Poverty Eradication: The UN today marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with calls to tackle not only the material aspects of the issue, but also its social and educational dimensions and the unequal access to justice.
We’re making progress against Tuberculosis, but not enough. We’re doing a good job of reducing the global burden of TB. Our failure is with drug resistance. Multiple drug resistant TB (MDR TB) continues to rise, and we’re barely treating 20% of the people who have it.
Since Alassane Ouattara took the reigns of power in Cote d'Ivoire in May 2011, the country has been making solid progress towards an economic recovery. But ongoing security challenges are undermining the progress.
Somalia: Special Representative for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, briefed the SC this morning, noting that Somalia is now in the process of forming the first post-transition Government and that the new administration in Mogadishu must move with speed to stabilize the newly-liberated areas.
Yesterday was Global Hand Washing Day. Before you scoff at yet another "International _____ Day" consider this fact: diarrhea and respiratory tract infections are by far the biggest killer of children around the word.