Global Community Must Continue To Invest In Vaccines, Strengthen Immunization Systems July 28, 2017 News Summary Devex: Opinion: Vaccination rates are high — but they’re not high enough Orin Levine, director of vaccine delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Mike Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy “…Here’s what we see in this year’s [WHO/UNICEF report on global immunization…
Funding, Political Will Needed To Translate Scientific Advancements Into Action To End AIDS July 28, 2017 News Summary Science: We still need to beat HIV François Dabis, director of the French Research Agency on HIV and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS), and Linda-Gail Bekker, president of the International AIDS Society (IAS) “Despite remarkable advances in HIV treatment and prevention, the limited political will and leadership in many countries … have…
Fogarty International Center Helps Safeguard U.S., World Against Future Epidemics July 28, 2017 News Summary The Lancet: Closing the NIH Fogarty Center threatens U.S. and global health Salim S. Abdool Karim, director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and pro vice-chancellor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and…
Trump Administration’s Proposed Budget Cuts Could Harm Global Health, Increase International Instability, Experts Say July 28, 2017 News Summary Brookings Institution: How the Trump budget harms global health and weakens international stability Jake Schneider, research assistant at the Brookings Institution, and Darrell West, director and vice president of governance studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, discuss the potential impacts of the Trump administration’s proposed…
New USGLC Report Discusses Role Of U.S. Diplomacy, Development Programs In Stimulating U.S. Economy July 28, 2017 News Summary U.S. Global Leadership Coalition: New USGLC Report: Investments in Diplomacy, Development Boost U.S. Economy, Create Jobs “The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition [Thursday] released its report America’s Global Economic Leadership: A Strategic Return on U.S. Investment, making the case for why U.S. diplomacy and development programs are critical to our economic…
CDC Continues To Work With Global Partners To Eliminate Hepatitis B July 28, 2017 News Summary CDC’s “Our Global Voices”: Vaccination remains the most cost-effective strategy to get on track with hepatitis B elimination in resource-limited settings Rania Tohme, team lead at the CDC’s Global Immunization Division, discusses global efforts to address hepatitis B and the challenges facing vaccine accessibility and delivery in resource-limited settings. “At…
Researchers Examine Strategies To Get Next 10M People On HIV Treatment To Reach 30M By 2030 July 27, 2017 News Summary Devex: HIV treatment: Strategies to reach the next 10 million patients “The last time the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science met [in Paris] in 2003, fewer than two million people globally were on HIV treatment. As the event returned to Paris this week, UNAIDS reported 19.5 million people…
U.S. Cuts To Family Planning Funding Threaten To Harm Women’s Access To Health Care In Malawi, Uganda July 27, 2017 News Summary CNN: U.S. foreign aid cuts could be a ‘death sentence’ to women in Malawi “…The rate of maternal deaths in Malawi is among the highest globally and illegal abortions are a significant reason. Now public health officials, aid professionals, and doctors in Malawi fear it could get even worse. The…
The Guardian Publishes Timeline Of Women’s Push For Access To Family Planning, Abortion, Health Care, Equality July 27, 2017 News Summary The Guardian: Families, fertility, and feminism: landmarks in women’s rights “Women have fought long and hard to secure access to family planning and abortion, and reduce maternal mortality. A modern timeline of that struggle tells a story full of highs and lows…” (Ford, 7/27).