MCC-PEPFAR Partnership Uses Data To Help Achieve AIDS-Free Generation December 7, 2016 News Summary U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Data Collaboratives for Local Impact: A Model for Building Country-Level Capacity to Use Data Agnieszka Rawa, managing director of Data Collaboratives for Local Impact at the MCC, and Paul Zeitz, director of the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development Team at the State Department, discuss a partnership…
National Academies Publishes Proceedings Of Workshop On West African Ebola Epidemic December 7, 2016 News Summary National Academies: The Ebola Epidemic in West Africa: Proceedings of a Workshop “…Building on previous outbreak workshops, the Forum on Microbial Threats convened this workshop to understand the recent developments in incidence, prevalence, and intervention strategies used to mitigate [Ebola] in an increasingly interconnected world. Recognizing the opportunity to learn…
U.S., U.N. Working Together To End Global Hunger December 7, 2016 News Summary U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: My Quest To Learn How the United States and United Nations Are Working To #EndHunger Nicol Perez, a U.S. youth observer to the U.N., discusses U.S. support of U.N. agencies working to end global hunger, highlighting her experience visiting the World Food Programme (WFP) in…
2016 African Yellow Fever Epidemic Revealed Weaknesses In Emergency Vaccine Supply Pipeline, Experts Say December 6, 2016 News Summary New York Times: Yellow Fever Epidemic in Africa Shows Gaps in Vaccine Pipeline “The yellow fever outbreak in Africa this year came closer to being a disaster than is widely recognized, public health experts recently disclosed. The epidemic also revealed glaring weaknesses in the emergency vaccine supply pipeline. … Ultimately,…
Asia-Pacific Must Make More Effort To End Hunger; Dairy Could Play Beneficial Role, FAO Report Says December 6, 2016 News Summary Associated Press: U.N. says dairy a potential ally in Asia nutrition challenges “…Milk and other dairy products have become an unexpected ally in the fight against Asia’s newest dietary challenges: obesity, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies, according to a report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization released Tuesday. ‘This…
Physicians Working To Bring Health Care To Remote, Rural Areas Of Thailand, Liberia December 6, 2016 News Summary Global Health NOW: In Thailand, $3 a Month Could Boost Migrant Health “…To bring better health — and dignity — to [migrants living in Thailand along the Thai-Burmese border,] a transient group trapped in the gaps between two health care systems along a porous border, … French-born, Thai-based physician [Nicolas…
With Experimental Zika Virus Vaccines In Human Clinical Trials, Scientists Wonder Whether Market Will Exist When Shots Approved December 6, 2016 News Summary STAT: A Zika vaccine is being developed at warp speed, but will there be a market for it? “…[D]espite funding delays from a fractious pre-election Congress, three experimental Zika vaccines are already being tested in people; another four or five should start human trials between now and next fall. ……
Rohingya In Some Parts Of Asia Face Discrimination In Accessing Health Care, Report Says December 6, 2016 News Summary New York Times: Rohingya Face Health Care Bias in Parts of Asia, Study Finds “Members of the Rohingya ethnic group face chronic discrimination in access to medical care in Myanmar and other Asian countries, with severe consequences for health and mortality rates, a study has found. The report, published online…
Some Media Coverage Of WHO’s Classification Of Zika Could Cause Misunderstanding Of Disease’s Severity December 6, 2016 News Summary Forbes: How The Zika Virus Outbreak Foretold Donald Trump’s Win Arthur Caplan, head of medical ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center; Lee H. Igel, clinical associate professor in the NYU Tisch Institute and associate of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center; and Kelly McBride Folkers, graduate…