U.S. Food For Peace Critical For Addressing Hunger In Yemen June 19, 2015 News Summary Huffington Post: Food for Peace: A Lifeline for Yemen William Lambers, author and journalist “…The United States Food for Peace program must lead in building the international coalition to save Yemen from famine. A peace plan cannot succeed without this vital ingredient of food. A generation of Yemeni children can be…
WHO Works To Address Cholera Outbreak In Tanzania June 19, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: U.N. health agency ramps up efforts against Tanzania cholera outbreak “The cholera outbreak in Tanzania continues to spread among the populations in the country’s western Kigoma region amid an influx of refugees from neighboring Burundi, the United Nations health agency warned [Thursday] as it detailed its ongoing…
Streamlining Health Data Collection Important, But More Effort Needed To Monitor NCDs June 19, 2015 News Summary The Lancet: Global health metrics and NCDs: are our perceptions years behind the data? Editorial Board “Data collection is an inherent part of health care and is crucial for evaluating disease trends, planning health services, and monitoring progress. Good quality data shines a light on areas of need, success, and…
News Outlets Examine Violence Against Children In South Sudan Conflict June 19, 2015 News Summary International Business Times: South Sudan Violence: 129 Children Killed In May; Girls Raped And Boys Castrated, Says U.N. “A South Sudanese military spokesperson reportedly questioned the credibility of a statement issued Wednesday by [UNICEF], in which it alleged that at least 129 children were killed during clashes between government and…
Addressing Childhood Obesity Critical, Requires Societal, Systems Change June 19, 2015 News Summary The Lancet: Managing the tide of childhood obesity Editorial Board “In less than one generation, the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has risen in most high-income countries … Obesity is also on the rise in low-income and middle-income countries, with undernutrition-related stunting and obesity creating a double burden of…
Donor Conference Set To Address Economic Losses In Nepal June 19, 2015 News Summary Inter Press Service: Donor Conference to Tackle Nepal Reconstruction “The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Nepal in April, and the numerous aftershocks that followed, left the country with losses amounting to a third of its economy. As this South Asian nation of 27 million people struggles to get back on…
Governments Should Prioritize Collecting Quality Data To Make Development Aid More Efficient, ODI, ONE Campaign Say June 19, 2015 News Summary SciDev.Net: Pressure builds on poor nations to gather quality data “International aid observers are ramping up pressure on developing world governments to generate and distribute quality data to make development assistance more efficient. U.K. think-tank the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and ONE, a lobby group against extreme poverty, said during…
Experts Stress Need For Improvements In Aid Delivery After Ebola June 19, 2015 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: Ebola showed aid delivery desperately needs an overhaul “The Ebola epidemic exposed long-standing holes in aid delivery, which desperately needs an overhaul before the next international emergency hits, aid experts said on Thursday. Many of the shortcomings seen during the Haiti earthquake of slow responses and uncoordinated…
Lancet Article Examines International Trade, Drug Prices June 19, 2015 News Summary The Lancet: Trans-Pacific trade pact triggers fears over drug prices This Lancet article examines the Trans-Pacific Partnership, “A new trade agreement being negotiated between 12 countries has come under fire from health campaigners who say it will push up drug prices and weaken health services” (McCall, 6/20).
Global Burden Of Disease Study Maps Causes Of Disability By Country June 19, 2015 News Summary The Economist: Global disability “In 2013 the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, in Seattle, carried out a survey of the world’s disease burden. The latest results of this study, focusing on disability, have just been published in the Lancet…” (6/20).