Warren Hoge to Leave NYT UN Bureau
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Via News Unfiltered, longtime NYT UN correspondent Warren Hoge is leaving his post to join the International Peace Institute.

The International Peace Institute (IPI) announced today that Warren Hoge, United Nations bureau chief for The New York Times, will be joining IPI in June as Vice President and Director of External Relations.

Mr. Hoge brings to IPI a distinguished career of 32 years in international affairs at The New York Times. In addition to his current position as UN bureau chief, he has served as bureau chief in Rio de Janeiro and London, foreign editor, editor of The New York Times Magazine, and assistant managing editor. As a foreign correspondent, Mr. Hoge has reported from more than 80 countries -- covering political turmoil and guerrilla warfare in Central America, the peace process in Northern Ireland, the Blair administration and royal family in Britain, and areas of significant UN presence, including Central Africa and the Middle East.

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November 12, 2008


Taking the Fight Against Malaria to the Front Lines
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Six weeks before his election on November 4, President-elect Barack Obama made a promise to the one million people around the world who die from Malaria each year. "When I am President," he said, "We will set the goal of ending all deaths from Malaria by 2015. The United States will lead."

This may sound like a typical grandiose promise made by a candidate seeking election. But to those in the public health community it offered validation that ending Malaria deaths is not some pie in the sky dream--but a goal that can be achieved in the here and now. Following through on this commitment, however, means that the fight against Malaria must be taken to where the disease is most destructive and most difficult to contain: refugee camps in Africa.

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