In Deal With Medicines Patent Pool, Bristol-Myers Squibb Agrees To Allow Generic Versions Of HCV Treatment To Be Sold In LMICs November 24, 2015 News Summary Reuters: Bristol-Myers signs deal with U.N. group for generic hep C drug “A United Nations-backed organization working to cut the price of HIV drugs said it had signed a deal with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to allow generic versions of the company’s hepatitis C drug to be sold in 112 low-…
Implications Of USAID’s 30% Local Spending Goal Must Be Examined November 24, 2015 News Summary Devex: Achieving USAID’s 30 percent local spending goal Patrick Fine, chief executive officer of FHI 360 “…An alternative to [USAID’s] current metric that focuses on measuring funding to local organizations would be one that targets program design. For example, a metric requiring that 30 percent of USAID’s financing must be…
WHO Hosts High-Level Meeting To Develop Common Health Care Strategy For Refugees, Migrants In Europe November 24, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: U.N. seeks common European strategy on health care for refugee and migrant influx “As the unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants into Europe strains host countries’ medical resources, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) opened a high-level meeting in Rome [Monday] to draft a common strategy…
More Than 600K Deaths Linked To Extreme Weather Over Past 20 Years, U.N. Report Shows Ahead Of Paris Climate Talks November 24, 2015 News Summary New York Times: Extreme Weather Tied to Over 600,000 Deaths Over 2 Decades “Weather-related disasters in the past two decades have killed more than 600,000 people and inflicted economic losses estimated at trillions of dollars, the United Nations said on Monday, warning that the frequency and impact of such events…
News Outlets Examine SDGs, Steps To Achieve Targets November 24, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Six steps to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals “After the launch of the SDGs to set the development agenda until 2030, our expert panel [members] discuss how the goals can be achieved…” (Clarke, 11/23). IRIN: Unsustainable Development Goals: Are 222 indicators too many? “…As statisticians race to compile…
International Community Must Take ‘Ambitious’ Action To Stop Climate Change, End Extreme Poverty November 24, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Historic opportunity to end poverty will be lost if we don’t tackle climate change Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group “…December’s global climate change conference in Paris presents a critical opportunity to stop climate change from reversing global gains against poverty. An ambitious agreement backed…
Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief Examines U.S. Ebola Response, FY15 Emergency Appropriation November 23, 2015 News Summary Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Response to Ebola: Status of the FY2015 Emergency Ebola Appropriation “…This issue brief seeks to shed light on [the U.S. Ebola epidemic response], focusing on the $5.4 billion emergency Ebola funding and providing an overview of its international activities, the agencies carrying out these activities,…
Blog Post Examines Recent Study Findings On Antibiotic Resistance Among Meat Animals, Humans November 23, 2015 News Summary National Geographic’s “Phenomena: Germination”: Apocalypse Pig: The Last Antibiotic Begins to Fail In her blog, journalist Maryn McKenna explores recent “very bad news” regarding antibiotic resistance in meat animals and humans, and how the use of older, cheaper antibiotics in agriculture is contributing to the spread of drug resistance (11/21).
‘Political Window’ Of Opportunity To Reform IHR ‘Rapidly Closing’ November 23, 2015 News Summary The Lancet: The International Health Regulations 10 years on: the governing framework for global health security Lawrence O. Gostin, Mary C. DeBartolo, and Eric A. Friedman of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University “…Despite shortcomings, the International Health Regulations is an important governing framework.…