U.K. Aims To Advance Women’s Human Rights By Eliminating FGM, Child Marriage March 31, 2014 News Summary Devex: Girls and women transforming their future Justine Greening, U.K. secretary of state for international development “…In too many communities and countries, simply being born a girl is enough to define and limit what you can achieve in your life. If we are to give girls and women a chance…
Bill Gates, Hans Rosling Debate Ending Extreme Poverty March 31, 2014 News Summary The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Impatient Optimists” blog highlights a video debate on the end of extreme poverty between Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Hans Rosling, professor of international health and public educator at Gapminder Foundation. The debate took place on…
PSI’s Impact Magazine Examines Best Buys In Global Health March 31, 2014 News Summary “The latest edition of Impact magazine seeks to uncover global health’s best investments, identify global health trends, and discuss barriers and solutions to scaling up promising interventions,” according to the magazine’s introduction from Editor-in-Chief Marshall Stowell and Editor Rolf Rosenkranz. “…Devex, Merck for Mothers and PATH joined PSI and a…
GHTC Briefing Highlights Importance Of U.S. Global Health R&D Funding March 31, 2014 News Summary Writing in the Global Health Technologies Coalition’s (GHTC) “Breakthroughs” blog, Senior Program Assistant Nick Taylor discusses a recent “briefing — GHTC’s fifth annual where we launched our 2014 policy report — [that] brought together leading voices from the nonprofit, philanthropic, public, and private sectors to reinforce the importance of robust…
Uncertainty Surrounds Timing Of Birx Confirmation To Head PEPFAR March 31, 2014 News Summary The Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks” blog discusses the status of the nomination of Deborah Birx to head PEPFAR as the next U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. “…Congress has until April 14, when spring break starts, to confirm Birx, who was named to fill the post in mid-January…” (Barton,…
Blog Highlights USAID Report On TB-Related Foreign Aid March 31, 2014 News Summary The Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks” blog highlights USAID’s FY 2013 report, “Impact and Leadership, U.S. Government Report on International Foreign Assistance for Tuberculosis.” “…The work to reach a world free of TB stretches into an unknown future, the report notes, with a new strategy that will require…
WHO Officially Declares India Polio-Free March 28, 2014 News Summary News outlets report on the WHO’s announcement on Thursday of India’s polio-free status. Associated Press: India is polio-free after 3 years with no new case “…The World Health Organization formally declared India polio-free on Thursday, after three years with no new cases. It said the milestone means the entire Southeast…
Health Officials Try To Contain Panic Over Ebola In West Africa As Disease Spreads To Guinean Capital March 28, 2014 News Summary News services discuss the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, where health officials say the disease has spread into Conakry, the capital of Guinea. Devex: Don’t panic: Health groups working to contain Ebola epidemic in Guinea “Global health organizations are busy not just containing the Ebola outbreak currently gripping the…
U.N. Deems Surge Of Polio In Syria As ‘Most Challenging In History’ March 28, 2014 News Summary The Guardian: U.N. brands polio outbreak in Syria and Iraq ‘most challenging in history’ “A U.N. agency has described the eruption of polio in Syria as perhaps ‘the most challenging outbreak in the history of polio eradication’ after the number of cases in the war-ravaged country reached 38 and the…