Ebola Case Numbers Rise In Guinea, With 3 Doctors Infected; Liberia Maintains Zero Cases, While U.S. Treats Aid Worker March 18, 2015 News Summary Reuters: Guinea Ebola cases rise, three doctors infected “Guinea has suffered a setback in its fight against Ebola with a rash of new cases, including three doctors infected by the virus, with officials blaming weak surveillance and a failure to follow safety procedures. … A government health report from the…
Protecting Children, Communities Affected By Ebola In West Africa Critical To Reach Zero Cases, UNICEF Says March 18, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: New U.N. report highlights ‘terrifying’ impact of Ebola on nine million children “Some nine million children have seen ‘death and suffering beyond their comprehension,’ and protecting them and their communities is critical in the fight against Ebola in West Africa, the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in…
International Community Looks To Outline West Africa’s Ebola Recovery Phase March 18, 2015 News Summary Devex: Ebola: Moving from emergency to recovery “As the death toll from Ebola now tops 10,000 in West Africa, donors and aid implementers are figuring out how to best transition from the emergency to the recovery phase of the crisis. Top E.U. and U.N. officials, leaders of Ebola-affected nations, and…
Despite Overall Decline In Cases, European Region Records 1,000 New TB Cases Daily, Report Shows March 18, 2015 News Summary News outlets highlight findings of a joint WHO/Europe and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report on tuberculosis in the region. Agence France-Presse: Tuberculosis still raging in Eastern Europe “About a thousand people still contract tuberculosis daily in Europe and Central Asia, despite an overall decline of the…
Chile Considering Bill To Ease Abortion Ban In Some Cases; Rights Group Says Measure Likely To Pass March 18, 2015 News Summary Reuters: Chile considers bill to ease abortion ban, likely to pass: rights group “Chile is considering a bill to ease a complete ban on abortion that would allow the potentially life-saving procedure under certain circumstances and has a high chance of being passed by lawmakers, a rights group said…” (Moloney,…
Uganda Still Plans To Send HCWs Abroad Despite Belgium’s Threat To Cut Aid March 18, 2015 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Uganda hit by aid threat over medical ‘brain drain’ case “Uganda on Monday stood by plans to send more than 240 of its health workers to the Caribbean despite a Belgian threat to cut 11 million euros in aid. … The Belgian minister said the expatriation of the…
Anti-Dowry PSA Aims To Reduce Child Marriage In Nepal March 18, 2015 News Summary PRI: South Asian leaders try new ways to reduce child marriage “…[An] anti-dowry PSA is sponsored by the National Campaign to End Child Marriage in Nepal and is playing everywhere: On TV, on the radio, and even in movie theaters and on buses, especially in the Terai region where child…
U.N. Should ‘Empower And Fund’ Global Institution With Goal Of Stopping Next Epidemic March 18, 2015 News Summary New York Times: How to Fight the Next Epidemic Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “…In short, in a battle against a severe epidemic, we would be taking a knife to a bazooka fight. I believe that we can solve this problem, just as we’ve solved…
Coordinated International Response Necessary To Stop Spread Of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria March 18, 2015 News Summary Global Health Technologies Coalition’s “Breakthroughs”: Fighting for the future: Why we must come together to fight antibiotic resistance around the globe “In this guest post, Beth P. Bell, MD MPH — director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
CGD Blog Post Discusses Recommendations For India’s Draft National Health Policy March 18, 2015 News Summary Center for Global Development’s “Global Health Policy Blog”: India’s New Health Policy: A Work in Progress Anit Mukherjee, IDRC fellow at the Center for Global Development, discusses India’s new draft National Health Policy and makes recommendations that would “help strengthen the plan across four key areas: financing and fiscal transfers,…