WHO’s New Health Emergencies Program To Help Streamline Responses To Disease Outbreaks December 20, 2016 News Summary Nature: World Health Organization rethinks its response to disease outbreaks “Three years after the start of the world’s worst Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has created a program to improve its response to disease outbreaks and to prevent another such calamity. In June, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan named…
New WHO Antenatal Care Guidelines Encourage More Health Care Visits For Pregnant Women December 20, 2016 News Summary Devex: New WHO guidelines signal greater focus on antenatal care experience “…In the [new WHO antenatal care] guidelines released in November, the WHO now recommends eight contacts with health services instead of four over the course of a woman’s pregnancy. This shift provides more opportunity for women to meet with…
Menstruation Banishment Still Practiced In Nepal Despite Bans, Deaths Of Women December 20, 2016 News Summary Washington Post: They banished their 15-year-old for having her period. She died in a cold Nepali hut. “A 15-year-old Nepali girl died over the weekend in a hut to which she had been banished for menstruating — the latest victim of an ancient ritual that persists in parts of south…
Global Food Security Act Makes Direct Impact On Communities In Senegal December 20, 2016 News Summary U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Why Food Security Matters Zach Blackburn, presidential management fellow in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, discusses a recent trip to Senegal to observe USAID-supported programs and to see first-hand the impact of the Global Food Security Act,…
Opinion Pieces Examine President-Elect Trump’s Foreign Policy Team December 20, 2016 News Summary Washington Post: Trump is unifying the fractured GOP foreign policy establishment Hugh Hewitt, host of The Hugh Hewitt Show, NBC News political analyst, and author “Candidate Donald Trump never had much in the way of support from the traditional Republican foreign policy establishment. President-elect Trump is changing that. He has…
Aidspan Publishes New Issue Of ‘Global Fund Observer’ December 20, 2016 News Summary Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published Issue 302 of the “Global Fund Observer.” The newsletter features articles on various topics including information on the Global Fund’s 2017-2019 allocations; the launch of the Global Fund’s Prioritized Action Plan,…
Global Health Security Vital To National Security December 20, 2016 News Summary CDC’s “Our Global Voices”: The Case for Global Health Security Maureen Bartee, principal Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) coordinator in CDC’s Division of Global Health Protection, discusses CDC’s efforts to strengthen global health security, writing, “Global health security is a national security issue. … There is no doubt that CDC’s…
Devex Examines Heritage Foundation’s Views On Foreign Aid, As Group Plays Key Role In Presidential Transition December 19, 2016 News Summary Devex: Examining Heritage’s views on aid as foundation plays key Trump transition role “The Heritage Foundation, according to news reports and sources Devex has spoken to, is playing a central role in filling positions in U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. It’s too soon to tell whether those they help select…
‘Donor Fatigue’ Negatively Affecting Save The Children’s Efforts To Provide Maternal, Child Health Care In South Sudan December 19, 2016 News Summary Humanosphere: South Sudan: How to provide maternal and child health care during crisis Imana Gunawan, Humanosphere’s social media manager and podcast producer, and Humanosphere Editor-in-Chief Tom Paulson discuss recent news headlines and interview Bester Muluazi, Save the Children’s program management specialist in South Sudan, about “donor fatigue” and its affect…