Russia Will Not Spend Planned $1.2B On HIV/AIDS Response, According To News Agencies January 26, 2017 News Summary ScienceInsider: Russia ditches plan to increase spending on HIV/AIDS “The Russian Health Ministry has decided that the country cannot afford to spend $1.2 billion that was supposed to go toward ramping up the response to its burgeoning HIV/AIDS epidemic. RBC, a respected Russian news agency, broke the story, which subsequently…
Gates Foundation Grants $279M To University Of Washington’s IHME To Continue Health Data Research January 26, 2017 News Summary Nature: World’s foremost institute on death and disease metrics gets massive cash boost “The world’s premier center for health metrics — the science of measuring and analyzing global health problems, and how they relate to health care and biomedical research funding — will receive a US$279-million cash injection from the…
WHO Executive Board Announces Final 3 Candidates For Director General January 26, 2017 News Summary Devex: And the top 3 WHO director general candidates are … “After a full day of closed-door sessions, the World Health Organization’s Executive Board at last announced its three director general nominees set to face election in May. Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Pakistan’s Sania Nishtar, and Britain’s David Nabarro made…
Trump Administration To Propose Funding Audits For U.N., Other International Organizations, Including UNFPA January 26, 2017 News Summary CNS News: Top U.S. Aid Recipients Could Face Cuts in Trump’s Proposed Funding Audit “President Trump’s proposed audits of U.S. international funding will reportedly call for a review of development aid to countries that ‘oppose important United States policies’ — a plan that could prove uncomfortable for some of the…
Gates Foundation’s Grant To Washington University’s IHME Will Support ‘Robust And Rigorous Data,’ CEO Writes January 26, 2017 News Summary Medium: How do you spend $5 billion a year? Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes, “[R]obust and rigorous data are essential in helping us turn the tide on many of the deadly and debilitating diseases that kill millions of people, and trap millions more in…
Confirmation Hearings For HHS Secretary Nominee Rep. Price Conclude; TAG Releases Statement Opposing Nomination January 26, 2017 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Hearings on Price for HHS Secretary conclude, with finance committee vote possible next week Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” highlights several issues discussed during the confirmation hearing of HHS Secretary nominee Rep. Tom Price, including several global health-related topics.…
Friends Of The Global Fight Releases Issue Brief Examining Return On Investment From U.S. Support Of Global Fund January 26, 2017 News Summary Friends of the Global Fight Blog: Brief: The Case for U.S. Investment In The Global Fund And Global Health “Friends of the Global Fight today released ‘The Case for U.S. Investment in the Global Fund and Global Health,’ an issue brief to highlight the extraordinary return on investment from U.S.…
WHO Executive Board Trims Director General Candidate List To 5 January 25, 2017 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Campaign heats up to lead under-fire WHO “The World Health Organization was set Wednesday to pick three finalists for the role of its next director general, a high-stakes choice for the powerful agency described as facing an ‘existential crisis.’ WHO’s executive board was interviewing five remaining candidates before…
U.S. Senate Confirms Nikki Haley As U.N. Ambassador January 25, 2017 News Summary CNN: Nikki Haley easily confirmed as U.N. ambassador “The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Nikki Haley as ambassador to the United Nations, making her the fourth member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to be approved even as Republicans and Democrats battle angrily over the pace of confirmations…” (Barrett, 1/24). The…