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NIH: Rapid development in Central Africa increases the risk of infectious disease outbreaks “The Central Africa region is experiencing rapid urbanization, economic growth, and infrastructure development. These changes, while generally positive and welcome, also make the region more vulnerable to explosive infectious disease outbreaks, according to an international group of…

Kaiser Family Foundation: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Global Health This fact sheet describes the functions, governance, funding, and approach of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), with a particular focus on MCC’s engagement in global health (8/28). Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Government and International Family Planning & Reproductive…

USAID’s “Global Health News”: Healthy Beginnings USAID’s August 2018 newsletter focuses on maternal and child health. “The 1,000 days from a woman’s pregnancy through her child’s second birthday offer a tremendous opportunity to build healthier and more prosperous futures for both mothers and their babies. … By focusing on improving…

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Working With Namibia To End AIDS Lisa Johnson, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, discusses U.S. efforts to help Namibia reach HIV epidemic control, highlighting the DREAMS partnership, which aims to reduce HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women. Johnson writes, “The struggle…

Kaiser Family Foundation: Breaking Down the U.S. Global Health Budget by Program Area The U.S. government is the largest donor to global health in the world. This fact sheet breaks down the U.S. global health budget by program area: HIV/PEPFAR; tuberculosis (TB); malaria/the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI); the Global Fund…

USA TODAY: Make water a top global priority. It’s the best, cheapest way to save lives: Frist Bill Frist, former U.S. Senate majority leader, and founder and chair of Hope Through Healing Hands “…[T]he health intervention that has saved more lives than any other in recorded history remains alarmingly absent…

Science: Health of the Hajj Ziad A. Memish, professor at the College of Medicine at Alfaisal University & Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University “For five days,…

STAT: A drug priced out of reach in Africa could save lives from a neglected killer Patrick Adams, freelance journalist, and Cameron Nutt, fourth-year student at Harvard Medical School “…[I]n sub-Saharan Africa [cryptococcal meningitis, or crypto] is fatal in 70 percent of patients even after they reach referral hospitals in…

BMC Public Health: Migration and health: a global public health research priority Kolitha Wickramage of the International Organization for Migration and colleagues recount the discussion at the 2nd Global Consultation on Migration and Health, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in February 2017, concerning “the role of research in supporting evidence-informed…