CDC Publishes 50-Year Review Of Global Immunization Activities, Overview Of Future Directions December 20, 2016 News Summary Public Health Reports Journal: Fifty Years of Global Immunization at CDC, 1966-2015 “…Since [the launch of the Smallpox Eradication Program in January 1966], CDC’s global immunization endeavors have encompassed global smallpox eradication, the establishment and growth of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to strengthen national immunization programs, global efforts…
WHO Must Provide Leadership To Help All Nations Implement UHC, Achieve SDGs December 20, 2016 News Summary Mail & Guardian: Universal health coverage will lead to a healthier and more equitable world Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus, special adviser to the prime minister of Ethiopia, and Aaron Motsoaledi, minister of health of South Africa “…We are convinced that Universal Health Coverage (UHC), with strong primary care and essential financial…
News Outlets Examine Possible Tracks For Foreign Aid, Global Health Spending Under Trump Administration December 20, 2016 News Summary BBC News: Will Trump embrace the funding of overseas aid? “America is the biggest single donor of overseas aid in the world. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spent $31bn (£25bn) last year. But like other areas of foreign policy, we can only speculate what a Trump administration will…
The Atlantic Looks At How Trump Might Respond To Disease Outbreak Threats December 20, 2016 News Summary The Atlantic: How a Pandemic Might Play Out Under Trump “…Obama had a good track record of responding to these [disease outbreak] threats, and channeling funds into fighting outbreaks around the world — as did his predecessor George W. Bush. As Donald Trump prepares to become America’s 45th president in…
Women’s Health, Reproductive Rights Advocates Raise Concerns Over Secretary Of State Nominee Tillerson’s Record December 20, 2016 News Summary Yahoo Beauty: What ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State Could Mean for Women “ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson has garnered criticism for his close relationship with the Russian government since it was reported that he was President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state. But it isn’t only Tillerson’s…
OMB Head Nominee Rep. Mick Mulvaney Expresses Doubts Over Federal Funding For Disease Research In Facebook Post December 20, 2016 News Summary Mother Jones: Trump’s Pick for Budget Director Isn’t Sure the Government Should Fund Scientific Research “Mick Mulvaney, the ultra-conservative South Carolina congressman whom Donald Trump has tapped to be his budget director, has questioned whether the federal government should spend any money on scientific research. If confirmed by the Senate…
Food Industry-Funded Study Attempts To Discredit U.S., WHO Sugar Intake Guidelines December 20, 2016 News Summary New York Times: Study Tied to Food Industry Tries to Discredit Sugar Guidelines “A prominent medical journal on Monday published a scathing attack on global health advice to eat less sugar. Warnings to cut sugar, the study argued, are based on weak evidence and cannot be trusted. But the review,…
El Niño Weather Phenomenon, Warming Climate Might Have Contributed To Zika Outbreak, Study Says December 20, 2016 News Summary HealthDay News: Did El Niño Weather Give Zika a Boost? “The weather phenomenon called El Niño might have aided the explosive spread of the Zika virus throughout South America, a new study reports. Climate patterns caused by El Niño could have increased reproduction rates in the mosquito species that carry…
Infant, Baby Foods From Low-, Middle-Income Countries Have Unpredictable Quality, Study Shows December 20, 2016 News Summary New York Times: The Baby Is Getting Fed — but What? “Baby food is sold in every country on Earth, but in poor and middle-income countries, its quality is completely unpredictable, a new study has found. Children would be healthier if an international agency tested brands and certified them as…