Health
Global Health Community Excited, But Apprehensive About Breakthrough AIDS Cure
The international global health community is greeting this news with understandable excitement, but also some trepidation about the new kinds of challenges this breakthrough could present for countries on the front line of AIDS crisis.
Good News for Children Living With HIV
Drug manufacturers opt to make pediatric HIV drugs much, much cheaper.
Map of the Day: Africa’s Health-Environment Nexus
The United Nations Environment Program released a new report on the links between environment and health in Africa. This is a crucial connection to probe: diahhrea, malaria and respiratory infections account for about 60% of the disease burden in Africa, and these three issues are as much environmental as health issues
One Myanmar Family’s Fight for Life Beyond HIV
Here is a fascinating — and wonky — video from UNICEF. It relates something I didn’t know: the largest number of new HIV infections is happening through spousal transmission.
Pakistan’s Polio Tipping Point
The continued targeting of health workers is posing a severe challenge to public-health communities and their collective ambition to reach every child with lifesaving vaccines.
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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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