Opinions: Sanitation And Women, Child Health; GM In Global Food Security Bill; U.S. Malaria Strategy; GHI On NTDs; Haiti Recovery
May 3, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Chronicle Herald Opinion Examines Connection Between Water, Sanitation And Women, Child Health “If Stephen Harper is serious about maternal health and child health [as suggested by his plans for the upcoming G8 and G20 summits], he needs to recognize that healthy mothers come from healthy communities,” Maude Barlow and Meera Karunananthan of the Council of Canad…
Also In Global Health News: HIV In Philippines; Birth Control, Child Health In Afghanistan; Guatemala's Progress On MDGs
March 7, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Philippines’ Health Secretary Seeks To Boost Condom Distribution After Increase In HIV Diagnoses The Philippines’ Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral on Thursday announced she would seek additional public funds to support the distribution of condoms among high-risk groups, after the country recorded 143 new cases of HIV in January – its highest number of diagnoses i…
Also In Global Health News: HIV In Philippines; Birth Control, Child Health In Afghanistan; Guatemala's Progress On MDGs
March 6, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Philippines’ Health Secretary Seeks To Boost Condom Distribution After Increase In HIV Diagnoses The Philippines’ Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral on Thursday announced she would seek additional public funds to support the distribution of condoms among high-risk groups, after the country recorded 143 new cases of HIV in January – its highest number of diagnoses i…
Canada To 'Champion' Major G8 Initiative To Tackle Maternal, Child Mortality
February 1, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
As president of the G8 in 2010, “Canada will champion a new G8 identity focused on ending child mortality and other health woes in poorer countries when it hosts the club of industrialized nations in June, the government said Tuesday,” Agence France-Presse reports…
Also In Global Health News: Bangladesh MDGs Progress; USAID In Indonesia; Disease In Darfur
January 28, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Report Measures Bangladesh’s MDG Progress A report by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF shows the country “has made a good progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) even though there are big disparities in education, child and maternal health among its 64 districts,” the New Nation reports…
