Blog Examines Two Recent Reports Addressing HIV/AIDS In Africa January 9, 2014 News Summary The Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks” examines the “Afrobarometer research project’s recent cross-continent survey [.pdf] of What People Want from Government, Basic Survey Performance Ratings, 34 Countries, released in December,” and a supplement from the Journal of the International AIDS Society that discuss progress and challenges in efforts…
New Issue of ‘Global Fund News Flash’ Available Online January 9, 2014 News Summary The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has published Issue 35 of its newsletter, the “Global Fund News Flash.” The issue notes the new funding application materials are available online and includes an obituary for Rangarirai Chiteure, coordinator for the Country Coordinating Mechanism in Zimbabwe, as well as…
Afghan Insecurity, War Taking ‘Heavy Toll’ On Children January 9, 2014 News Summary Epoch Times: Afghan Children Pay the Price of Brutal War César Chelala, an international public health consultant “Decades of insecurity and war [in Afghanistan] have provoked a heavy toll on children’s lives and well being. An under-five mortality rate of 199 per 1,000 live births as reported by UNICEF is…
5 Actions To Promote Global Health In 2014 January 9, 2014 News Summary Devex: 5 ways to accelerate global health in 2014 Allan Pamba, director of public engagement and access initiatives at GSK “…If we’re to cement the progress already made in helping people live healthier lives — regardless of where they live — we must start making last year’s conversations a reality.…
Scientists Decode Genome Of Cholera Strain From 1849 January 9, 2014 News Summary New York Times: With Help of Victims From 1849, Scientists Decode Early Strain of Cholera “Using bits of human intestine stored in a Philadelphia medical museum in 1849, scientists have decoded the genes of an early form of cholera, the deadly diarrheal disease that first swept the globe just a…
U.N. Warns Of Worsening Humanitarian Situation In Two Unstable Iraqi Cities January 9, 2014 News Summary IRIN: Iraq fighting slows aid to the displaced “The U.N. is warning of a ‘critical humanitarian situation’ that is only ‘likely to worsen’ following sustained fighting among Islamic insurgents, tribal groups and government forces in the Iraqi province of Anbar that has displaced at least 5,000 families. Aid agencies are…
Canadian Health Officials Report North America’s First H5N1 Case January 9, 2014 News Summary News outlets summarize information reported on Wednesday by Canadian health officials, who recorded North America’s first known case of H5N1 avian influenza infection in an Alberta woman who died last week. Canadian Press: Fatal case of H5N1 bird flu reported in Alberta, first North American case “Canada has reported North…
U.N. Senior Officials Urge G77 Nations To Work Collectively To Achieve Anti-Poverty Goals By 2015 January 9, 2014 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Senior U.N. officials urge ‘Group of 77’ nations to work collectively on anti-poverty goals “United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the General Assembly President John Ashe, today urged the bloc of developing countries known as the ‘Group of 77 and China’ to work collectively towards reaching the…
WHO Set To Review 8 Proposals Addressing Neglected Disease Research; Critics Worry Schemes Are Not Innovative January 9, 2014 News Summary Nature: Projects set to tackle neglected diseases “…Pharmaceutical companies say that poor customers cannot afford to pay the high prices needed to recoup development costs. Critics say that eight proposals, endorsed last month by reviewers for the World Health Organization (WHO) to break the stalemate for [kala-azar] and other neglected…
NTD Prevention Efforts Overshadow Disease Morbidity Management January 9, 2014 News Summary The Guardian: NTDs: disease control is about much more than drugs “One of the top three recommendations of the latest annual report of the U.K. Coalition Against NTDs is to ‘ensure that NTD control and elimination programs reflect the full range of care and include morbidity management and disability prevention…
