Huffington Post Examines Final Document Of U.N. Women’s Commission March 27, 2014 News Summary Huffington Post: U.N. Women’s Conference Does Well on Sexual Rights But Gays Lose Out “Usually one searches for all the good proposals that were deleted or changed in the annual U.N. women’s conference that helps set the agenda for the world body. This year the end result was relatively positive.…
Australia Asks Opponents To Stop Stalling WTO Tobacco Packaging Case March 27, 2014 News Summary Reuters: Australia demands opponents stop stalling WTO tobacco case “Australia asked five countries challenging its tobacco policies on Wednesday to stop delaying the progress of their cases at the World Trade Organization and took the unusual step of speeding up one of the complaints against itself. … Australia hopes the…
Cambodian Agencies Will Not Be Charged In Case Of Alleged Corruption, VOA Khmer Reports March 27, 2014 News Summary VOA Khmer: No Charges, Despite Major Corruption Allegation by Global Fund “Authorities at the [Cambodian] government’s Anti-Corruption Unit say they do not have enough evidence to charge officials from the National Malaria Center and other government agencies with corruption. The center and others are under investigation at the Global Fund,…
Wall Street Journal Examines India’s Efforts To Eliminate Polio March 27, 2014 News Summary The Wall Street Journal looks at India’s efforts to eliminate polio. Wall Street Journal: How India Put an End to Polio “It took three decades to be able to do so and it certainly wasn’t easy. But, from Thursday, India can boast of being polio-free. A new case of the…
2.4M S. Africans On ARVs, Accounting For 30% Of Those Worldwide, Health Minister Says March 27, 2014 News Summary Health24: South Africans make up a third of those on ARVs “There are currently 2.4 million people in South Africa on [antiretroviral drugs (ARVs)], and this makes up 30 percent of the eight million people worldwide on ARVs, according to SA’s Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi…” (Erasmus, 3/27).
Advocates Demand More Funding For U.S. Global Health R&D March 27, 2014 News Summary Devex: U.S. global health research funding falls short of innovation rhetoric — NGOs “Despite the Obama administration’s emphasis on science, technology, and innovation for international development, United States funding for global health research and development is not what it could or should be, according to an advocacy coalition of 30…
Health Officials Say Ebola Outbreak Contained In Guinea; 63 Reported Dead March 27, 2014 News Summary News outlets report on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which Guinean officials say has been contained. Agence France-Presse: Terror grips Ebola-hit west Africa “Guinea battled Wednesday to contain an Ebola epidemic threatening neighboring countries as fear and confusion gripped communities under siege from one of the deadliest viruses known…
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces $50M To Support Family Planning Services In LAC, Africa March 27, 2014 News Summary The Guardian: Family planning groups in developing countries set for Bloomberg boost “Grassroots organizations are to share in a multi-million dollar project to improve family planning and reproductive health services for women and girls in Africa and Latin America. Groups in Uganda, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Nicaragua will be able…
Violence, Low Vaccine Coverage Fuel Polio Outbreak In Cameroon March 27, 2014 News Summary IRIN: Regional insecurity fuels polio in Cameroon “Three new polio cases have been confirmed in Cameroon over the past two weeks, making it the country’s first outbreak since 2011 and causing alarm among health officials who link the virus’s spread to weak vaccine campaign coverage and displacement following violence in…
U.S. Provides $83M In Humanitarian Assistance To S. Sudan March 27, 2014 News Summary VOA News: U.S. Announces $83 Million More for South Sudan Refugees, IDPs “The United States is providing nearly $83 million in additional humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of people suffering more than three months of violence in South Sudan, U.S. officials said Tuesday…” (Doki, 3/25).