Global Parliamentary Summit Attendees Must Listen To Developing Nations To Promote Peace, Development August 31, 2015 News Summary Xinhua News: Commentary: Global parliamentary summit important platform to promote peace, development Editorial Board “…While contributing their wisdom to post-MDG development strategies, representatives [of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting this week at the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament] should be reminded they must listen to the voices of…
India Reports 530 Dengue Cases In Capital New Delhi; Highest Number Since 2010 August 31, 2015 News Summary International Business Times: India: New Delhi reports highest number of dengue fever cases in five years “The Indian capital of New Delhi reported 477 cases of dengue fever in August, the highest number since 2010, bringing the total number of cases this year to more than 530, according to local…
Sierra Leone Officials Announce New Ebola Death Less Than Week After Country’s Last Known Patient Discharged August 31, 2015 News Summary Associated Press: Sierra Leone: Officials confirm new Ebola death “Health officials in Sierra Leone on Sunday confirmed an Ebola death less than a week after the country’s last known patient was discharged from a hospital. Samples from the body of a 67-year-old woman who died recently in Kambia district in…
LAC Nations Agree To Regional Target Of Reducing New HIV Infections By 75% By 2020 August 28, 2015 News Summary Antigua Observer: Caribbean commits to 75 percent reduction in new HIV infections by 2020 “The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says Caribbean and Latin American countries have set new regional targets … aimed at reducing by 75 percent new HIV infections in adults and young people by 2020. During the…
19 In Saudi Arabia Dead Of MERS In Past Week, Health Ministry Data Show August 28, 2015 News Summary Agence France-Presse: MERS virus kills 19 in week in Saudi “Deaths from the MERS coronavirus have surged in Saudi Arabia ahead of the hajj pilgrimage, with 19 fatalities recorded in a week, according to health ministry statistics…” (8/27).
USAID Maternal, Child Health Efforts Saved Millions Of Lives Since 2008, Report Shows August 28, 2015 News Summary USAID: Maternal and Child Survival Initiative Saves Millions of Lives “The United States Agency for International Development [Wednesday] released a new report showing that its maternal and child survival efforts have resulted in nearly two-and-a-half million more children surviving and 200,000 maternal deaths averted since 2008 in USAID’s 24 priority…
Myanmar Government, Agencies Respond With Humanitarian Aid To More Than 400K Flood Victims August 28, 2015 News Summary The Lancet: Floods in Myanmar damage hundreds of health facilities “The Myanmar government and agencies are responding to extreme flooding that has covered vast swaths of the country, critically affected more than one million people. … [T]he cost of the floods will be high. 285 health facilities in 38 townships…
Washington Post Examines Child Marriage In Bangladesh, Interviews Photojournalist Who Documented Weddings August 28, 2015 News Summary Washington Post: The ‘saddest bride I have ever seen’: Child marriage is as popular as ever in Bangladesh “…Although [15-year-old] Nasoin Akhter’s marriage is technically illegal in Bangladesh, laws against child marriage are rarely enforced. And despite what government officials promise and the fact that outside organizations consider it a…
U.N. Aid Agencies Reach South Sudanese Town Cut Off Since March Because Of Insecurity August 28, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: U.N. humanitarian agencies reach thousands of South Sudanese cut off for months “Emergency relief teams from the United Nations have managed to reach more than 27,000 people in a town in South Sudan cut off by insecurity since March where ‘there were only some fish and a…