New Global AIDS Coordinator Can Deliver On Vision Of AIDS-Free Generation April 17, 2014 News Summary GlobalPost: New U.S. global AIDS coordinator has a roadmap to eliminating the disease Latanya Mapp Frett, vice president-global at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America “… Early this year, the Obama administration nominated Deborah Birx as the next U.S. global AIDS coordinator and first woman to assume the role. ……
GPEDC Meeting Opens In Mexico City With Calls For Renewed Partnership April 17, 2014 News Summary News outlets discuss the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) meeting taking place this week in Mexico City. Devex: GPEDC high-level meeting opens in Mexico City “Over 1,500 heads of state, government officials and leaders from international development organizations, businesses, civil society and foundations gathered on Tuesday in Mexico…
U.S. Spends Billions On HIV Treatments Worldwide April 17, 2014 News Summary Healthline: U.S. Pumps Billions of Dollars into HIV Care Worldwide “…[W]hat does it cost to keep so many people alive as well as clamp down on a public health crisis across the globe? And how is greater access to [antiretroviral therapy (ART)] being financed? The United States is footing a…
U.N., Aid Agencies Ask for $274M To Help CAR Refugees April 17, 2014 News Summary News outlets report on relief agencies’ pleas for additional humanitarian aid funding for Central African Republic (CAR). New York Times: Central African Republic: Aid Sought for Those Fleeing Unrest “The United Nations refugee agency said Wednesday that it was working with 14 other humanitarian relief groups to seek $274 million…
IRIN Analysis Examines Prospects Of Eliminating Extreme Poverty By 2030 April 17, 2014 News Summary IRIN: Analysis: Can the world really end poverty by 2030? “The slogan ‘make poverty history’ has been used by development pundits and pop star philanthropists for years. Now, in a bid to turn words into deeds, it is being discussed as a universal global target to be met within a…
Australia Commits Additional Funds For Humanitarian Aid In S. Sudan April 17, 2014 News Summary Australian Associated Press/The Guardian: Australia commits extra $7.8m humanitarian aid to South Sudan “Australia will provide an extra $7.8 million for South Sudan communities confronting the dire humanitarian crisis. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that would take Australian aid to South Sudan to $50 million…” (4/11).
Rape Prevention Program In Kenya Reduces Sexual Assaults, Study Shows April 17, 2014 News Summary Reuters: Rape prevention program cuts sexual assaults in Kenya “Self-defense and empowerment classes designed to arm girls with tools to prevent rape reduced sexual assaults among Kenyan students, a new study shows…” (Cohen, 4/16).
Ebola Virus In West Africa Is New Strain, Study Says April 17, 2014 News Summary News outlets reference a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggesting the Ebola virus in West Africa is a new strain. Associated Press: Ebola virus in Africa outbreak is a new strain “The Ebola virus that has killed scores of people in Guinea this year is a…
Public Health Advocates Seek Lower Prices For Hepatitis C Treatments April 17, 2014 News Summary Nature: Hepatitis C drugs not reaching poor “…Three decades after wrestling to lower the cost of AIDS drugs (prices fell from about US$10,000 per patient per year in the 1990s to less than $100 in the mid-2000s), [public health researchers] are once again asking how expensive life-saving medicines can be…