Monthly Archives: September 2010
Health Information is Health Aid: How Data Can Revolutionize Health Care
The following is the first installment of a series of guest posts from participants in the November 8-10, 2010 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C., organized by the Foundation for the National Institutes for Health (NIH) in partnership with the mHealth Alliance and NIH.
Gates, Geitner, Clinton, Shah and Yohannes Talk Global Development
The United States Global Leadership Coalition’s “mega-conference” kicks off this morning with a high powered panel to discuss the new U.S. Global Development Strategy. Watch live.
A Response to David Rieff: The MDGs are Not Millennial
In The New Republic, David Rieff rails against the Millennium Development Goals but he does not seem to understand what, exactly, they are.
What Got Accomplished at the UN Last Week
As usual, the sideshows like Mahmoud Ahmadenijad’s 9-11 Trutherism sucked up much of the mainstream media attention around UN week. But beyond the sideshows, last week brought some very real, substantive accomplishments that could potentially transform the lives of millions of people around the world. Here are three of them:
Cattle herding and Conflict in Southern Sudan
MALUAL AKAN CATTLE CAMP, Sudan–Cattle are at the center of the Dinka culture in Lakes state. The story of Mabany Dut Akot helps to illustrate why cattle are also linked to the violent insecurity plaguing heavily armed areas of the south.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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