Kaiser Family Foundation Updates Fact Sheet On Key U.S. Government Officials In Global Health February 28, 2017 News Summary Kaiser Family Foundation: Key Global Health Positions and Officials in the U.S. Government This updated fact sheet lists U.S. government positions and officials related to global health operations, including links to agencies and officials’ profiles, when available (2/24).
President Trump To Propose $54B Increase In Military Spending With Significant Cuts To Foreign Aid February 28, 2017 News Summary Foreign Policy: Trump’s Defense-Heavy Budget Plan Sets Up Showdown With State Dept. “President Donald Trump stunned U.S. diplomats and many security experts on Monday as he pledged what he called a ‘historic increase’ of $54 billion in military spending to be offset by cuts to the State Department and other…
More Than 120 Retired Military Generals, Admirals Call On Congress To Maintain Funding For Diplomacy, Foreign Aid Under Trump Administration February 28, 2017 News Summary The Hill: Retired generals urge Congress not to cut funds for diplomacy “More than 120 retired generals and admirals are calling on Congress not to slash funding for diplomacy and foreign aid after the Trump administration said its budget proposal would do just that. … ‘We know from our service…
Global Fund Board To Continue Search For Executive Director February 28, 2017 News Summary Devex: Global Fund board restarts executive director search process “The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was expected to choose a new executive director from a field of three finalists on Monday but, instead, it decided to restart the search process…” (Saldinger, 2/27). The Lancet:…
WHO Releases List Of 12 Drug-Resistant Bacteria Posing Greatest Health Threat To Humans February 28, 2017 News Summary Financial Times: WHO raises alarm over drug-resistant superbugs “The World Health Organization has issued a call to arms to companies and governments to develop antibiotics to combat superbugs’ growing resistance to existing medicines…” (Viña, 2/27). Fortune: The WHO Says These 12 Deadly Superbugs Pose the Greatest Health Threats to Humans…
U.N. Receives Pledges For $672M Toward Humanitarian Aid, Famine Relief In Nigeria, Lake Chad Region February 28, 2017 News Summary The Guardian: Donors pledge $672m at Oslo summit to avert famine in Nigeria and Lake Chad “A third of the $1.5bn in emergency funding sought by the U.N. this year to prevent a famine in Africa’s stricken Lake Chad region has been raised at a summit in Oslo. The U.S.…
CDC Blog Post Recognizes World Birth Defects Day February 28, 2017 News Summary CDC’s “Our Global Voices”: World Birth Defects Day 2017 Raises Global Awareness of Birth Defects Jennifer Williams of the CDC’s Division of Congenital and Developmental Disorders discusses World Birth Defects Day, which takes place annually on March 3 and aims to “raise global awareness of birth defects and increase opportunities…
U.S. Budget, International Donors Must Consider Increased Funding For Global Food Security February 28, 2017 News Summary The Hill: Famine In South Sudan: A turning point in global food security: 2017 Rick Leach, president and CEO of World Food Program USA “…The start of this year signals the launch of a new humanitarian appeal cycle … While the U.N. global appeal covers a range of humanitarian relief…
4 Reasons Why Mexico City Policy Will Potentially Harm Women, Girls, Global Community February 28, 2017 News Summary Mic: Here are 4 reasons Trump’s ‘global gag rule’ on abortion will be a disaster Jennifer Redner, senior policy adviser, and Harry Samuels, government affairs associate, both at the American Jewish World Service “…The newest iteration of [the Mexico City policy] shackles U.S. foreign aid to religious and ideological requirements…