Social Scientists Can Work With Policymakers To Formulate, Implement, Measure SDG Targets, Conference Hears September 23, 2015 News Summary SciDev.Net: Social scientists urged to help with development goals “Policymakers and social scientists must team up to help achieve the global development agenda and help measure progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a meeting has heard. Social scientists can help formulate the goals, implement policies, and measure their effects,…
Some In Global Development Community Calling For More Integrated Approach To Achieve SDGs September 23, 2015 News Summary Devex: Pivoting to post-2015: Proving the promise of integrated development “As the Millennium Development Goals come to a close at the end of the year, many in the global development community say that historic top-down development approaches have missed the mark and need a big overhaul. … When it comes…
Guinea Officials Expect Country’s Ebola Epidemic To Be Declared Over By November September 23, 2015 News Summary Bloomberg Business: Guinea’s Government Expects an End to Ebola Epidemic by November “…One confirmed and one suspected case of the hemorrhagic fever were being treated as of Sept. 17, Guinean National Ebola Response Coordinator Sakoba Keita said in an interview in the capital, Conakry, on Sept. 18. The authorities will…
Global Community Must Address Malnutrition In All Forms Without Losing Gains On Reducing Stunting September 23, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: There is no place for malnutrition in the 21st century Lawrence Haddad, Corinna Hawkes, and Emorn Udomkesmalee, all co-chairs of the Independent Expert Group of the Global Nutrition Report “One of the welcome and surprising headline findings from the 2015 Global Nutrition Report is that 39 out of…
USA TODAY Examines U.S. Outbreak Preparedness After Ebola, Effectiveness Of Airline Passenger Screening September 23, 2015 News Summary USA TODAY: Some health experts say the USA hasn’t learned key lessons from Ebola experience “One year after doctors diagnosed the first Ebola patient in the USA, some experts question whether the country is prepared to deal with the next outbreak of a serious infectious disease…” (Szabo, 9/22). USA TODAY:…
South Africa Expected To Release White Paper Outlining National Health Insurance Plan, CNN Reports September 23, 2015 News Summary CNN: After a 70 year wait, is universal health care finally coming to South Africa? “…South Africa is on the brink of overhauling its health care system — and it’s a plan 70 years in the making. … [W]ith the imminent release of a government white paper outlining a new…
For SDGs To Succeed, Goals Must Receive ‘Consistent Attention,’ Countries Must Collect Accurate Data September 23, 2015 News Summary The Conversation: New development goals on health need more work to be realistic Erica Penfold, research fellow at South African Institute of International Affairs “…The power of the original Millennium Development Goals was in their simplicity and clarity. By contrast, the drafts proposed by negotiating committees for the new goals…
UNFPA Stresses Need For Reproductive Health Care Among Migrant, Refugee Women In Europe, Appeals For $4.2M In Aid September 23, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Thousands of women on the move in Europe need reproductive health care — U.N. “The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today stressed the need to ensure women refugees and migrants moving across Europe have access to life-saving sexual and reproductive health care, as it appealed for $4.2…
Europe On Track To Meet Reduction In Premature Mortality Goal But Tobacco, Alcohol Use, Obesity Mar Progress, WHO Report Says September 23, 2015 News Summary News outlets highlight findings from the WHO’s European Health Report 2015. Deutsche Welle: Smoking, alcohol, and obesity blemish Europe’s progress in reducing premature mortality “The World Health Organization (WHO) reported its European region to be on track to hit targets set in 2012 to reduce premature mortality by 2020. But…
With Food Shortage Expected To Affect 17% Of Population, Malawi President Appeals For International Aid September 23, 2015 News Summary VOA News: Malawi’s President Appeals for International Food Aid “Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has appealed for international help to cope with an expected food shortage that could affect 17 percent of the country’s population during the coming months. In his national address on the food situation on Monday, Mutharika said…