U.S. Scientist Plans To Establish Vaccine Labs To Prevent Disease Outbreaks In Conflict Zones April 13, 2015 News Summary VOA News: U.S. Scientist Works to Prevent Disease in Conflict Zones “As bad as things are for people in conflict zones of the Middle East and North Africa, a U.S. health expert says things could get much worse. The breakdown in health infrastructure could open the way to catastrophic epidemics.…
Development Of Salk Polio Vaccine Holds Relevant Lessons For Tackling Disease On Global Scale April 13, 2015 News Summary Newsweek: Let’s Celebrate the Man Who Conquered Polio Sue Desmond-Hellman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “April 12 marks the 60th anniversary of the polio vaccine. The incredible story of Jonas Salk’s historic breakthrough deserves to be remembered — and it holds very relevant lessons for the world…
Funding, Monitoring Of SDGs Need Equal Attention To Wording Of Goals April 13, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: Sustainable development won’t happen without the means to implement it Jonathan Glennie, director of policy and research at Save the Children “…If poor countries have to come to the U.N. every year and report on progress on education, health, and so on, then their richer counterparts should follow…
Local Communities, International Organizations Must Continue Cooperation To End Ebola, Improve Health Systems In West Africa April 13, 2015 News Summary Huffington Post: Ebola: The Fight to Reach Zero and the Road to Recovery Lindsay Coates, executive vice president of InterAction “…With the impeding rainy season, it is imperative that partners continue to address Ebola outbreaks in remote areas while constructing strong health care systems to prevent future outbreaks. While the…
Guttmacher Fact Sheet Examines U.S. International Family Planning Assistance April 13, 2015 News Summary Guttmacher Institute: Just the Numbers: The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance This fact sheet examines the benefits of U.S. international family planning assistance and the potential consequences of cutting such aid (4/10).
Brief Examines 10 Reasons To Decriminalize Sex Work April 13, 2015 News Summary Open Society Foundations: Ten Reasons to Decriminalize Sex Work “…This document provides ten reasons why decriminalizing sex work is the best policy for promoting health and human rights of sex workers, their families, and communities. Removing criminal prosecution of sex work goes hand-in-hand with recognizing sex work as work and…
CUGH Conference Sessions Address Innovative Financing In Global Health April 13, 2015 News Summary Center for Strategic & International Studies’s “Smart Global Health”: Innovative Financing and its Role in Global Health Sahil Angelo, program coordinator and research assistant for the Global Health Policy Center at CSIS, reports from the March 2015 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference, where panelists discussed challenges and…
USAID-Supported Journalist Team In Guinea Works To Spread Ebola Information April 13, 2015 News Summary USAID’s “IMPACTblog”: How Guinea’s Journalists Are Fighting To Win the War Against Ebola Carol Han, the strategic communications team leader with USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, discusses the efforts of a team of journalists to produce “Ebola Chrono,” a radio show meant to spread awareness and information about…
USAID Official Discusses Sexual, Reproductive Health, Rights And SDGs In Wilson Center Podcast April 13, 2015 News Summary Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: Ellen Starbird: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Undergird Success of SDGs Schuyler Null, editor of New Security Beat and a writer/editor for the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program and Maternal Health Initiative, writes, “‘Advancing reproductive health…
IHME Data Visualizations Illustrate Zambia’s Progress In Breastfeeding April 13, 2015 News Summary Humanosphere: Visualizing Zambia’s success with breastfeeding Katie Leach-Kemon and Nancy Fullman, policy translation specialists at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, use data visualizations to illustrate progress to increase breastfeeding rates in Zambia (4/10).