Less Than 2% Of Canada’s MCH Funding Under Muskoka Initiative Used For Contraception, CBC News Reports June 25, 2015 News Summary CBC News: Canada’s foreign aid commitment to contraception low despite great need “…When Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Canada’s commitment to maternal, newborn, and child health five years ago, one of the first questions to him and then-International Development Minister Bev Oda was whether that would include family planning and…
In Reversal, Pakistan To Allow Save The Children To Continue Operations June 25, 2015 News Summary New York Times: Reversing Course, Pakistan Says Save the Children Can Stay “Under pressure from Western allies, the government of Pakistan on Monday reversed its decision to expel Save the Children from the country, indicating that the aid agency could continue its operations albeit on a smaller scale and with…
Deutsche Welle Examines Impact Of U.S.-Led Efforts To Identify Osama Bin Laden On Pakistani Polio Vaccination Campaigns June 25, 2015 News Summary Deutsche Welle: The ‘bin Laden hunt doctor’ case and its impact on polio vaccinations “Initially sentenced to 33 years in prison for being a member of Lashkar-e-Islam, a militant group based in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency tribal area, Shakil Afridi is better known for his alleged involvement in a fake hepatitis…
Guinea Quarantines 4 Villages As Country Reports New Ebola Cases; U.N. Ebola Envoy Arrives In Guinea Bissau To Assess Preparedness June 25, 2015 News Summary Associated Press: Ebola cases not slowing in Guinea, Sierra Leone “Despite hopes that the deadly Ebola outbreak could soon be contained in West Africa, it shows no signs of abating in Guinea and may be flaring up once more in Sierra Leone as people are flouting rules limiting travel meant…
Increased Efforts To Treat, Prevent HIV Needed Worldwide To Thwart AIDS Resurgence, UNAIDS-Lancet Commission Report Says June 25, 2015 News Summary News outlets highlight findings from a UNAIDS-Lancet Commission report titled Defeating AIDS — Advancing Global Health. Agence France-Presse: Five-year window for preventing AIDS rebound: experts “High rates of HIV infection combined with rapid population growth mean the next half-decade will be critical for rolling back AIDS, specialists warned on Thursday.…
Climate Change Poses Global Security Risk, Must Be Prioritized, G7 Study Says June 25, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Climate change should be top foreign policy priority, G7 study says “Tackling climate change risks must become a top foreign policy priority if the world is to combat the global security threat it poses in the 21st century, according to a new study commissioned by the G7 countries.…
More Than 3,000 Suspected Dengue Cases In War-Torn Yemen, WHO Reports June 24, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: At least 3,000 suspected dengue fever cases reported in Yemen — U.N. health agency “Thousands of suspected cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection dengue fever have been reported in conflict-ravaged Yemen, where a major health crisis is unfolding, the United Nations World Health Organization announced [Tuesday]…” (6/23).
WHO Needs $60M To Continue Health Center Operations In Iraq’s Conflict-Affected Areas, Spokesperson Says June 24, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Iraq: U.N. health agency seeks $60 million to keep critical health centers open in conflict areas “With temperatures soaring to over 120 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of Iraq and the number of people fleeing violence topping three million, the World Health Organization fears the closing of…
Global Health Advocates Protest TPP On Capitol Hill June 24, 2015 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Global health advocates circle U.S. Capitol, but Senators advance toward TPP trade deal Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses a protest held Tuesday on Capitol Hill by global health advocates who oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “…At stake was a…