Ugandan Government’s Decision To Send Medical Professionals To Caribbean Sparks Controversy April 1, 2015 News Summary Humanosphere: Government scheme sparks brain drain controversy in Uganda Humanosphere reporter Tom Murphy discusses issues surrounding the Ugandan government’s decision to send nearly 300 medical professionals to the Caribbean (3/31).
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance Aims To Immunize 300M More Children April 1, 2015 News Summary Huffington Post: Be Bold: How Gavi Will Immunize Another 300 Million Children Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers and Chair of the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Board “A challenge stands before us: ensuring immunization of the world’s poorest children. If we as global citizens can meet…
System-Wide Change Critical In Efforts Against Antibiotic Drug Resistance April 1, 2015 News Summary Project Syndicate: A Fair Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Gerald Bloom, physician and health economist at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex “…Meeting the challenge of drug-resistant microbes will be difficult. … Implementing a system-wide change in the use of antibiotics will require the creation of national…
Red Cross Federation Head Condemns Attack On Aid Workers, Urges For Their Protection April 1, 2015 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation/New York Times: Red Cross Federation Condemns Killings of Workers “The head of the Red Cross and Red Crescent on Tuesday condemned deadly attacks on three of the organization’s workers this week as ‘profoundly shocking and unacceptable’…” (3/31).
Disease Models Should Better Allow For Uncertainty, Study Says April 1, 2015 News Summary SciDev.Net: Disease models need room for randomness, paper urges “Models used to manage disease outbreaks such as the ongoing Ebola epidemic must make greater allowances for uncertainty, according to a paper published today by the Royal Society in the United Kingdom. … ‘Attention to uncertainty helps one prepare rationally for…
Lesbian, Bisexual Women In Cuba Receive Unequal Health Services, Activists, Health Experts Say April 1, 2015 News Summary Inter Press Service: Lesbians Receiving Unequal Treatment from Cuban Health Services “In addition to other forms of discrimination, lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba face unequal treatment from public health services. Their specific sexual and reproductive health needs are ignored, and they are invisible in prevention and treatment campaigns for…
Web Search Data May Help Estimate NCD Risk In Populations, Study Says April 1, 2015 News Summary Reuters: Web searches may predict disease risk among populations “Internet search data might someday help estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases like stroke, heart disease, or cancer, a new study suggests…” (Doyle, 3/31).
FGM Continues To Occur In Thailand’s Muslim South, Despite WHO Ban April 1, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: In Thailand’s Muslim south, authorities turn a blind eye to FGM “Female genital mutilation, banned by the WHO, seems to be common in the three Muslim-majority southern provinces, but officials are taking no action…” (Paluch, 4/1).
Malaria Test Identifies Asymptomatic Malaria Carriers, Study Says April 1, 2015 News Summary SciDev.Net: Diagnostic tests plumb depths of ‘hidden malaria’ “A self-styled ‘ultrasensitive’ malaria test could lead to more accurate identification of the potentially significant pool of people who carry the disease without showing any symptoms, a paper has found. The paper indicates that these ‘asymptomatic carriers’ are far more common than…
Concern Over Data Sharing Ethics May Hinder Disease Control During Outbreaks, Scientists Say April 1, 2015 News Summary SciDev.Net: Focus on Poverty: Sharing genetic data in health crises “Genetic information that could help slow disease outbreaks may be kept private by researchers out of fear of violating patients’ rights — that was one of the concerns expressed in a Nature article recently. … That’s problematic, since the open…