FIGO, Partners Release Needs Assessment Reports On Abortion For Countries In Africa, Latin America September 21, 2018 News Summary FIGO: Improving access to safe abortion “…To thoroughly understand the differing national views on abortion, and the capacity of 10 FIGO national member societies, this year FIGO, with our partners KIT Royal Tropical Institute, have undertaken a comprehensive needs assessment. The aim was to learn as much as possible in…
Crisis In Syria Shows U.N. Must Reform Its System For Providing Humanitarian Aid September 21, 2018 News Summary Foreign Affairs: How U.N. Humanitarian Aid Has Propped Up Assad Annie Sparrow, assistant professor of global health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York “…The Syrian government’s ability to hijack the most expensive humanitarian effort on record signals a need for the U.N. to reform…
India’s Supreme Court Lays Foundation For LGBT Rights In Country September 21, 2018 News Summary New York Times: A Win for LGBT Rights in India Editorial Board “…[In India,] the recent groundbreaking, unanimous decision of the country’s top court to overturn a colonial-era ban on consensual gay sex was a welcome affirmation of human dignity. … [T]here is still much work to do, and one…
Upcoming Global Meetings Serve As Opportunity To Advance Action On Tobacco Control September 21, 2018 News Summary Devex: Opinion: Tobacco is a huge health threat. So why aren’t we doing more about it? Ryan Forrest, policy and advocacy officer at the Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control, and Francis Thompson, executive director at the FCA “…This October, governments who are parties to the global tobacco control treaty…
Tanzania Suspends Radio, TV Family Planning Ads Part Of U.S.-Supported Program September 21, 2018 News Summary Reuters: Tanzania suspends U.S.-funded family planning ads on radio, television “Tanzania has suspended broadcasting of family planning advertisements by a U.S.-funded project, a health ministry letter showed, a fortnight after President John Magufuli said family planning was for those ‘too lazy to take care of their children.’ The letter written…
More News In Global Health September 21, 2018 News Summary Associated Press: Survey of 104 countries says 1.3 billion live in poverty (9/20). BMJ: Pandemrix vaccine: why was the public not told of early warning signs? (Doshi, 9/20). City Press: How the mining industry is dealing with the fight against TB (Sangqu, 9/21). Devex: How Colombia battled big tobacco and…
The Lancet Publishes Editorials Discussing Global Efforts On NCDs, Including Cancer September 21, 2018 News Summary The Lancet: NCD Countdown 2030: strengthening accountability Editorial Board “One of the most powerful forces to emerge from the MDG era has been the idea of accountability. … Governments prefer mutual accountability. But … [w]hat is needed is independent accountability … This week, The Lancet, in collaboration with public health…
WHO Releases Draft Roadmap Report On Access To Medicines, Vaccines, Including Comments From Stakeholders September 21, 2018 News Summary Intellectual Property Watch: WHO Releases Draft Roadmap For Access To Medicines; Comments Show Polarized Views “…The World Health Organization was tasked at its last annual assembly in May to draft a roadmap for access for the next five years. A preliminary draft of the roadmap was discussed last week with…
Experts, Study Discuss TB Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment Efforts Ahead Of U.N. High-Level Meeting September 21, 2018 News Summary The Guardian: Fighting the world’s deadliest infectious disease: how to tackle TB “It is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, killing almost two million people a year — more than HIV and malaria combined — but the fight against tuberculosis (TB) is still severely underfunded and neglected by politicians and decision-makers,…
Devex Report Examines Impact Of NCDs With Focus On 3 Countries September 21, 2018 News Summary Devex: Ripple Effect: The Expansive Impact of NCDs “Noncommunicable diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide, responsible for a staggering 70 percent of global deaths. The vast majority of those deaths, about 80 percent, occur in low- and middle-income countries, making the prevention and treatment of NCDs one of…