Diverting Development Aid To Refugee Crisis Threatens Progress Toward Poverty Eradication, Overall Development Goals November 17, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Refugee crisis must not deflect us from our long-term development aims Helen Clark, chair of the U.N. Development Group (UNDG) and U.N. Development Programme administrator; and Erik Solheim, chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) “…Caring for refugees and asylum seekers in Europe should not weaken support…
More Companies, Organizations Should Use Human Excrement As Source Of Biogas, Fertilizer November 17, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: When will the world wake up to the potential of poo power? John Vidal, Guardian’s environment editor “…In Europe and the U.S. human waste is seen as a major health risk, but to generations of Chinese and Vietnamese farmers accustomed to handling organic manures ‘night soil’ — as…
Kerry Discusses Global Impact Of, U.S. Response To Climate Change November 16, 2015 News Summary U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Climate Change: A Threat to Security and Stability Everywhere U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discusses the global impact of climate change and U.S. action to address it, including an announcement he will be “convening a task force of senior government officials to determine how…
Humanosphere Highlights Presidential Candidate Sen. Rubio’s Foreign Aid Record November 16, 2015 News Summary Humanosphere: Did you know this presidential hopeful is a foreign aid supporter? Humanosphere reporter Tom Murphy says “foreign aid isn’t figuring into the U.S. presidential election,” and highlights the record of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the “one candidate who has a strong record of supporting U.S. foreign aid and actively…
Global Action, Investment Needed Now To End TB November 16, 2015 News Summary The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis reaches new milestones, good and bad Editorial Board “…[T]uberculosis now ranks alongside HIV among the leading infectious causes of death, with the deaths of 1.5 million people being attributable to the disease … [T]he unenviable elevation of status gained by tuberculosis to rank alongside HIV…
WHO Launches First World Antibiotic Awareness Week, Releases Survey Showing Widespread Public Misunderstanding Of Issue November 16, 2015 News Summary News outlets discuss the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week and a new survey from the WHO showing widespread public misunderstanding of antimicrobial resistance. International Business Times: First World Antibiotic Awareness Week: WHO Launches A Campaign For Better Use Of Antibiotics “…To stress the global need to use antibiotics wisely, the…
U.N.’s World Toilet Day Campaign Calls For Safe, Clean Sanitation Facilities November 16, 2015 News Summary Reuters: On World Toilet Day, one billion people have nowhere to go “Some 2.4 billion people around the world don’t have access to decent sanitation and more than a billion are forced to defecate in the open, risking disease and other dangers, according to the United Nations. Launching its World…
Unhealthy Habits, Urbanization Driving Up Global Diabetes Incidence; U.N. Calls For Steps Toward Healthy Living On World Day November 16, 2015 News Summary Financial Times: Rapid rise in diabetes linked to spread of urbanization “What has caused global incidence of diabetes to more than double since 2000? The obvious answer is unhealthy diet, sedentary lifestyle, and the resulting obesity — one of the main risk factors behind the disease. But researchers say something…
U.N.’s Ban Calls On Governments To Enforce Road Safety Laws That Save Lives On World Day Of Remembrance November 16, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Despite improvements in road safety, world still facing ‘shocking’ fatality figures — Ban “On the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is highlighting that despite improvements in road safety, the world still faces some shocking injury and fatality figures. ‘I call…