Devex Opinion Pieces Discuss Access To Health For All April 17, 2015 News Summary Devex: UHC: Our best defense against crises, and an investment in our future Michael Myers, managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation “…It’s essential that countries shore up their health systems to detect and contain diseases before they become epidemics that threaten communities, nations, and entire regions. Health systems need to…
Power Of Nutrition Fund Aims To Raise $1B For Child Nutrition April 17, 2015 News Summary World Bank: New fund targets billion dollars for children’s nutrition “The Power of Nutrition, a new independent fund launched [Thursday], will help millions of children reach their full potential. Backed by leading organizations from private philanthropy and international development, the partnership aims to unlock one billion dollars to tackle child…
West African Presidents To Share Ebola Recovery Response Plans At World Bank Meeting April 17, 2015 News Summary U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Presidents of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone To Share Ebola Recovery Plans at IMF — World Bank Group Spring Meetings Nasserie Carew, senior adviser in the Bureau of Public Affairs, discusses what to expect at a high-level roundtable meeting on Ebola with the presidents of…
French Red Cross’s Public Tours Of ETU In Guinea Helping To Dispel Ebola Myths April 17, 2015 News Summary USAID’s “IMPACTblog”: Battling Ebola: How Tours into Guinea’s Hot Zone are Helping in the Fight Harlan Hale, a regional advisor with USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance who has served on the Ebola Disaster Assistance Response Team, writes about how the French Red Cross in Guinea is helping to…
Strengthening Global Food System Critical To Improving Nutrition April 17, 2015 News Summary Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Impatient Optimists”: Harnessing Food Systems to Improve Nutrition Shawn Baker, director of nutrition at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discusses the foundation’s efforts to strengthen the global food system and improve nutrition worldwide (4/16).
Safe Transportation Plays Role In Women, Girls’ Reproductive Health, Education April 17, 2015 News Summary Center for Strategic & International Studies’ “Smart Global Health”: Traffic and Sex on the Road to School Talia Dubovi, associate director and senior fellow with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, discusses how adequate and safe transport plays a role in women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and education,…
PLOS Article Provides Update On NTDs In ASEAN Nations April 17, 2015 News Summary PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Neglected Tropical Diseases among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Overview and Update Peter Hotez, co-editor in chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and a U.S. science envoy, and colleagues provide an…
In Meeting With West African Leaders, Obama Pledges U.S. Support, Marks Progress In Ending Ebola Epidemic April 16, 2015 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Obama pledges U.S. aid in wiping out last traces of Ebola “President Barack Obama met on Wednesday with the leaders of three Ebola-stricken West African nations, vowing U.S. help in wiping out the last vestiges of the often deadly disease…” (4/15). Bloomberg News: Obama Hosts Heads of Ebola-Stricken…
U.S. Senate Committee Debates Food Aid Program Reform April 16, 2015 News Summary Devex: Reformers look for the refresh button on U.S. food aid “The United States’ six decades-old food aid program might finally see reforms. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear April 15 arguments for reforming the way the U.S. pays for, ships and dispenses food aid internationally. The hearing is…