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April issue of USAID's 'PRH Connect' available online

The April issue of USAID's "PRH Connect" e-newsletter features a round-up of top news articles; a partnership profile of the Alliance for Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health; notes from the field highlighting the DELIVER Project's new photo blog, and links to various resources, publications and research.

20 Apr 2012

Survey: Gaps in health insurance coverage, knowledge persist

A Commonwealth Fund survey found that many U.S. adults ages didn't have health insurance over the course of a year.

20 Apr 2012

Obama and Romney start long-distance debate over Medicare

President Barack Obama and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney have started a long-distance, health care debate, fighting over how to reform the Medicare system. Other politicians are getting in on the act too, as Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., and Mass. Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren give their two cents on the health reform law.

20 Apr 2012

Leahy introduces generic drug label legislation

The measure, which was introduced in the Senate and has a House companion, would permit generic drug companies to update safety information about the drugs they manufacture, enabling patients to sue the companies for failing to issue warnings about risks. It aims to address a gap in the law that allows people to sue brand-name drug makers for insufficient warnings, but not generics manufacturers.

20 Apr 2012

Many Americans struggle to regain health insurance after losing or changing jobs

One of four (26%) working-age U.S. adults experienced a gap in health insurance coverage during 2011, often because they lost or changed jobs, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report that also shows how difficult it is for people to regain health insurance on their own after losing employer-sponsored coverage.

20 Apr 2012

Neb., Ohio and Minn. state legislatures tackle abortion, contraception restrictions

In various states, lawmakers are concentrating on abortion or contraception bills. Meanwhile, some Texas chapters of Planned Parenthood are merging.

20 Apr 2012

Guardian blog examines potential impact of Global Fund reform on organization's future

In this post in her Global Health Blog, Guardian Health Editor Sarah Boseley examines the potential impact of reform within the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on the organization's future. She writes, "It's been only seven weeks since banker Gabriel Jaramillo took over as general manager of the fund, but it is already clear the worthy organization set up by Kofi Annan to channel money to treat and prevent diseases in poor countries is a leaner, meaner machine."

20 Apr 2012

Longer looks: Rushed medicine; Exercising your way to a smarter brain

Something in the world of medicine is seriously amiss. Unhappy patients gripe about their doctors' brusque manner and give them bad marks on surveys and consumer websites like HealthGrades and Angie's List. They tell tales of being rushed out of the office by harried doctors who miss crucial diagnoses, never look up from their computers during an exam, make errors in prescriptions, and just plain don't listen to their patients. ... And things don't seem much better from the other side of the stethoscope.

20 Apr 2012

Vatican rebukes group of nuns on support for health law

The Catholic Church hierarchy cracks down on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, a group of nuns who supported the 2010 health reform.

20 Apr 2012

Viewpoints: Bishops find fault with GOP budget; Pelosi on court's role in health law

In February, the Catholic Church attempted to impose its opposition to birth control on its employees, upsetting Democrats and the left. This week, the Church is criticizing Republicans, acting in the highest tradition of its social mission by speaking out against spending cuts on programs for the poor.

20 Apr 2012

Experts discuss interconnectedness of gender issues, family planning, access to safe water

"In the last of its series called '7 Billion: Conversations That Matter,' Aspen Institute's Global Health and Development on Wednesday hosted a panel of experts based in Africa and the United States on the interconnectedness of gender issues, family planning, population, and access to safe water," GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog reports.

20 Apr 2012

Studies suggesting limited impact of clean cookstoves demonstrate need for more research

In this post in the Center for Global Development's "Views from the Center" blog, Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Center, responds to an article published in the Washington Post on Monday, which highlighted the results of a recent MIT/Harvard study on the public health benefits of clean cookstoves.

20 Apr 2012

WHO releases guidance on couples testing, counseling, including ART for discordant couples

The WHO on Wednesday released its new 54-page "Guidance on couples HIV testing and counselling, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples: Recommendations for a public health approach," according to the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog.

20 Apr 2012

Roundup: State spending drops $290 billion in 5 years; Emory hospital loses data on 315,000 patients

News outlets examine a variety of state health policy issues, including articles from California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Oregon.

20 Apr 2012

NSABB calls for global guidelines for conducting, communicating research involving dangerous pathogens

NewScientist reports on the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity's (NSABB) recommendation that revised versions of two controversial studies on H5N1 avian flu be published in scientific journals, reversing its previous recommendation that the studies only be published if certain details were withheld. According to the news service, dissent among the board members over the issue has prompted the committee to "propose talks to draft global guidelines for doing and communicating work involving dangerous pathogens."

20 Apr 2012

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator tells GlobalPost State Department reviewing nearly $1.5B in unused PEPFAR funding

Prompted by an inquiry from GlobalPost, U.S. officials have said the Obama administration called for a $550 million reduction -- an 11 percent cut -- for its global AIDS program in its FY 2013 budget request because the "government didn't need more money because there has been nearly $1.5 billion stuck in the pipeline for 18 months or more," GlobalPost reports.

20 Apr 2012

N.Y. Medicaid audit finds $42M in improper payments; Minn. commissioner to testify before congressional committee

Auditors in New York have found $42 million in improper payments were doled out to Medicaid providers. In the meantime, Minnesota's human services commissioner will testify before a congressional committee next week about financing and a payment made to the state by a managed care plan with Medicaid contract.

20 Apr 2012

ACS report outlines gaps and opportunities that contribute to cancer mortality

An annual report from the American Cancer Society says much of the suffering and death from cancer could be prevented by more systematic efforts to reduce tobacco use, improve diet and physical activity, reduce obesity, and expand the use of established screening tests. The report, Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Facts and Figures (CPED), outlines gaps and opportunities that contribute to cancer mortality, and says social, economic, and legislative factors profoundly influence individual health behaviors.

20 Apr 2012

World Bank to strengthen social safety net programs to support those in developing world vulnerable to economic volatility

"The World Bank plans to strengthen its social safety net to help the 60 percent of people in the developing world who lack adequate protection from the impact of global financial volatility and rising food and fuel prices," Bloomberg reports.

20 Apr 2012

G8 foreign ministers highlight global health, agriculture, nutrition in statement

The ONE blog examines how G8 foreign ministers "will additionally prioritize smart and effective global health, agriculture and nutrition plans at this year's [s]ummit."

19 Apr 2012

Health Care News and Research

April issue of USAID's 'PRH Connect' available online

Survey: Gaps in health insurance coverage, knowledge persist

Obama and Romney start long-distance debate over Medicare

Leahy introduces generic drug label legislation

Many Americans struggle to regain health insurance after losing or changing jobs

Neb., Ohio and Minn. state legislatures tackle abortion, contraception restrictions

Guardian blog examines potential impact of Global Fund reform on organization's future

Longer looks: Rushed medicine; Exercising your way to a smarter brain

Vatican rebukes group of nuns on support for health law

Viewpoints: Bishops find fault with GOP budget; Pelosi on court's role in health law

Experts discuss interconnectedness of gender issues, family planning, access to safe water

Studies suggesting limited impact of clean cookstoves demonstrate need for more research

WHO releases guidance on couples testing, counseling, including ART for discordant couples

Roundup: State spending drops $290 billion in 5 years; Emory hospital loses data on 315,000 patients

NSABB calls for global guidelines for conducting, communicating research involving dangerous pathogens

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator tells GlobalPost State Department reviewing nearly $1.5B in unused PEPFAR funding

N.Y. Medicaid audit finds $42M in improper payments; Minn. commissioner to testify before congressional committee

ACS report outlines gaps and opportunities that contribute to cancer mortality

World Bank to strengthen social safety net programs to support those in developing world vulnerable to economic volatility

G8 foreign ministers highlight global health, agriculture, nutrition in statement

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