New Issue Of ‘Global Fund News Flash’ Available Online May 18, 2018 News Summary Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Global Fund News Flash The latest issue of the Global Fund News Flash features several articles on various topics, including the Global Fund’s efforts to address drug-resistant TB in Belarus, discussion from a meeting that took place in Benin in late March…
CGD Expert Discusses Trump Administration’s Actions Suggesting ‘Erosion Of U.S. Health Security Preparedness’ May 18, 2018 News Summary Center for Global Development: Global Health Security in the Trump Era: Time to Worry? Jeremy Konyndyk, senior policy fellow at CGD, discusses actions the Trump administration has taken “that point toward a serious erosion of U.S. health security preparedness.” He writes, “Taken together, these developments point toward an abandonment of…
UNAIDS Calls For Increase In Research, Investment To Develop Effective HIV Vaccine May 18, 2018 News Summary UNAIDS: UNAIDS urges a scaling up of HIV vaccine research to stop new infections “On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, 18 May, UNAIDS is calling for an increase in research and investment to find an effective vaccine to protect people against HIV and stop new HIV infections. In 2016, around 1.8…
Ebola Confirmed In DRC Port City Of More Than 1M People, Increasing Risk Of Disease’s Rapid Spread May 17, 2018 News Summary Associated Press: Ebola spreads to city, entering 3 health zones in Congo “Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a city, the capital of the northwestern Equateur province, a worrying shift as the risk of infection is more easily passed on in densely populated urban areas. Two suspected cases of hemorrhagic…
Trump Administration Rejects WFP Appeal For Food Aid Funding For North Korea May 17, 2018 News Summary Foreign Policy: White House Rebuffs U.N. Appeal to Expand North Korea Food Aid “David Beasley, the executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), is seeking to exploit a diplomatic thaw between Pyongyang and Washington to potentially secure hundreds of millions of dollars from donor countries to dramatically expand U.N.…
DFID Must Increase Efforts On Disability Inclusion, Independent Aid Watchdog Says May 17, 2018 News Summary Devex: DFID has ‘considerable distance to go’ on disability inclusion, says watchdog “The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has a ‘considerable distance to go’ if it is to make good on its pledge to center disability in its work, a U.K. aid watchdog has warned. DFID has made disability…
New Zealand Increases Foreign Aid Budget For South Pacific Region In Bid To Counter Chinese Influence May 17, 2018 News Summary Financial Times: New Zealand boosts aid to counter China’s influence in South Pacific “New Zealand is boosting its foreign aid budget by almost a third as part of a ‘Pacific Reset’ strategy aimed at bolstering its engagement in a region where western powers are wary about growing Chinese influence. The announcement…
France To Host Next Global Fund Replenishment Conference In 2019, President Macron Announces May 17, 2018 News Summary Xinhua News: France to host 6th conference for global fund to fight AIDS, TB, malaria “French President Emmanuel Macron has decided France will host the sixth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2019, the French presidency announced Wednesday in a statement. The conference…
Increased Focus On Preventing NCDs Could Save 8M Lives, Improve Economies, WHO Report Says May 17, 2018 News Summary PTI/Financial Express: Investment in NCD control leads to improvement in health, economy, says WHO report “A new WHO report shows that the world’s poorest countries can gain $350 billion by 2030 by scaling up investments in preventing and treating chronic diseases like cancer and heart ailments, which will save more…
