Accountability To SDGs Vital For Future Generations September 2, 2015 News Summary Huffington Post: An Open Letter to the Generation That Will Grow Up With the Sustainable Development Goals Anthony Lake, executive director of UNICEF “…When world leaders come together this month, they will be doing more than agreeing to 17 goals. They will be coming together in common commitment to the…
Collapsing Health Care System, Dengue Outbreak Complicating Humanitarian Crisis In War-Torn Yemen September 2, 2015 News Summary Reuters: Civilians pay heavy price in Yemen’s Taiz, health care collapses: U.N. “Nearly 100 civilians have been killed in the past two weeks in Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz where a collapsing health care service and outbreak of dengue fever are compounding a dire humanitarian situation, the United Nations said…
Conflict, Failing Infrastructure Causing Severe Food Insecurity In South Sudan’s Northern Region September 2, 2015 News Summary International Business Times: South Sudan On The Brink: Failing Currency And Armed Conflict Pushes Country Closer To Famine “In the southern city of Morobo, South Sudan, mangoes litter the ground beneath the trees that line the roads. But 500 miles north, in the northeastern city of Malakal, people are severely…
India’s Innovations To Address Menstruation Offer Lessons For U.S. September 2, 2015 News Summary New York Times: Menstruation Innovation: Lessons from India Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, vice president for development at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law “…In the quest to address issues of menstrual health and hygiene … most of the ingenuity and innovation has been spearheaded in the developing world,…
Asia-Pacific TB Parliamentary Caucus Meets To Discuss Region’s Efforts Against Tuberculosis September 2, 2015 News Summary Devex: Asia-Pacific unites in battle against tuberculosis “Parliamentarians from the United Kingdom and countries in Asia and the Pacific gathered this week in Sydney, Australia, to create a unified voice for the region’s fight against tuberculosis. … The Asia-Pacific TB Parliamentary Caucus is the first regional meeting to come out…
Trial Using ‘Ring Vaccination’ Strategy Of Experimental Ebola Vaccine Underway In Sierra Leone After New Case Detected September 1, 2015 News Summary WHO: Guinea ring vaccination trial extended to Sierra Leone to vaccinate contacts of new Ebola case “Detection of a new case of Ebola virus disease in Kambia, Sierra Leone, after the country had marked almost three weeks of zero cases has set in motion the first ‘ring vaccination’ use of…
Aid Groups, Mexican Government Training Midwives In Chiapas To Lower Maternal Death Rate September 1, 2015 News Summary New York Times: Training Midwives to Save Expectant Mothers in Chiapas “…The story in Chiapas is much like that in other impoverished regions around the world. Wherever maternal deaths are high, the main reason is the same: not enough doctors, nurses, and medically trained and equipped midwives to help deliver…
Resource Management, Partnerships, Innovative Financing Important Under New Development Agenda, UNFPA Head Says September 1, 2015 News Summary Devex: UNFPA chief: New development architecture will mean adaptation, more cooperation “The architecture of the development agenda and how it will be financed has changed, but the U.N. Population Fund is adapting and looking to new partnerships and innovative financing to continue to promote reproductive health and family planning. ‘I…
Mass Drug Administration Effective Strategy For Preventing Drug-Resistant Malaria In Myanmar, Study Shows September 1, 2015 News Summary SciDev.Net: Myanmar winning against drug-resistant malaria “The threat of a drug-resistant malaria pandemic in Myanmar has been contained for now, thanks to joint efforts of malaria research organizations and Myanmar’s health ministry. Mass anti-malarial drug administration provided an effective strategy, according to a study recently published in Malaria Journal (16…