Clinical Laboratory Networks Play Critical Role In Strengthening Health Systems, Global Health Security January 17, 2017 News Summary The Lancet Global Health: Global health security: how can laboratories help? Editorial Board “‘How did Ebola happen and could it happen again?’ is a question asked countless times over the past three years. More often than not, the catastrophic failure of health system coherence and capacity in the three most…
Devex Examines Development Implications Of Tillerson Appointment To U.S. Secretary Of State January 13, 2017 News Summary Devex: Development community weighs implications of Rex Tillerson Senate hearings “Civil society organizations routinely advocate for key issues to feature during confirmation hearings of U.S. political appointees. But this year, the stakes were particularly high in advance of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings held [Thursday] for Rex Tillerson,…
Developing Policies, Strategies Aimed At Improving Women’s Health ‘At The Core Of Healthy Societies’ January 13, 2017 News Summary World Bank’s “Investing in Health”: Healthy women are the cornerstone of healthy societies Patricio Marquez, lead health specialist for the Global Tobacco Control Initiative at the World Bank, and Melanie Walker, senior adviser to the president and director of the World Bank Group’s Delivery Unit, discuss the role of investing…
Framework Convention On Global Health Could Provide National, Global Health Equity With Proper Leadership January 13, 2017 News Summary Health Affairs Blog: The Framework Convention On Global Health: A Call For Leadership From The Global Health Trio Eric A. Friedman, project leader of the Platform for a Framework Convention on Global Health, and Lawrence O. Gostin, professor and faculty director, both at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global…
Trump Administration Should Continue To Prioritize Women’s Empowerment, Gender Equity Efforts January 13, 2017 News Summary Oxfam America’s “Politics of Poverty”: Upholding women’s and girls’ rights is an essential part of U.S. foreign aid. Will the Trump administration agree? Rebecca Rewald, coordinator for aid and agriculture at Oxfam America, discusses U.S. Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson’s confirmation hearings and highlights his remarks supporting women’s empowerment…
President-Elect Trump Meets With 2 Candidates To Head NIH, Including Current Director Collins January 13, 2017 News Summary STAT: Trump meets with two contenders to lead NIH “Two leading candidates to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health in the next administration met with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. The president-elect met at Trump Tower with Dr. Francis Collins, the current NIH director, and Congressman Andy…
U.S. House Committee Chair Asks NIH Officials To Release Documents Related To Work With WHO’s IARC January 13, 2017 News Summary Reuters: Exclusive: U.S. congressional committee demands answers on WHO cancer agency “The chairman of a U.S. congressional committee investigating taxpayer funding of a World Health Organization cancer agency has asked U.S. health officials to release crucial documents. In a letter seen by Reuters and sent on Thursday to the head…
Global Health Experts Discuss Importance Of Pandemic Preparedness In Next U.S. Administration January 13, 2017 News Summary Georgetown University Medical Center: Global Health Experts Advise Advance Planning For Inevitable Pandemic Kat Zambon, director of communications at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), discusses remarks made by panelists at an event on pandemic preparedness and the next U.S. administration, organized by the Center for Global Health Science and Security…
The Lancet Examines Congressional Support For U.S. Cures Act, Potential For Funding January 13, 2017 News Summary The Lancet: Experts confident of Congressional funding for U.S. Cures Act “Just five weeks before his presidency ended, Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act, a law that will sustain several of his signature biomedical research initiatives, streamline the U.S. drug and medical device approval process, improve the nation’s…
