TPP Would Provide National Security Benefits, Help Protect U.S. From Risks Such As Disease Outbreaks November 23, 2015 News Summary POLITICO: Why Asian trade is a national security issue David Carden, a partner with law firm Jones Day and former U.S. ambassador to ASEAN; and David Adelman, a partner with the law firm Reed Smith and former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore “…The provisions in the [Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)] — and…
Simple Interventions Can Help Continue To Reduce Child Mortality November 23, 2015 News Summary TIME: How the World Is Improving Children’s Health (And Where We’re Falling Short) Editorial Board “…In recognition of the [Declaration of the Rights of the Child], every Nov. 20 is now observed as Universal Children’s Day, and … [t]he news this year, as in so many other years, is decidedly…
Harvard, London School Panel’s Report Provides 10 Recommendations For Ebola Reform At WHO, Within Health Systems November 23, 2015 News Summary News outlets highlight findings from a report published in The Lancet on the Ebola epidemic response by a panel convened by Harvard University’s Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). BBC News: Ebola global response was ‘too slow,’ say health experts “A slow…
Liberia Records 3 New Ebola Cases, Monitors 153 People After Possible Exposure November 23, 2015 News Summary Deutsche Welle: New cases of Ebola found in Liberia, health authorities say “Health officials reported on Friday that three new cases of Ebola were found in Liberia. The diagnoses are a setback for the region as it struggles to end the epidemic…” (11/20). New York Times: Ebola Cases in 3…
Military, University Public Health Scientists Study Chagas Disease In Texas November 23, 2015 News Summary The New Yorker: America’s War on the Kissing Bug “…Military science has tightly defined parameters; when it comes to parasitology, only research with practical applications gets funded. [At Army Public Health Command at Joint Base San Antonio], the spectre of risk to personnel — and expensively trained working dogs –…
Laos Receives International Praise For Response To Recent Polio Outbreak, Xinhua Reports November 23, 2015 News Summary Xinhua News: Feature: Laos’ commitment to polio response after fatal case attracts international kudos “The sad news of the death of an eight-year-old Lao boy from a variant of the polio virus in October a decade and a half after Laos was declared free of the polio virus has drawn…
U.K. Government, Gates Foundation Establish £1B Fund Aimed At Ending Malaria, Addressing Other Infectious Diseases November 23, 2015 News Summary News outlets report on the establishment of a £1 billion fund, supported by the British government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as part of the global effort to end malaria and other infectious diseases. BBC News: U.K. government sets up £1bn fund to fight malaria “The U.K. government…
GlobalPost Looks At Efforts To Prevent HIV Among Younger Women With ‘Sugar Daddies’ In South Africa November 23, 2015 News Summary GlobalPost: The new front line in the fight against HIV: ‘Sugar daddies’ “…This is the new front line in fighting the HIV epidemic: stopping the older men who infect South Africa’s young women and girls with the virus that causes AIDS. The sugar daddy phenomenon is a transactional relationship in…
U.N. Marks Universal Children’s Day, Says World Remains ‘Deeply Unfair’ Place For Children Despite Progress November 23, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: On Universal Children’s Day, U.N. says world remains ‘deeply unfair’ place for children “Marking Universal Children’s Day, the United Nations [Friday] highlighted that the world remains a ‘deeply unfair’ place for the poorest and most disadvantaged children despite major advances since the adoption of the Convention on…
U.N.’s Ban Announces High-Level Panel On Health Technology Innovation, Access November 23, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Ban establishes eminent panel to help broaden access to quality medicines at affordable costs “United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the establishment of 15-member High-Level Panel on health technology innovation and access, in an effort to escalate investments in research and development for diseases where financial…