Clinton Foundation To Maximize HIV/AIDS Support To Vietnam July 21, 2014 News Summary Xinhua/Shanghai Daily: Former U.S. president vows to support Vietnam in combating HIV/AIDS “The Clinton Foundation will maximize its support for Vietnam in preventing and fighting against HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other infectious diseases, former U.S. president Bill Clinton said here Friday. At a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung…
Women’s Rights Important To Preventing Child HIV Infections July 21, 2014 News Summary Bloomberg Businessweek: Wives Hide HIV as Stigma Undermines Progress on AIDS “…Protecting young mothers will be critical if the world is to meet a U.N. target of eliminating new HIV infections among children by 2015. At an international AIDS meeting that started in Melbourne yesterday, public figures from Burmese political…
Circumcision To Reduce Risk Of HIV Infection Does Not Increase Unprotected Sex, Study Shows July 21, 2014 News Summary Agence France-Presse: AIDS circumcision campaign boosted by new evidence “A campaign to encourage circumcision among men in sub-Saharan Africa to help protect them against the AIDS virus was backed by new research on Monday showing that men who have had the operation are unlikely to engage in unprotected sex…” (Ingham,…
Discrimination, Stigma Disrupt AIDS Efforts In Tunisia July 21, 2014 News Summary The Guardian: Tunisia’s fight against AIDS hampered by widespread discrimination “…As the International AIDS Conference begins in Melbourne this week, Tunisia, a country with one of the most far-reaching and comprehensive approaches to combating HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa, is in a war of attrition with the…
GAVI Aims To Double Donor Contributions, Gear Up For Largest-Ever Replenishment July 21, 2014 News Summary The Lancet: GAVI gears up for record replenishment “The GAVI Alliance is set to ask for a doubling in its donor contributions in its next pledging round to scale up immunization in countries and introduce new vaccines…” (Usher, 7/19).
Two Bone Marrow Transplant Patients Said To Be Cleared Of HIV July 21, 2014 News Summary Bloomberg Businessweek: HIV Said Cleared in Two Bone Marrow Transplant Patients “Two cancer patients who were also infected with HIV went through bone marrow transplants and may no longer have the AIDS-causing virus, according to Australian doctors…” (Matsuyama/Bennett, 7/18).
Report Shows No Reduction In Foreign Aid Programs’ Waste, Duplication July 21, 2014 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: Waste, overlap, and inefficiency still plague foreign aid programs — report “…Despite this drive for results, a new report by top Washington think tanks finds no measurable advance in reducing waste and duplication in foreign aid programs, nor any improvement in how aid was distributed in the…
Intervention Needed In South Sudan To Prevent Humanitarian Crisis July 21, 2014 News Summary VOA News: U.N. Humanitarian Chief Warns of ‘Major Humanitarian Crisis’ in South Sudan “The United Nations’ top humanitarian official, Valerie Amos, said this week the international community must intervene quickly in South Sudan, or watch the young country sink even deeper into disaster and possible famine…” (Zeitvogel, 7/17).
Somalia Declares Drought, Faces Worsening Food Crisis July 21, 2014 News Summary News outlets report on Somalia’s drought and worsening food crisis. Agence France-Presse: Somalia facing disaster three years after devastating famine “Three years after famine in Somalia killed a quarter of a million people in six months, aid agencies warned Sunday a new catastrophe is looming unless urgent aid arrives. A…
Kenya To Pilot Mass Drug Administration To Combat Malaria July 21, 2014 News Summary IRIN: Kenya to pilot community-wide malaria treatments “Kenya is experimenting with unconventional methods to tackle high malaria rates through the piloting of mass drug administration (MDA) — treating entire communities with anti-malarial drugs, regardless of whether they have the parasite…” (7/18).