Author Archives: Alanna Shaikh 
World Humanitarian Day – Time to Step Up
It’s time for everyone to be a humanitarian.
Who’s Giving to East Africa–(And Who’s Not)?
If Americans were as generous as Kenyans, we could fund every open OCHA appeal fully, three times over.
How the USA Debt Debate May Become a Global Language Virus
After 9/11, American language about terror crept into our global vocabulary. What’s the debt discussion going to do?
Cholera and Climate Change
While we once assumed that warmer water meant more cholera – a grim portent of widespread cholera in a future of climate change – it seems that instead cholera has a complicated relationship with river flows.
Mass Tragedies as Public Health Events
Taking a public health perspective may offer a useful frame for Norway to make sense of its tragedies and find a response. UN Dispatch interviews Laurie Garrett, author of a new book that examines uses a global health framework to examine the 9-11 attacks.
An HIV Game Changer
The HIV drug combination of tenofovir and emtricitabine appears to be highly effective at preventing the acquisition of HIV. It’s a simple one pill daily regimen, and it is available for as little as 25 cents a day.
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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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