News Outlets Examine Relationships Among U.N., Western World Leaders On Various Issues November 21, 2016 News Summary New York Times: Donald Trump and the U.N.: Signs of Clashing Views on Many Issues “In the genteel, carpeted halls of the United Nations headquarters, a 20-minute walk from Trump Tower, diplomats from the world over are holding their breath about the American president-elect. The optimists among them are expressing…
Pope Francis Announces All Roman Catholic Priests Have Power To Forgive Abortion November 21, 2016 News Summary Reuters: Pope extends power to forgive abortion to all Roman Catholic priests “Pope Francis on Monday extended indefinitely to all Roman Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops or special confessors. Francis, who has made a more inclusive and forgiving Roman Catholic Church a…
News Outlets Recognize World Toilet Day, Discuss Various Aspects Of WASH, Related Diseases November 21, 2016 News Summary Devex: Why the Gates Foundation wants you to talk about poop “…The big question [Bill Gates] poses in his recent blog post ‘A perfume that smells like poop?’ is whether this technology will make a difference for the one in three people who lack access to improved sanitation. Firmenich, a…
Scientists Trace Genetic Origins Of Current-Day Cholera Strains November 21, 2016 News Summary Science: How today’s cholera pandemic was born “The world is in the grip of its seventh cholera pandemic, but that’s not exactly news. Today’s pandemic has been around since the 1960s, burning through developing countries like Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti. Now, scientists have used DNA from historical samples…
IRIN Examines U.N.’s Recent Efforts To Provide $400M Cholera Package In Haiti, Effects Of Epidemic On SG Ban’s Legacy November 21, 2016 News Summary IRIN: Ban Ki-moon’s U.N. legacy clouded by cholera “Nearly a month after U.N. officials announced the idea of a special $400 million package to deal with cholera in Haiti, almost no donors have agreed to fund assistance for its victims. … The idea of a package of ‘material assistance’ for…
All Hospitals In East Aleppo Close Following Intensified Airstrikes; U.S. Urges Russia To Take Measures To Stop Violence November 21, 2016 News Summary New York Times: Aleppo Bombs Leave Quarter Million ‘Living in Hell’ and Without Hospital Care “The remaining hospitals on the rebel-held side of Aleppo, Syria, have been badly damaged and forced to stop providing care amid an intensifying bombardment, according to the World Health Organization…” (Rubin/Saad, 11/20). Reuters: All hospitals…
WHO’s Removal Of Zika From Emergency Status Without Reliable Diagnostic Tools Represents ‘Win’ For Microbes November 21, 2016 News Summary Scientific American: The Microbes Have Won Again Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations “…The WHO decision to downgrade Zika from emergency status is not good news … T[he] declaration reflects defeat. … As has too often been the case in epidemics we have…
Global Health Leaders Should Use Zika Epidemic As Opportunity To Invest In Women’s Health Infrastructure November 21, 2016 News Summary The Guardian: Zika: Let’s give women the contraception they so desperately want Grace Tillyard, director of communications and outreach for Innovating Health International in Haiti, and Vincent DeGennaro Jr., president of Innovating Health International in Haiti and assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at the…
Global Leaders Make 2 Landmark Commitments To Promote Health, Eradicate Poverty At 9th Global Conference On Health Promotion November 21, 2016 News Summary WHO: 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion: Global leaders agree to promote health in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals “Leaders from governments and United Nations organizations, city chiefs, and health experts from around the world [on Monday] made two landmark commitments to promote public health and eradicate poverty. The…
PLOS Recognizes World Toilet Day, Announces New Collection Focused On WASH November 21, 2016 News Summary PLOS Blogs’ “Speaking of Medicine”: U.N. World Toilet Day 2016 Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy, co-editors in chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases; Thomas McBride, associate editor for PLOS Medicine; and Larry Peiperl, chief editor of PLOS Medicine, reflect on 15 years of recognizing U.N. World Toilet Day and announce…