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Pacific Island nations show progress on child mortality MDG but challenged on reducing poverty, report says

"The Pacific Islands are making steady progress on reducing child mortality, but most are struggling to eradicate poverty and generate employment for young and rapidly growing populations," Inter Press Service reports in an article examining how 10 of 14 nations in the region are on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on child mortality.

9 Nov 2012

U-M to study disparities in access to healthy food across Michigan

Researchers at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment are leading a five-year, $4 million study of disparities in access to healthy food across the state.

8 Nov 2012

Sabin initiates Part II of Na-GST-1 vaccine Phase I hookworm trial

The Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) today announced the start of Part II of its Phase I clinical trial of the Na-GST-1 vaccine candidate, marking another major milestone in the progress toward developing a human hookworm vaccine.

6 Nov 2012

Mobile health care centers in India reduce infant and maternal mortality

Infant mortality has fallen by half, and the number of women who died from complications during pregnancy and childbirth by three-quarters. This is the result of a four-year health care project in one of India's poorest districts.

4 Nov 2012

Frist, Richardson emphasize importance of foreign aid in moderated discussion

The Global Washington blog summarizes a discussion about the role of U.S. foreign aid that took place last week in Columbus, Ohio, between former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and former Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.).

3 Nov 2012

Policymakers developing post-2015 development goals must listen to development workers

"My worry, as the high-level panel on post-2015 development goals meets this week, is that my voice -- and those of many others working at the sharp end of development -- won't ultimately have much influence," Francess Fornah, head of the school of midwifery in Makeni, Sierra Leone, writes in the Guardian's "Poverty Matters" blog.

3 Nov 2012

U.K. PM outlines agenda for post-2015 development as high-level meeting concludes in London

"This generation has a unique opportunity to eradicate extreme poverty, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday as he outlined an agenda to follow the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire in 2015," the Guardian reports.

3 Nov 2012

Studies provide new information on diet and blood pressure in kidney disease patients

Three studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week provide new information on diet and blood pressure in kidney disease patients.

3 Nov 2012

High-level U.N. panel meets in London to discuss post-2015 global development agenda

A 26-member high-level U.N. panel is meeting this week in London to discuss the post-2015 global development agenda, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set forth in 2000 are set to expire, the Guardian reports and provides a questions and answers "about the progress, process, and thinking behind the next set of global development targets."

2 Nov 2012

Opinion pieces published ahead of high-level meeting on post-2015 development agenda

The following opinion pieces were published ahead of a high-level U.N. panel meeting taking place in London this week, where global leaders and policymakers will gather to discuss a post-2015 development agenda to address global poverty.

2 Nov 2012

Global wealth inequality threatens progress made in reducing child mortality, Save the Children report says

While progress has been made worldwide in reducing child mortality, the effects have been unequal across income groups, and wealth inequalities are at the highest level in 20 years and increasing, according to a report from Save the Children U.K., BBC News reports.

2 Nov 2012

Mobile technology can help people in less-developed countries manage hypertension

Hypertension is one of the greatest epidemics threatening the health of people in low and middle-income countries. For patients struggling with high blood pressure in countries with limited access to health care, the key to improving health may be as simple as a phone call.

1 Nov 2012

Health must be recognized in future framework for fighting global poverty

Noting "we are just three years away from the target date for achieving the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed by all ... U.N. member states back in 2000 to eradicate global poverty," Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in this Independent opinion piece reflects "on the critical role of health in and beyond the Millennium Development Goals" ahead of the second meeting of the U.N. Secretary General's High-Level Panel on the future strategy to fight global poverty, set to take place in London on Wednesday.

1 Nov 2012

Study finds how effective healthcare can reduce toll from major diseases like stroke, cancer

Wide differences in death rates from disease still persist throughout England - but effective healthcare can help to reduce these inequalities, a new study has discovered.

1 Nov 2012

Ceramide might play a leading role in muscle deterioration in older adults

As men and women age, increasing quantities of fat tissue inevitably take up residence in skeletal muscle. A small study of older and younger men conducted at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University suggests that a build-up of a fat molecule known as ceramide might play a leading role in muscle deterioration in older adults.

1 Nov 2012

PTSD remains a major problem in Rwanda

Post-traumatic stress disorder remains a significant public health problem in Rwanda after the civil war and genocide of 1994, researchers report.

30 Oct 2012

Women in disadvantaged neighborhoods less likely to live near mammography facility

Women in socioeconomically disadvantaged and less affluent areas of Chicago were less likely to live near a mammography facility with various aspects of care compared with women in less socioeconomically disadvantaged and more affluent areas.

30 Oct 2012

Variation in size of red cell distribution width is linked with socioeconomic factors

It is well known that socioeconomic factors such as poverty and low education play a role in health, but new research released today at the American Public Health Association's 140th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., shows this association is also seen in biomarkers of the blood.

30 Oct 2012

Competing endorsements for Obama, Romney; Health law's unfinished business on the ballot

Mr. Obama has achieved the most sweeping health care reforms since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The reform law takes a big step toward universal health coverage, a final piece in the social contract.

29 Oct 2012

Medicaid expansion finds advocates, dueling candidates and roadblocks around America

The health law's Medicaid expansion -- and its cost to state bottom lines -- is making news among lawmakers, candidates and advocates in Kansas, Washington state, South Carolina and Arizona.

29 Oct 2012

Poverty News and Research

Pacific Island nations show progress on child mortality MDG but challenged on reducing poverty, report says

U-M to study disparities in access to healthy food across Michigan

Sabin initiates Part II of Na-GST-1 vaccine Phase I hookworm trial

Mobile health care centers in India reduce infant and maternal mortality

Frist, Richardson emphasize importance of foreign aid in moderated discussion

Policymakers developing post-2015 development goals must listen to development workers

U.K. PM outlines agenda for post-2015 development as high-level meeting concludes in London

Studies provide new information on diet and blood pressure in kidney disease patients

High-level U.N. panel meets in London to discuss post-2015 global development agenda

Opinion pieces published ahead of high-level meeting on post-2015 development agenda

Global wealth inequality threatens progress made in reducing child mortality, Save the Children report says

Mobile technology can help people in less-developed countries manage hypertension

Health must be recognized in future framework for fighting global poverty

Study finds how effective healthcare can reduce toll from major diseases like stroke, cancer

Ceramide might play a leading role in muscle deterioration in older adults

PTSD remains a major problem in Rwanda

Women in disadvantaged neighborhoods less likely to live near mammography facility

Variation in size of red cell distribution width is linked with socioeconomic factors

Competing endorsements for Obama, Romney; Health law's unfinished business on the ballot

Medicaid expansion finds advocates, dueling candidates and roadblocks around America

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