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World Vision to join seven other aid agencies to distribute food in Haiti

World Vision will join seven other aid agencies today to begin a massive distribution of food provided by the World Food Program. The distribution effort, with support of the Haitian Government, is expected to reach some 1.6 million people throughout Port-au-Prince, some living in volatile areas that have so far received little aid.

31 Jan 2010

WHO pneumonia expert honored with PACE Global Leadership Award

WHO pneumonia expert Dr. Thomas Cherian will be honored by a group of the world’s leading infectious disease experts today for his pivotal work to accelerate access to vaccines preventing pneumococcal disease, the world’s leading vaccine-preventable killer of children under age five.

31 Jan 2010

CHOP deploys medical team for pediatric care in Haiti

Global Health at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is deploying a medical team to Haiti today in response to an urgent call from Partners In Health for pediatric experts to care for children with injuries related to the Jan. 12 earthquake at the University Hospital in Port-au-Prince.

31 Jan 2010

At World Economic Forum, Gates Foundation announces 10-year, $10B vaccine commitment

Bill and Melinda Gates announced Friday during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that their foundation would commit $10 billion over the next decade to research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world's poorest countries, the New York Times reports (McNeil, 1/29). The Gateses "said they hope the commitment would spur support by governments, corporations, and other donors for vaccinations efforts," the Chronicle of Philanthropy writes (Wilhelm, 1/29).

30 Jan 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

Rajiv Shah's appointment as USAID administrator "comes at a crucial time of challenge and opportunity for the Agency to improve the nutritional well-being of impoverished societies," write the authors of a Lancet Comment that examines the U.S. Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. Though the initiative "sends a clear message to the world about U.S. intent to partner with poor nations to achieve their national food and nutrition goals … the Initiative's nutrition plan, unlike its detailed agricultural blueprint, currently lacks a comprehensive set of aims, activities, research needs, and programme benchmarks," the authors write.

29 Jan 2010

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commits $10 billion for vaccine research and development

Bill and Melinda Gates announced today that their foundation will commit $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world's poorest countries.

29 Jan 2010

EU-SILC data show older people face higher poverty risks than total EU population

Results using the latest EU-SILC data for 2008 show that, on average, older people face a higher poverty risk rate than the total population: the rate for older people was 19% as opposed to rate for the total population of 17%.

29 Jan 2010

Haitian President asks for better aid coordination, tents, jobs

Haitian President Rene Preval said the country is in need of sturdy tents and jobs to prevent an ongoing crisis, the Miami Herald reports. At a press conference, Preval said, "Help the people with tents. Create employment so people can buy food in the country. That is what's most important."

28 Jan 2010

Obama fails to announce new approaches for tackling global HIV/AIDS crisis, says Global AIDS Alliance

In tonight's State of the Union Address President Obama failed to announce any new approach to America's role in the world, instead sticking to vague rhetoric about development, the global HIV/AIDS crisis, and other global health priorities.

28 Jan 2010

PIH receives medical volunteers, medical supplies to support its relief work in Haiti

Partners HealthCare in Boston and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, have sent multiple teams of medical volunteers as well as critical medical supplies and equipment to support Partners In Health's earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

28 Jan 2010

Also in global health news: Pakistan's farm land; PMTCT in Kenya; Burkina Faso's maternal health; health care access in Middle East

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Tuesday the country plans to sell farmland to foreign investors despite warnings by the U.N. that doing so could compromise farmers' rights, Reuters reports.

28 Jan 2010

Report highlights challenges facing Obama in Africa

A new report highlights challenges facing the Obama administration in Africa, including HIV/AIDS, poverty and climate change, VOA News reports.

27 Jan 2010

Bill Gates' annual letter highlights innovations aimed at combating disease, hunger and poverty

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today released his second annual letter -- a personal appraisal of the foundation's efforts to date and how innovation impacts priorities of the foundation.

25 Jan 2010

Isha Foundation wins the coveted $1mm online competition

On Thursday night, people from all over Southern India rallied to bring out the vote for Isha Foundation’s race to win the Chase Community Giving charity contest hosted on line by Facebook. The Isha Foundation, an international non-profit humanitarian social organization with U.S. headquarters in middle-Tennessee and international headquarters in Tamil Nadu, India worked tirelessly to win the coveted $1mm first place prize.

24 Jan 2010

Partners In Health reports latest developments in Haiti

In spite of the recent aftershocks, which have caused temporary evacuations at medical facilities in some locations, the PIH team reports having gotten 24 operating rooms up and running, providing urgent care 24 hours per day, including 12 at the central University Hospital in Port-au-Prince (HUEH) and seven at four of our medical facilities outside the capital.

23 Jan 2010

UK Gill Heart Institute offers individualized fitness program for heart patients

How do you change health habits among a population with some of the highest heart disease rates in the world? Tackling heart disease in Kentucky - an epicenter of heart health problems - the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is helping high-risk patients make radical, lasting changes to improve their heart health.

23 Jan 2010

NCMHD awards Weill Cornell Medical College $8M for establishing CEDREC in New York City

Weill Cornell Medical College has established a new research center to improve medical care in ethnically diverse and medically underserved communities in New York City.

23 Jan 2010

Catholic Charities USA convenes Centennial Summit in San Antonio

Catholic Charities USA, the 170-member national human services organization committed to cutting poverty in half by 2020–hosted by Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc. and joined by Catholic Charities agencies from around the region–convened one of 10 Centennial Summits in San Antonio today as part of the organization's 100 year history.

22 Jan 2010

World Bank forecasts global economic growth for 2010, notes toll of financial crisis

After shrinking in 2009, the world economy is expected to grow in 2010 and 2011, the World Bank predicted in a report issued Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reports in a piece that outlines the bank's predictions (Smith, 1/20).

22 Jan 2010

Opinions: Haiti relief, recovery efforts

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon asserts in a Washington Post opinion piece that assistance "has poured forth from nations and international organizations commensurate with the scale of this disaster [in Haiti]. ... We need to make sure the help that is mobilized gets to the people who need it, as fast as possible.

21 Jan 2010

Poverty News and Research

World Vision to join seven other aid agencies to distribute food in Haiti

WHO pneumonia expert honored with PACE Global Leadership Award

CHOP deploys medical team for pediatric care in Haiti

At World Economic Forum, Gates Foundation announces 10-year, $10B vaccine commitment

Recent releases in Global Health

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commits $10 billion for vaccine research and development

EU-SILC data show older people face higher poverty risks than total EU population

Haitian President asks for better aid coordination, tents, jobs

Obama fails to announce new approaches for tackling global HIV/AIDS crisis, says Global AIDS Alliance

PIH receives medical volunteers, medical supplies to support its relief work in Haiti

Also in global health news: Pakistan's farm land; PMTCT in Kenya; Burkina Faso's maternal health; health care access in Middle East

Report highlights challenges facing Obama in Africa

Bill Gates' annual letter highlights innovations aimed at combating disease, hunger and poverty

Isha Foundation wins the coveted $1mm online competition

Partners In Health reports latest developments in Haiti

UK Gill Heart Institute offers individualized fitness program for heart patients

NCMHD awards Weill Cornell Medical College $8M for establishing CEDREC in New York City

Catholic Charities USA convenes Centennial Summit in San Antonio

World Bank forecasts global economic growth for 2010, notes toll of financial crisis

Opinions: Haiti relief, recovery efforts

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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