On Wednesday in Paris, a group of international donors agreed to a new standard for publishing their aid flows, in a common language and format, to make the information easier to access and compare. Although this may not seem particularly exciting at the outset, it...
It is no surprise that in the current budget cutting climate sweeping over Washington that many have taken aim at foreign aid, long a favorite target that is easy to demagogue no matter what the evidence to the contrary. Whipping up the frenzy recently was...
Enhancing the world’s ability to respond to the increasing threat of emerging infectious diseases will be the focus of more than 600 international experts in human, animal and environmental health at the 1st International One Health Congress, beginning today in Melbourne. The concept of ‘One Health’...
A new pneumococcal vaccine designed for the developing world will roll out in health centres across Kenya next week as part of a global plan that could prevent more than seven million childhood deaths by 2030. Kenya is the fifth country worldwide and the second in...
Pneumococcal vaccines on their way to more than 40 developing countries Nairobi, 14 February 2011 – Hundreds of infants in Kenya received their first shots against pneumococcal disease today at a special event to celebrate the global roll out of vaccines targeting the world’s biggest child...
Every year, the bacterium known as Streptococcus pneumonia, or pneumococcal disease, kills more than 500,000 children, most of them in the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. This massive death toll makes it impossible to significantly improve child survival without introducing new tools to...
"Global health? You must find your work so rewarding!" said a flight attendant who chatted me up on my recent trip from Seattle to Washington. "Indeed I do," I replied, and especially right now. The truth is, the rewards of a career in public health are infrequent...
The maxim, 'The poor pay more', is a paradox which many do not readily comprehend. A likely question from the casual thinker is 'How does the poor pay more, when the poor, in fact, has no money?' Someone who explained the truism offered this example: "I...
"We know that the African Union summit is still very masculine but we are trying to bring in the voices of women," said Gertrude Mongella, former president of the Pan-African parliament, explaining the rationale behind the shadow summit organised by the Gender is my Agenda...
I am a touch obsessed with the future. And others are too. For a real "report from the future" you should read The Great Transition Today by Paul Raskin, dateline Mandela City, 2084. The stimulating report is a think piece looking back on how the...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
