Reports On Lessons Learned From Ebola Overemphasize WHO’s Role, Undervalue Local Communities’ Roles April 8, 2016 News Summary The Guardian: We cannot learn the lessons of Ebola if we continue to undervalue local efforts David Miliband, CEO and president of the International Rescue Committee “…The International Rescue Committee has analyzed seven reports into where things went wrong and how we can do better next time. … [T]he reports…
Preventing Childhood Injuries In LMICs Requires Reliable Data, Global Support April 8, 2016 News Summary Global Health NOW: Child Injury Data and Advocacy Needed Adnan A. Hyder, professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, director of the International Injury Research Unit and the Health Systems Program, and associate director of the Berman Institute of Bioethics “…While high-income countries have…
Devex Examines Holistic Approaches To Family Planning, Resiliency, Sustainability In Tanzania April 8, 2016 News Summary Devex: Family planning takes a 360-degree approach “…[Community health worker Happiness Chacha’s] work is a result of the Endangered Ecosystems Northern Tanzania, a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development that aims to make both people and wildlife more resilient to threats like climate change and population growth.…
GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson Aim To Improve Medicine Access, Affordability With New Strategies In Developing Countries April 8, 2016 News Summary Devex: A new look for big pharma business in the developing world “Pharmaceutical giants Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmithKline PLC are changing the way they do business in the developing world. Over the past week, both drug firms have announced significant revamps to their strategies in developing countries that aim…
Devex Examines Private Sector Efforts To Address Undernourishment, Obesity In Developing Countries April 8, 2016 News Summary Devex: Harnessing the power of the private sector to fight a growing ‘double burden’ “…It’s no surprise then that developing countries are increasingly struggling to fight a growing ‘double burden,’ both of stunting and undernourishment on one hand, and obesity and diabetes on the other. It’s also an example of…
Global Food Waste Hampering Food Security, Increasing Climate Change, Study Says April 8, 2016 News Summary Washington Post: Our wasted food is a huge environmental problem — and it’s only getting worse “…A study just out in the journal Environmental Science and Technology concludes that we’re already producing way more food than the world actually needs — but a lot of the excess is being wasted,…
U.N. Development Cooperation Forum High-Level Meeting Opens To Discuss SDG Implementation April 8, 2016 News Summary U.N. News Centre: High-level U.N. forum on development cooperation paves way for ‘leaving no one behind’ “Following a day of fruitful discussions in workshops and informal meetings, the United Nations Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) High-level Symposium officially opened [Thursday] in Brussels, Belgium, with senior U.N. officials urging delegations to ensure…
Investing In Frontline Health Workforce Essential To Ending Preventable Deaths, Ensuring Global Health Security April 8, 2016 News Summary The Hill: Frontline health workers: Saving lives and maximizing our global health dollars Reps. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.), both serving on the House Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee for State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs “…Deficiencies in the frontline health workforce pose enormous hurdles to global health…
On World Health Day, WHO’s Chan Calls For ‘Rethink’ Of Eating, Exercise Habits In Light Of Increase In Global Diabetes April 7, 2016 News Summary U.N. News Centre: ‘We need to rethink our daily lives,’ warns U.N. health chief, urging action to halt rising tide of diabetes “…To mark World Health Day (7 April), which celebrates WHO’s founding in 1948, the agency is issuing a call for action on diabetes. In its first-ever Global report…