Health
Why We Need to Defeat Cholera
Access to safe water and basic sanitation has been on the U.N.’s books as a fundamental right since 2010, but there are more tangible reasons that inadequate access to sanitation is an issue.
So, You Want to Learn About Global Health? Here is Where to Start
Our very own Alanna Shaikh has a new e-book: What’s Killing Us: A Practical Guide to Understanding Our Biggest Global Health Problems. The book is published by TED (as in, the TED Talks) and it is…great!
Sending Bed Nets to Prevent a Looming Humanitarian Emergency in South Sudan
I just participated in a conference call about the crisis, what Nothing But Nets is doing to meet the challenge — and how some basketball stars and a Broadway philanthropy are helping the cause. Read below. Have a listen. And Send a Net.
On World Tuberculosis Day: How the Global Fund Fights TB in Rural Bangladesh
I created this video and wrote this post last March 24 that discusses Bangladesh’s Global Fund-financed projects for TB control in hard-to-reach rural communities.
New York Mayor Bloomberg Takes His Fight Against Tobacco Global
New York City’s mayor, the billionaire Michael Bloomberg, gives $220 million for efforts to reduce smoking in the developing world.
Angry Birds: Why Does the H5N1 Research Debate Make Scientists Want to Slug Each Other?
Twenty-two flu experts are gathered in Geneva today for the first day of the World Health Organization’s “technical consultation on H5N1 research issues.”
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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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