FY14 Omnibus Appropriations Act Released January 13, 2014 News Summary The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations announced the release of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014” (H.R. 3547), which includes funding for U.S. global health programs. A significant portion of U.S. funding for global health, including funding at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State,…
Bill Gates Discusses Achieving A Polio-Free India January 13, 2014 News Summary In a post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Impatient Optimists” blog, foundation Co-Chair Bill Gates discusses the success of India’s polio elimination efforts. He writes, “India’s victory galvanized the global health community to commit to achieving a polio-free world by 2018.” He notes that “India’s success is cause…
Gates Foundation Support Enables Indonesian TB Treatment Program January 13, 2014 News Summary Gabrielle Fitzgerald, director of Global Program Advocacy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes in the foundation’s “Impatient Optimists” blog about a TB treatment program in Indonesia. “…I visited Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital with colleagues from the [Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria] and Tahir, a prominent…
CSIS Event Examined Saving Mothers, Giving Life Initiative January 13, 2014 News Summary Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Senior Associate Janet Fleischman and Alisha Kramer, program coordinator at the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, write in the center’s Smart Global Health blog about an event held last week and convened by the CSIS Global Health Policy Center that “focused on the…
U.N. Agencies Ensure Peacekeeping, Medical Operations In South Sudan January 13, 2014 News Summary Several articles examine multiple U.N. agencies’ responses to the violence and humanitarian situation in South Sudan. U.N. News Centre: South Sudan: U.N. calls for end to fighting, rights abuses; urges unimpeded access for aid “With the Security Council renewing its call on all parties in strife-torn South Sudan to end…
Development Community Beginning To View Child Marriage As Health Issue January 13, 2014 News Summary “The development community is starting to pay closer attention to the problem of child marriages. Long considered an issue of human rights, the conversation about child marriage is shifting to that of health and education. Girls married too young are denied the educational opportunities of their peers and are put…
South Sudan Offers ‘Unique And Exceptional Role For Principled American Leadership’ January 13, 2014 News Summary Washington Post: How Obama is losing South Sudan Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), a leading congressional expert on Sudan who has traveled to the region six times since 1989 “…With South Sudan racked by violence that has displaced thousands and prompted rumors of mass graves, many people who have spent years…
Despite Country’s Relaxed Family Planning Policy, Many Chinese Say They Will Not Have More Than One Child January 13, 2014 News Summary Washington Post: Chinese parents can now have more than one child. Why many say they won’t. Lauren Sandler, author of “One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One” “…Until recently, having another child was only hypothetical to most Chinese parents. … Permitting…
China Reports Additional Cases Of H7N9 Bird Flu January 13, 2014 News Summary News outlets report the latest data on H7N9 bird flu in China. Reuters: China reports second H7N9 bird flu death in a week “China reported one more death from the H7N9 strain of bird flu in southwestern Guizhou province, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, in the second death…
