Blog Series To Examine Importance Of Achieving Gender Equality, SDG 5 February 22, 2017 News Summary Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ “Global Food for Thought”: She Succeeds, We Succeed: Empowering Girls and Women to Achieve Global Goals Louise Iverson, assistant director of the Chicago Council’s Global Food and Agriculture Program, discusses the importance of achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5, “achieve gender equality and empower all women…
African Leaders Endorse Addis Declaration On Immunization At Summit February 22, 2017 News Summary Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Impatient Optimists”: Groundbreaking Declaration on Immunization Signed by African Heads of State Diane Scott, senior communications officer with the Gates Foundation, writes, “Late last month, African Heads of State gathered at the 28th Summit of the African Union to sign the Addis Declaration on Immunization…
Digital Timeline Examines Development Of Global Health Organizations Throughout History February 22, 2017 News Summary Oxford University Press’s “Academic Insights for the Thinking World”: The history of global health organizations Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the Clinton Foundation and a lecturer at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia, and Devi Sridhar, professor at the University of Edinburgh’s Medical School and chair in Global…
PAI’s ‘Washington Memo’ Discusses Burden Of Expanded Mexico City Policy On U.S., Foreign NGOs February 22, 2017 News Summary PAI’s “Washington Memo”: On the Hook: U.S. NGOs Responsible for Enforcing Trump’s Global Gag Rule In this newsletter, PAI discusses the reinstatement and expansion of the Mexico City policy, including potential implications for both foreign and U.S. NGOs and the steps NGOs likely will need to take to ensure compliance…
Dutch Minister Who Launched ‘She Decides’ Speaks About Establishing Fund, Potential Impacts Of Mexico City Policy Reinstatement In NYT Interview February 22, 2017 News Summary New York Times: In Response to Trump, a Dutch Minister Launches ‘She Decides’ “President Trump last month signed an executive order barring American aid to international organizations that discuss abortion as a family-planning option with clients. American law already forbids the use of taxpayer money to fund the procedure itself.…
At Least 9 Nations Pledge Support To Dutch-Led Fund Aiming To Fill Funding Gap Left By Mexico City Policy Reinstatement February 21, 2017 News Summary Devex: Europe raises at least $32.2M to plug ‘global gag rule’ shortfall “NGOs say they are ‘heartened’ by the creation of a Dutch-led fund that aims to replace aid lost for women’s health issues as a result of the U.S. president’s reinstatement of the ‘global gag rule.’ The fund has…
Bill Gates, Other Panel Members At Munich Security Conference Warn Of Potential For Global Pandemic, Urge Preparedness February 21, 2017 News Summary Bloomberg: Superbugs, Climate Chaos Have Bill Gates and the U.N. Worried “Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates joined the United Nations to warn world leaders about a new series of threats shaping up as megatrends, led by global warming, superbugs, and artificial intelligence. U.S. Vice President Michael Pence and trans-Atlantic military officials…
South Sudan Government, U.N. Agencies Declare Famine In Two Counties Heavily Impacted By Civil War February 21, 2017 News Summary Reuters: Parts of South Sudan suffering famine: govt official “Parts of war-ravaged South Sudan are suffering famine, a government official said on Monday, adding nearly half the country’s population would lack reliable access to affordable food by July. … The United Nations defines famine as when at least 20 percent…
U.S. Embassy In Tanzania Warns Government’s Ban On Some HIV/AIDS Services Could Lead To Increase In Cases, Impact U.S. Funding February 21, 2017 News Summary The Citizen: Tanzania: U.S. Warns Govt Ban May Stall HIV Fight “The United States [Saturday] warned the government against its decision to ban HIV/AIDS services at 40 health facilities, and introduce new guidelines for Key Populations (KP), saying the move could cause a flare-up of the epidemic among those afflicted.…