirmed case of Ebola, bringing the number of fatalities from the latest outbreak to 12, the country’s health ministry said Sunday. … Congo now has 35 confirmed Ebola cases…”…
WHO, World Bank Launch Global Preparedness Monitoring Board To Improve Global Health Security Across Sectors May 29, 2018 News Summary U.N. News: New health board aims to break ‘cycle of panic and neglect’ on pandemics “…The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) brings together political leaders, heads of United Nations agencies, and health experts to strengthen global health security through stringent independent monitoring and regular reporting. It was launched on Thursday…