Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues
WHO Regional Office for Africa: WHO unveils plan to tackle rising HIV drug resistance in Africa “Growing resistance to HIV drugs in Africa is threatening the significant progress made in the global fight against the virus. In an effort to reinforce the gains and end the AIDS epidemic by 2030,…
AP: TB, armed guards, lack of food at U.N. migrant center in Libya (Hinnant et al., 12/6). AP: U.N. says Zimbabwe’s cash shortage hurts aid delivery efforts (12/5). CIDRAP News: Typhoid vaccine shows protection in phase 3 trial (Dall, 12/5). The Telegraph: ‘Ground breaking’ typhoid vaccine reduces infections by 80…
Bloomberg: The Vaccines That Could Use a Shot in the Arm Clara Ferreira Marques, Bloomberg Opinion columnist (12/12). Devex: Opinion: How investments in health can help defeat malaria and COVID-19 Kevin Murphy, president of ExxonMobil Foundation and manager of corporate citizenship and global community investments for Exxon Mobil Corporation (12/11)…
AP: Taiwan marks 200 days without domestic COVID-19 infection (10/29). AP: India’s coronavirus cases cross 8 million, behind U.S. (Sharma et al., 10/29). Borgen Magazine: Updates on The Global Child Thrive Act (Broderick, 10/28). Chronicle of Philanthropy: Rockefeller Foundation Shifts Priorities, Pledges $1 Billion for Covid-19 Recovery (Prest, 10/28). Devex:…
New York Times: Call It ‘Coronavirus’ Editorial Board “…Once again, a mysterious, fast-spreading and sometimes lethal disease is exacerbating racism and hatred … As the coronavirus has spread from its beachhead in Wuhan, China, old anti-Asian prejudices have spread with it … A time of great fear and danger requires…
The Conversation: Mobile health services can help in rural Ghana if they have the human touch Robert E. Hinson, head of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana Business School at the University of Ghana (7/8). Financial Times: Bias against black researchers harms science Marja Makarow,…
Pew Charitable Trust: New Bill Aims to Jump-Start Development of Urgently Needed Antibiotics Wes Kim, senior officer for the Antibiotic Resistance Project, discusses the Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Up Surging Resistance Act of 2020, also known as the PASTEUR Act, which was introduced in the Senate at the end…
