Posts in category Global Health
GLOBAL HEALTH: AN EVERYDAY TRAGEDY OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS
Field reports from Belize, Colombia, Guatemala, Lesotho, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, and Uganda
Global reductions in newborn and maternal deaths remain low
While substantial progress has been made globally on aspects of child and maternal survival, including efforts to fight malnutrition and major diseases such as AIDS and malaria, the deaths of …
BusinessDiseases of NeglectEnvironmentGlobal HealthHealthcare PoliticsIndigenous Business RightsIndigenous HealthInternational Development
Guatemala’s agony: Aid vs. Trade
When it comes to helping farmers in impoverished nations, does Canada’s left hand know what its right hand is doing?
Solutions Journalism: The rise of open-source electronic health records
Several developing nations are joining the revolution in electronic health records to improve efficiency in their health systems, but at a fraction of the usual cost.
“Seeing is Belizing”: small country, big success with eHealth
A global “landscape analysis” of health information systems in developing countries commissioned by the Bill & Linda Gates Foundation in 2010 praised Belize’s achievement as world-leading.
Carabapenem-resistant bacteria a looming threat in Canada
Microbiologists are urging that Canada ramp up its surveillance of another strain of bacteria — carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) — by screening Canadians who’ve been hospitalized in the United States, Israel and …
Access to Affordable MedicinesAntibiotic ResistanceEnvironmentEpidemics & PandemicsGlobal HealthHealthcare PoliticsInternational Development
Global action urged in response to new breed of drug-resistant bacteria
The World Health Organization (WHO) and public health agencies around the world must significantly ramp up screening and surveillance of a new breed of drug-resistant bacteria carrying the gene for …
Access to Affordable MedicinesDiseases of NeglectDrug PoliticsEpidemics & PandemicsGlobal HealthHealthcare PoliticsInternational Development
The AIDS Funding Dilemma (Pacific Standard Magazine June 10 2010)
In the “AIDS exceptionalism” debate, emotions run high, and the options are difficult: Shift some AIDS funding to other care, or find billions in new support.