Scientific, Journalistic Communities Must Partner To Promote Science’s ‘Self-Evident Truths’ Under Trump Administration November 16, 2016 News Summary Scientific American: Dan Rather: Now, More Than Ever, We Must Stand Up for Science Dan Rather, journalist, former CBS News anchor and managing editor and correspondent for 60 Minutes “…Make no mistake; science was on the ballot this fall. And almost nobody took notice. But they should now because the…
Health Systems Research, Political Will Necessary To Implement Innovations To Prevent, Treat NCDs In LMICs November 16, 2016 News Summary Devex: Opinion: Health systems research is critical to tackle the global burden of disease Adnan Hyder, director of the health systems program and associate chair of the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and board member of Health Systems Global “…Strategic health systems…
Blog Post Discusses Conditional Cash Transfers’ Impacts On Health-Seeking Behaviors, Health Outcomes November 16, 2016 News Summary World Bank’s “Development Impact”: Cash transfers and health: It matters when you measure, and it matters how many health care workers are around to provide services David Evans, senior economist in the Chief Economist’s Office for the Africa Region of the World Bank, and Katrina Kosec, senior research fellow in…
Gates Foundation Announces Grand Challenges Explorations Awardees, Focused On Family Planning, Child Health November 16, 2016 News Summary Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Impatient Optimists”: From Assessing Family Planning Needs to Accelerating Drug Development for Childhood Diarrhea — Big Ideas from Grand Challenges Explorations Latest Awardees Steven Buchsbaum, deputy director, and Rebekah Neal, program officer, both with discovery and translational sciences in the Global Health Program of the…
Internet Data Can Provide Information To Assist Disease Outbreak Preparedness, Response, Study Shows November 16, 2016 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Can big data fill gaps in epidemic awareness, responses? Researchers say yes, with caveats Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses an article published this week in a Journal of Infectious Diseases supplement examining the use of “big data” in…
Morocco Eliminates Trachoma As Public Health Problem, WHO Announces November 16, 2016 News Summary World Health Organization: Morocco eliminates trachoma — the leading infectious cause of blindness On Tuesday, “the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Morocco. … To date, eight countries have reported achieving elimination targets and most countries endemic for trachoma are now…
Rwanda Seeks Ways To Compensate For Reductions In Foreign Health Aid November 15, 2016 News Summary Nature: Rwanda feels the pinch as donors slash health aid “Rwanda has made major public health strides since the country’s genocide against the Tutsi people ended in June 1994, but declines in foreign aid now threaten that progress. Donors such as the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and…
The Lancet Infectious Diseases Examines Challenges To Treating, Preventing MDR-TB November 15, 2016 News Summary The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a continuing crisis “The multidrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic is a crisis. Despite promising new treatments, gaps in funding and political attention are hampering efforts to stem the disease…” (Burki, December 2016).
Some People Infected With Ebola In West African Outbreak Showed No Symptoms, Research Shows November 15, 2016 News Summary Wall Street Journal: Study Suggests Ebola Outbreak Was More Widespread “More than two years after the explosive Ebola epidemic in West Africa, researchers have identified a number of people who were infected with the deadly virus but didn’t report being sick, suggesting the outbreak may have been more widespread than…