Author Archives: Alanna Shaikh 
3 Reasons Why You Will Soon Feel the Pain From Global Biodiversity Loss
The mass extinction and corresponding biodiversity loss doesn’t touch most people’s everyday lives yet. It remains abstract. That is going to change. Here are three of the major impacts we’ll see
HIV is the Future of Global Health
If we can’t win against HIV, we can’t win against anything. HIV is the disease we have a chance at. The choices we make about HIV are the easiest global health choices we get. Let’s not screw them up.
Can we end AIDS?
We have the tools, right now, to bring an end to AIDS. The only question is whether we’re willing to pay for them. ONE says we can end HIV. If we have the will to do it.
With Obama’s Re-election, “Global Health Diplomacy” Will Get Its First Test
Done well, an office of Global Health Diplomacy could re-establish American leadership on global health and get middle-income countries to take health seriously as part of their path to prosperity. It’s not a rush of new money for vaccinations or HIV, true. But it’s an opportunity to do something totally new and important for global health.
World Tuberculosis Report 2012 – Some Progress, Not Enough
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.
Home Testing for HIV – Not a Game Changer Just Yet
The home test kit for HIV will help some people. Every tiny step forward in increasing access helps. BUT it’s not a global health breakthrough – not at this price point.
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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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