Principle Of Leaving No One Behind Must Be Enshrined In SDGs June 29, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Sustainable development must live up to its promise to leave no one behind Helen Dennis, senior adviser on poverty and inequality at Christian Aid “…[A]s negotiators resume talks on the SDGs in New York this week, they should push for an agreement that enshrines the principle of leaving…
Sexual Intercourse, Traditional Practices Continue To Transmit Ebola In West Africa June 29, 2015 News Summary GlobalPost: Love in the time of Ebola: How sex is keeping the outbreak alive “…Sierra Leonean and international health officials have ordered Ebola survivors — about 9,130 people in the country — to abstain from sex for 90 days after they recover because the virus can linger in semen for…
Researchers Frustrated Ebola Test Kit Yet To Be Used In Field, Despite FDA, WHO Approvals June 29, 2015 News Summary Nature News: Researchers frustrated by failure to roll out ‘game-changing’ Ebola test “A test kit that diagnoses Ebola rapidly using just a finger prick of blood could save lives in the ongoing epidemic in West Africa. But researchers are perplexed as to why the diagnostic kit has not been deployed…
MDR-TB More Difficult To Spread Among Close Contacts Than Drug-Susceptible TB, Study Shows June 29, 2015 News Summary VOA News: Multi-Drug Resistant TB Harder to Spread Among Close Contacts “Incidences of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are increasing, but British and Peruvian researchers are offering a glimmer of hope in the latest issue of PLOS Medicine. Caused by a bacterium that has evolved to become hard to kill with…
Infectious Disease, Ebola Experts Speak About Outbreak Preparedness, Response At Aspen Ideas Festival June 29, 2015 News Summary The Atlantic: Preventing the Next Pandemic “…[W]hat we’ve learned from the Ebola outbreak is that, in the face of an unexpected pandemic, [getting back to] normal isn’t good enough. ‘If one thing kills 10 million people on planet Earth in the next decade, it’s going to be a pandemic,’ said…
More Secondary Schooling Reduces Risk Of HIV Infection In Botswana, Especially Among Women, Study Shows June 29, 2015 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Longer schooling brakes AIDS spread “Longer schooling seems to be an effective and affordable way to cut the risk of HIV infection in AIDS-endemic countries, according to the results of a study in Botswana published Monday. Data collected among 7,018 people in Botswana found that an extra year…
Development Efforts Must Include Combating Illicit Drugs, U.N. Says On World Day June 29, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: On World Day, U.N. says efforts to combat illicit drugs must be linked to development “Marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, top United Nations officials focused on the need for alternative development for farmers who cultivate illicit crops and for leaders to address…
UNAIDS Executive Director Speaks To Devex About Ending AIDS By 2030 June 29, 2015 News Summary Devex: Invest in health to end AIDS by 2030 “The movement to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 has not only rallied global health and development organizations, but has also gained the support of governments and the private sector. But how can the global development community push…
Myanmar Records More Than 10K Dengue Cases This Year Despite Nationwide Control Measures, Health Ministry Says June 29, 2015 News Summary Xinhua News/GlobalPost: Over 10,000 people infected dengue fever in Myanmar so far this year “Dengue fever has infected more than 10,000 people in Myanmar in the first half of this year, killing more than 40 people, according to the Ministry of Health Monday. … An anti-dengue fever project official said…
FGM Practiced In Western, Southern Iran, Anthropologist’s Research Shows June 29, 2015 News Summary Reuters: Anthropologist reveals FGM practiced in western, southern Iran “…[Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady] took global campaigners by surprise this month when he published a study suggesting tens of thousands of Iranian women have undergone FGM. … Ahmady’s research, based on 4,000 interviews, shows FGM is also performed in ‘secret pockets’ of…