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Global Vaccine Summit to be held in Abu Dhabi from Apr. 24-25

Under the patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and in partnership with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon and Bill Gates , co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it was announced today that a Global Vaccine Summit will be held in Abu Dhabi on April 24-25, 2013.

7 Mar 2013

Empowering women will improve food security, U.N. expert says

"Governments must adopt food security strategies that empower women as this is an effective way to reduce hunger and malnutrition, a United Nations expert said" Monday, the U.N. News Centre reports.

6 Mar 2013

U.N. member states gather in New York for 57th meeting of Commission on the Status of Women

"Member states of the United Nations will gather in New York for the next two weeks to discuss the elimination of violence against women and girls," GlobalPost's "Rights" blog reports, noting "the United Nations' annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will hold meetings, discussions, debate and make decisions on how to deal with this sweeping and all-encompassing issue."

6 Mar 2013

Youth development intervention could reduce teenage pregnancies

A primary care intervention involving case support and peer leadership significantly increased contraception use among teenagers at high-risk for pregnancy, US research shows.

5 Mar 2013

Commission urges big changes in Medicare doctor pay, including the elimination of fee-for-service approach

The panel, the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform, released a dozen recommendations to ultimately change how physicians are paid.

5 Mar 2013

Editorial, opinion piece address efforts to eradicate polio

The Independent recently published an editorial and opinion piece discussing the global effort to eradicate polio.

5 Mar 2013

Examining NTD response in Obama's second term

"As President Obama's second term begins to take shape and new faces assume new leadership roles, many in Washington are trying to gauge what will happen to global health," Michelle Brooks, policy director at the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), writes in the organization's "End the Neglect" blog.

5 Mar 2013

Viewpoints: Daschle, Frist urge Senate to confirm CMS chief; 'Insane' incentives in health law; Medicaid does better job than private insurance so why change it?

Imagine a large company operating for seven years without a CEO. A company with a product that accounts for more than 15 percent of our nation's gross domestic product. A company implementing the largest national effort at reform since its creation. A company set to gain an additional 30 million customers in the next year. Unfathomable.

4 Mar 2013

U.S. global AIDS coordinator Goosby discusses global health diplomacy at Kaiser Family Foundation event

"As the federal government works to reform America's beleaguered health system, the State Department's new Office of Global Health Diplomacy is trying integrate the U.S. government's international health aid efforts and help governments in developing countries create sustainable health care funding and care models," Government Health IT reports, highlighting a town hall discussion with Ambassador Eric Goosby, head of the State Department's Office of Global Health Diplomacy and U.S. global AIDS coordinator, at the Kaiser Family Foundation on Thursday.

2 Mar 2013

Viewpoints: A failure to govern; Democrats 'moved the goal posts' in Va. deal on Medicaid panel; Hospitals 'squeeze' the uninsured

To govern is to choose. By missing Friday's deadline for averting $85 billion worth of across-the-board spending cuts to defense and domestic programs, Congress and President Obama have chosen not to govern. Instead, each side has concluded that its interest lies in letting the "sequester" proceed as scheduled - and then trying to win the political blame game.

2 Mar 2013

Speculation continues over possible changes to U.S. food aid program

"The U.S. Food for Peace, a food aid program with an annual $2 billion price tag, is reportedly being considered to be replaced with a more direct cash donation system, angering [some] senators and grassroots organizations," Devex's "Pennsylvania Ave." blog reports.

1 Mar 2013

State lawmakers' positions on Medicaid expansion key to plans' future

Even after governors -- both Republican and Democrat -- express their interest in opting for the health law's Medicaid expansion, the action that follows in state legislatures is important to watch. News reports follow from states including California, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Virginia.

1 Mar 2013

Post-2015 development agenda should focus on accelerating progress made against HIV, TB, malaria

"In a little more than two years, the world will hit an important target: the date by which the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] are meant to be achieved," Lucy Chesire, executive director and secretary to the board of the TB ACTION Group, writes in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

28 Feb 2013

Other governors pressured for and against Medicaid expansion

In North Carolina, lawmakers passed legislation barring the state from expanding the program for the poor, while in Pennsylvania, Kansas and West Virginia, supporters are pressing the economic and political advantages of the health law provision made optional by the Supreme Court.

28 Feb 2013

Using smart phones to manage HIV treatment in rural Virginia

An innovative plan developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will use smart phones to improve care for people recently diagnosed with HIV in rural Virginia.

27 Feb 2013

DNDi receives 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge and Culture Award

Today in Madrid, Spain, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) received the BBVA Foundation 'Frontiers of Knowledge and Culture Award for Development Cooperation'. This EUR 400,000 award will be presented at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain, in June of this year.

27 Feb 2013

Re-election pressures may be driving some GOP governors to pursue Medicaid expansion

Meanwhile, news outlets report on health law implementation news from a variety of states, including Florida, California, Indiana, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Virgina, Kansas and Kentucky.

26 Feb 2013

Some red states wavering on opposition to Medicaid expansion

This week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, one of the fiercest critics of this health law provision, reversed his position and said he would proceed with the expansion. But he's not the only one, and, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, it's because the idea is just "too good to pass up."

24 Feb 2013

International community must continue its support of Rwanda or risk reversing development progress

Cutting aid to Rwanda because of its alleged role in the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is outlined in a November 2012 U.N. Security Council-commissioned report, "is the wrong approach," Tony Blair, founder of the Africa Governance Initiative, and Howard Buffett, president of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, write in a Foreign Policy opinion piece, noting that the report, containing "allegations the government strongly denies, ... has led a number of Western governments and multilaterals to suspend aid to Rwanda, totaling $245 million."

23 Feb 2013

Weekend reading: Why a trip to the ER costs more than a college semester; Searching for the 'stomach share;' Lessons for the U.S. from Rwanda

Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills .... Sean was allowed to see the doctor only after he advanced MD Anderson $7,500 from his credit card. ... The total cost, in advance, for Sean to get his treatment plan and initial doses of chemotherapy was $83,900.

21 Feb 2013

Poverty News and Research

Global Vaccine Summit to be held in Abu Dhabi from Apr. 24-25

Empowering women will improve food security, U.N. expert says

U.N. member states gather in New York for 57th meeting of Commission on the Status of Women

Youth development intervention could reduce teenage pregnancies

Commission urges big changes in Medicare doctor pay, including the elimination of fee-for-service approach

Editorial, opinion piece address efforts to eradicate polio

Examining NTD response in Obama's second term

Viewpoints: Daschle, Frist urge Senate to confirm CMS chief; 'Insane' incentives in health law; Medicaid does better job than private insurance so why change it?

U.S. global AIDS coordinator Goosby discusses global health diplomacy at Kaiser Family Foundation event

Viewpoints: A failure to govern; Democrats 'moved the goal posts' in Va. deal on Medicaid panel; Hospitals 'squeeze' the uninsured

Speculation continues over possible changes to U.S. food aid program

State lawmakers' positions on Medicaid expansion key to plans' future

Post-2015 development agenda should focus on accelerating progress made against HIV, TB, malaria

Other governors pressured for and against Medicaid expansion

Using smart phones to manage HIV treatment in rural Virginia

DNDi receives 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge and Culture Award

Re-election pressures may be driving some GOP governors to pursue Medicaid expansion

Some red states wavering on opposition to Medicaid expansion

International community must continue its support of Rwanda or risk reversing development progress

Weekend reading: Why a trip to the ER costs more than a college semester; Searching for the 'stomach share;' Lessons for the U.S. from Rwanda

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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