U.S. Must Maintain Leadership Role In Global Health, Development, ‘Cement Its Legacy’ With Efficient Investments February 16, 2017 News Summary The Hill: Preventing global health crises requires modest American investment Loyce Pace, president and executive director of the Global Health Council “…Amidst questions of America’s future role in the world, it is important to recognize that the U.S. has demonstrated unparalleled moral, economic, and social leadership in global health and…
Scientific Community Should Fill ‘Gaps Left By Apathetic Leadership And Constrained Government Agencies’ To Protect Public Health, Environment February 16, 2017 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: When it comes to our health, we have no time to waste Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute; Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association; and Ken Berlin, president and CEO of the Climate Reality Project “…[P]olitical change cannot be…
Public Investment, Innovation Critical To Addressing Climate Change, Agriculture, Food Security February 16, 2017 News Summary Chicago Council on Global Affairs: A Food-Secure Future: Innovation In The Face Of Evolving Threats As part of the Chicago Council’s blog series, A Food-Secure Future, Isabel DoCampo, research associate at the Chicago Council, discusses the importance of public investment and the role of R&D and innovation in addressing climate…
New Issue Of ‘Global Fund News Flash’ Available Online February 16, 2017 News Summary Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Global Fund News Flash The latest issue of the Global Fund News Flash contains a blog post by Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybul about the Lives and Livelihoods Fund, “an innovative mechanism to finance projects in health, agriculture, and infrastructure in…
‘Science Speaks’ Reports On Findings Presented At 2017 Conference On Retroviruses And Opportunistic Infections February 16, 2017 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: CROI 2017: Science Speaks brings news from Seattle Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” writes, “The 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections this week finds a growing research agenda informing and informed by science and strategy surrounding HIV as…
State, USAID Working To Develop Implementation Plan For Mexico City Policy; NGOs Remain Confused February 15, 2017 News Summary U.S. News & World Report: Global Gag Order Leaves NGOs Confused, U.S. Agencies Scrambling “Weeks after President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum banning federal funds for foreign nonprofits that perform or advise patients about abortion, the effects of the order are still not clear because officials in the U.S.…
Australia To Provide $7.3M To International Planned Parenthood Federation; Move Seen By Many As Rebuke To Mexico City Policy Reinstatement February 15, 2017 News Summary Devex: Australia responds to the global gag rule “Australia [Wednesday] announced $9.5 million Australian dollars ($7.3 million) in funding for the International Planned Parenthood Foundation. The move was seen by many as a pointed rebuke to President Donald Trump’s controversial reinstatement of a strengthened ‘global gag rule,’ which bars any…
Anxiety, Urgency Build Over President Trump’s Pick To Head USAID February 15, 2017 News Summary POLITICO: Will Trump keep ‘America first’ with USAID pick? “President Donald Trump’s pledge to put ‘America first’ could spell bad news for the federal agency that helps foreign countries during times of disaster, famine, and war. But the two people believed to be the leading candidates to head the United…
News Outlets Continue To Report On Gates’s Annual Letter, Couple’s Discussion Of Foreign Aid Importance In Interviews February 15, 2017 News Summary Business Insider: Bill Gates is worried about the risk Trump poses to global aid efforts “Microsoft cofounder turned billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is worried about what President Donald Trump means for foreign aid efforts. On Tuesday, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation published their annual letter for 2017, outlining the…