‘Science Speaks’ Highlights 4 New Members Of 115th Congress’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee January 10, 2017 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: 115th Congress: Senate Foreign Relations gets four new members Ahead of U.S. Senate hearings for Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson, Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” highlights the four new members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Sens. Rob…
STAT Examines Potential Differences, Similarities In Health, Science Policies Between Obama, Trump Administrations January 9, 2017 News Summary STAT: Obama vs. Trump: 5 ways they clash — or don’t — on health and science “Donald Trump has promised to change Washington, and he surely will. Yet while he may play some wild cards in the realms of medicine, science, and public health, you can also look for some…
Lancet Series Examines Global Over-, Underuse Of Medicine, Medical Procedures January 9, 2017 News Summary Reuters: Studies find worrying over- and underuse of medicine worldwide “Up to 70 percent of hysterectomies in the United States, a quarter of knee replacements in Spain, and more than half the antibiotics prescribed in China are inappropriate, overused health care, researchers said on Monday. Experts who carried out a…
Tanzanian Government Shuts Down NGO Reproductive Rights Meeting, Raising Concerns Among Health Advocates, Donor Officials January 9, 2017 News Summary Devex: In an apparent crackdown, Tanzania government raids NGO meeting on reproductive rights “…As the participants [of a mid-December training for Tanzanian reproductive health providers organized by the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa] broke up for lunch, non-uniformed security officials swarmed the hotel, according to organizers and witnesses. Together…
Philippines President Duterte’s War On Drugs Threatens HIV Prevention, Human Rights Efforts, Experts Say January 9, 2017 News Summary International Business Times: Duterte’s war on drugs is fanning the flames of the burgeoning HIV epidemic in the Philippines “…Since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in May 2016 after campaigning on a platform of zero-tolerance against drug pushers and addicts, charities are worried that the number of new HIV cases…
Chinese Government’s Offer Of Free IUD Removal Incites Outrage From Women’s Health, Rights Advocates January 9, 2017 News Summary New York Times: After One-Child Policy, Outrage at China’s Offer to Remove IUDs “…For more than three decades, … [t]he IUD was the [Chinese] government’s most important tool for limiting couples to one child, and almost all new mothers were required to get one. … [A]n official said at a…
Malawi Former President Banda Discusses Maternal Health Challenges In Africa In Wilson Center Interview January 9, 2017 News Summary Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: President Joyce Banda Talks About Her Time in Office & Sensitizing African Leaders to Maternal Health Challenges Schuyler Null, editor in chief of “New Security Beat,” discusses an interview conducted by Roger-Mark De Souza, director of population, environmental security…
U.S. Contribution To U.N. Critical To Advancing U.S. Interests, Solving Global Problems January 9, 2017 News Summary The Hill: Why defunding the U.N. is a bad idea Martin Edwards, associate professor at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University “…President-elect Trump would be well advised not to heed the critics seeking to slash U.S. involvement in the U.N. … President-elect Trump understands that…
President-Elect Trump Should Acknowledge Effects Of Climate Change On Most Vulnerable January 9, 2017 News Summary New York Times: As Donald Trump Denies Climate Change, These Kids Die of It Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist “…Climate change, disproportionately caused by carbon emissions from America, seems to be behind a severe drought that has led crops to wilt across seven countries in Southern Africa. The result…