Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues
The KFF Daily Global Health Policy Report summarized news and information on global health policy, with a focus on U.S. global health policy and developments with potential implications for the U.S. global health response. The Report was published from May 2009 through December 2020.
ONE blog: ONE’s Ebola Work Erin Hohlfelder, ONE’s policy director for global health, examines ONE’s actions on Ebola, writing, “ONE’s health portfolio has traditionally focused on issues that have had centuries-long impact on African communities: AIDS, TB, malaria, vaccine-preventable diseases, and other drivers of maternal and child deaths. The emergence…
News outlets report on the Pentagon’s decision to place American soldiers who served in West Africa under isolation at a U.S. military base in Italy to monitor them for Ebola. Foreign Policy: Will the Pentagon Split With the White House on Ebola Response? “As the federal government maintains that quarantines for…
News outlets report on Australia’s decision to issue a blanket ban on visas for people from Ebola-affected West African nations. Reuters: Australia issues blanket visa ban on Ebola-hit countries “Australia came under fire on Tuesday from health experts and rights advocates after it issued a blanket ban on visas from…
Agence France-Presse/Al Jazeera: Cholera outbreak kills dozens in Niger “Niger has seen more than 1,300 cases of cholera since the beginning of the year, with 51 people dying of the disease, the United Nations has said. … The spike in the number of cholera deaths was due in part of…
News outlets report on the U.S. military’s suggested guidelines for Ebola monitoring for soldiers who have served in West African nations. New York Times: Joint Chiefs Chairman Urges 21-Day Quarantine for Troops Working in Ebola Zone “Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recommended to…
Reuters: In Ebola response, Obama’s ‘czar’ stays behind the curtain “…Ron Klain’s low-profile first week as President Barack Obama’s behind-the-scenes Ebola ‘czar’ has become another attack point for a White House struggling to show it’s on top of the crisis. Since starting last Wednesday, Klain has been seen only once,…
Reuters reports on Australian and Chinese efforts to reduce the risk of Ebola entering their borders. Reuters: Australian Ebola ‘tsar’ questions government’s West Africa visa ban “Australia’s newly appointed Ebola tsar challenged the government’s blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the deadly virus, saying the controversial…
The Guardian: The South African HIV scientist who gave girls back control of their bodies “Last weekend Quarraisha Abdool Karim, one of South Africa’s top HIV researchers, became the first woman to receive a US$100,000 (£62,000) prize for developing world scientists. The prize is a welcome recognition for the 54-year-old…
Reuters: Experts sound alarm as diabetes fuels cases of TB “Cases of tuberculosis are set [to] accelerate worldwide unless action is taken to curb diabetes, a chronic condition that weakens the immune system and triples the risk a person will develop the lung disease, health experts warned on Wednesday…” (Hirschler,…
