‘Unwavering Leadership’ From U.S., U.K. Critical To Eliminating NTDs November 29, 2016 News Summary CNN: We must finish fight against diseases we’ve overlooked for too long Mary Ann Peters, CEO of The Carter Center, and Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “…To achieve [the goal of eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)], the world needs to focus on where it can…
Gates Foundation’s Global Health President Trevor Mundel Discusses WHO, Innovative Funding In Devex Interview November 29, 2016 News Summary Devex: Gates Foundation head of global health talks WHO, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative “…Trevor Mundel, president of global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said ‘a lot needs to be done’ to prepare now for the next global [health] crisis. From rethinking the World Health Organization’s role and funding…
Development Experts React To Trump’s Nomination Of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley As U.S. Ambassador To U.N. November 28, 2016 News Summary Devex: Development experts react to Nikki Haley’s appointment as U.S. ambassador to U.N. “South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a rising young Republican politician with little foreign policy experience, will serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. After news of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s latest selection to his administration…
Women’s Health Advocacy Groups Fear Less Support For Reproductive Rights Under President-Elect Trump November 28, 2016 News Summary Devex: How a Trump presidency could harm women’s health worldwide “Major international women’s health networks, advocacy groups, and donors are readying for a battle against the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, which they fear will seek to block support for women’s reproductive rights worldwide. The exact funding and policy…
Humanitarian Organizations Worried Trump Administration Will Cut Foreign Assistance Budget, Including Family Planning, LGBT Rights November 28, 2016 News Summary Foreign Policy: Will Foreign Aid Get Cut on Trump’s Chopping Block? “Anxious humanitarian organizations are worried that President-elect Donald Trump, who sharply questioned the value of foreign aid during his campaign, is poised to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. assistance for developing countries — including programs promoting…
Grand Challenges Africa To Fund Research Aimed At Improving Maternal, Newborn Health November 28, 2016 News Summary The Guardian: Innovations fund aims to save women and newborn babies in Africa “Public health experts in East Africa have hailed an initiative that will fund research on the continent in the hope of fostering African innovation. The $7m (£5.7m) Grand Challenges Africa innovation seed grants program — funded by…
U.N. Should Take Steps To Protect Hospitals, Health Workers In War Zones, Global Health Experts Write In Paper November 28, 2016 News Summary STAT: Experts urge United Nations to protect hospitals from further attacks “Global health experts are calling on the international community to defend medical neutrality in war zones — and are urging the United Nations to act when health care facilities are attacked. … The Geneva Conventions — ratified by 196…
Infants Born To Zika-Infected Mothers Can Develop Microcephaly Months After Birth, Study Shows November 28, 2016 News Summary CQ HealthBeat: CDC: Zika-infected Infants Can Develop Microcephly Outside Womb “[Some] infants in Brazil who were born infected with the Zika virus, but had not yet developed microcephaly, later experienced slow head growth, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday…” (Siddons, 11/22). New York Times: Microcephaly Found…
News Outlets Look At Ethics, Effectiveness Of Various Malaria Prevention Methods November 28, 2016 News Summary The Economist: Malaria: The biter bit “…Mosquitoes do not tend to fly far from the place they hatch, and experiments suggest that if most of a village’s inhabitants were to take ivermectin they could collectively do serious damage to the local Anopheles population. That would substantially reduce the number of…