WHO Urges Donors To Scale Up Operations In South Sudan January 7, 2014 News Summary The WHO has called for international donors to scale up their operations in South Sudan as the humanitarian situation escalates and poor conditions in camps pose health risks to displaced persons. Vaccine News Daily: WHO calls for funding for health initiatives in South Sudan “The World Health Organization announced on…
CAR Conflict Could Escalate Into Religious War, U.N. Official Warns January 7, 2014 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Strife in Central African Republic could turn into religious war and spill over borders, U.N. warns “The worsening strife in the Central African Republic (CAR) with its Muslim-Christian overtones risks escalating into sustained violence along religious lines and spilling beyond the country’s borders, further destabilizing the whole…
Two New Cases Of H7N9 Cases Confirmed In China January 7, 2014 News Summary WHO reports two new cases of H7N9 bird flu in China, while the Chinese government continues to take surveillance and control measures.RTT News: Two New Cases Of Human H7N9 Infections Reported In China “The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) revealed Monday that China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission…
U.N. Relief Coordinator Voices Concern Over Multiple Humanitarian Crises In 2014 January 7, 2014 News Summary Two articles examine U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos’s warning that global humanitarian crises will continue to prove challenging in 2014. U.N. News Centre: Multiple emergencies pose great test of the global humanitarian system, U.N. official says “An unprecedented number of people are beginning 2014 either internally displaced or as…
Bono Commends U.S. For Bipartisan Support Of HIV Treatment, Prevention January 7, 2014 News Summary Upon accepting an award this weekend, U2 lead singer and activist Bono commended the U.S. for bipartisan support in efforts to provide HIV treatment and prevention worldwide. Fox News: Bono thanks U.S. for lead role in global fight against AIDS “The Irish rock band U2 took home the Sonny Bono…
HIV Relapse In Patients Thought Virus-Free Spurs Researchers To Push More For Cure January 7, 2014 News Summary Reuters: Relapse of ‘cured’ HIV patients spurs AIDS science on “Scientists seeking a cure for AIDS say they have been inspired, not crushed, by a major setback in which two HIV-positive patients believed to have been cured found the virus re-invading their bodies once more. True, the news hit hard…
Experimental Malaria Test Would Not Require Blood Sample January 7, 2014 News Summary New York Times: A New Test for Malaria, No Blood Required “Rice University researchers have developed a rapid malaria test that uses a laser pulse, eliminating the need to draw blood. The test has not yet been tried on humans with the disease, but in experiments with blood samples and…
More Effort Needed To Improve Myanmar’s Family Planning Services January 7, 2014 News Summary IRIN: Burmese family planning left behind “Despite donor funding to advance Myanmar’s health care system, experts say more work is needed in life-saving family planning services, which have yet to receive the support they need. … At 200 deaths per 100,000 live births, Myanmar’s maternal mortality rate is one of…
U.S. Continuing To Assist In Mental Health Support For Syrians January 7, 2014 News Summary Jack Myer, Syria regional disaster assistance response team leader in the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, writes in USAID’s “IMPACTblog” about the ongoing conflict in Syria and how “9.3 million people now find themselves in need of humanitarian assistance,” particularly women and children. “The U.S. will continue to provide…
State Department, Global Health Corps To Host Google+ Hangout January 7, 2014 News Summary U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s “Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues Zeenat Rahman and CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps Barbara Bush will participate in a Google+ Hangout on ‘How Young People Are Transforming the Health World’ at 9:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, January 8,” according to a State…
