Posted on Feb 01, 2012 at 09:10 am
During recent uprisings in Bahrain, Syria, and Libya, security forces obstructed access to health facilities; harassed, arrested, and prosecuted medical personnel; and even assaulted patients within hospitals. Assaults like these have long been part of the landscape of armed and civil conflict. Yet, for decades, a paucity of regular reporting on the frequency, dynamics, and impacts of these assaults; lack of attention to strategies to prevent attacks; and absence of accountability mechanisms for those who perpetrate assaults has allowed these assaults to continue with impunity.
Posted by CSIS Staff on Jan 31, 2012 at 02:15 pm
The Global Health Policy Center hosted a presentation highlighting the contributions faith-based-organizations make to global health including the fight against HIV/AIDS in particular.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 at 01:26 pm
The second CSIS High-Level Forum on U.S. Leadership in Global Health placed a focus on vaccines as instruments of U.S. global leadership in pursuit of security and economic interests at home and abroad, in close enduring partnerships with corporations, foundations, multilateral organizations, and other countries.
Posted by Katherine Bliss on Dec 08, 2011 at 09:41 am
On December 6, 2011 the CSIS Global Health Policy Center hosted a half-day seminar focused on the activities, practices, and strategies that characterize the global health outreach of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa, or the BRICS.
Posted on Dec 07, 2011 at 01:38 pm
In November 2011, a team from CSIS traveled to Zambia to produce a video on vaccination efforts - their value, their long-term sustainability, and the challenges to their implementation. The video aims to portray the complexities of immunization in Zambia and to make broader points about global immunization efforts. This five minute trailer is a preview of what we saw. Please stay tuned for the full video in early 2012.
Posted on Nov 06, 2011 at 08:08 pm
Announced in mid-September at the “Summit to Save Lives,” hosted by the George W. Bush Institute, the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon (PRRR) initiative aims to leverage the public health infrastructure established through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with new public and private investments to make progress in the early detection and treatment of cervical and breast cancer in the developing world. The initiative’s name highlights its linkage of cancer and HIV/AIDS programs: pink ribbons have traditionally denoted support for breast cancer research and awareness, and red ribbons have signified support for HIV/AIDS research and awareness.
Posted by J. Stephen Morrison on Nov 03, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Since April 2011, I organized a health working group that has examined the complex, evolving health situation in Japan, post-March 11, and weighed what would be the most appropriate and effective U.S. assistance in the medium term to support Japanese-led health recovery efforts. That working group contributed the health chapter contained in a broader CSIS effort – the ‘Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future: Standing with Japan after 3-11.’ In Chapter Four of the final report, entitled Health and Recovery, we identify three core issues that are most appropriate and effective for U.S. assistance over the next three years in support of Japanese-led reconstruction initiatives
Posted by Julia Nagel on Nov 02, 2011 at 01:35 pm
While there are numerous reasons to be optimistic about the future of malaria control efforts, there are also several challenges that stand in the way of eradication.
Posted by Julia Nagel on Sep 26, 2011 at 12:29 pm
As world leaders gathered in New York last week for the United Nations General Assembly, another group of representatives assembled in New York at the second annual Social Good Summit to discuss the power of new media and technology in solving the world’s greatest challenges. While the Social Good Summit caters to a new army of leaders – the blogger, the technologist, the activist – the mission of the conference is one that everyone should care about: how do we take new emerging technologies and harness them for social good? As Raj Shah, Administrator for USAID, said – governments cannot solve every problem alone. At a time when budgets are tight and debate abounds as to where precious resources should go, citizens need to think creatively, engage philanthropically, and actively participate to achieve broad gains in society.
Posted by Julia Nagel on Aug 16, 2011 at 02:03 pm
While most health-related news coverage on Somalia is linked to famine, cholera, and measles, mass vaccination campaigns are occurring throughout the country to ward against other infectious diseases. One disease officials are concerned about is polio. Though eradicated from Somalia in 2008, officials worry that mass migration could cause a reemergence of the virus.
Posted by CSIS Staff on Aug 03, 2011 at 09:19 am
In August 2011, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center will be traveling to South Africa to look at the major efforts underway to renew United States' bilateral relationship with South Africa. In lead up to the trip, we are publishing four articles summarizing the significant health challenges facing the country: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Maternal and Child Health, and Noncommunicable Diseases. This piece on HIV/AIDS briefly depicts what the HIV/AIDS situation looks like in South Africa and what the government is doing to combat the challenge.
Posted by Margaret Reeves on Jul 01, 2011 at 09:54 am
The “GAVI Going Forward” event, hosted jointly on June 27 by CSIS and the Center for Global Development (CGD), looked at how GAVI can mitigate its weaknesses and leverage its strengths to save and improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children.
Lisa Carty of CSIS and Amanda Glassman of CGD moderated a panel discussion featuring Amie Batson, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health; Joelle Tanguy, Managing Director of External Relations for GAVI; Nicole Bates, Senior Program Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Claire Moran, Development Counselor at the British Embassy.
Posted by Lisa Carty on Jun 24, 2011 at 02:07 pm
First lady Michelle Obama’s trip to Africa this week with her daughters and her mother has generated major U.S. media attention. News outlets now feature the pictures of their meeting with South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, or dancing with local school children.
But the first lady’s trip to southern Africa is about more than colorful photos. It is focusing national attention on the serious U.S. strategic interests on the continent.
Posted by Julia Nagel on Jun 06, 2011 at 10:53 am
For the past five years, the ONE Campaign has been diligently monitoring the commitments to sub-Saharan Africa made by the G7 countries at the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. The 2011 Data Report shows that while 2010 was the highest year on record for development assistance to sub-Saharan Africa, the G7 only delivered 61% of what it promised in 2005.
Posted by Xiaoqing Lu Boynton on Jun 02, 2011 at 03:48 pm
On May 24, CSIS co-hosted with the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) a conference on China’s emerging global health and foreign aid engagement. Participants agreed that global health was one of the most promising areas for U.S.-China-Africa trilateral collaboration. Nevertheless, significant challenges exist.
Posted by Judyth Twigg on Jun 02, 2011 at 02:37 pm
Russia’s top political leaders are searching for vehicles to demonstrate expanding global responsibility and influence. Health can be an important venue and issue area for Russia’s global leadership aspirations, but only if approached carefully and responsibly, with thoughtful strategy and institutional development preceding substantial allocation of resources and action.
Posted by Margaret Reeves on May 17, 2011 at 12:11 pm
On the question of whether WHO has value to U.S. global health policy and U.S. national interests, the answer, in the opinion of the authors of this paper, is decidedly yes—provided that WHO narrows its focus strategically to those activities for which it is best suited and for which it has the greatest prospects of delivering substantial value.
Posted on May 02, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Following the Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2009, certain approaches to emergency worked while others did not. The magnitude of the catastrophe brought out the need to fix lingering problems with the existing humanitarian assistance architecture. In emergency response, many of the decisions that need to be made will be difficult and not politically popular, but the focus needs to be unwaveringly and unflinchingly on providing those in need with the best possible care,
Posted on May 02, 2011 at 09:26 am
In the past decade, health and health systems in conflict-affected states have been subject to intensified study and intervention. Despite certain knowledge gaps, our understanding of the indirect effects of war and instability on population health – ranging from infectious disease to severe psychological distress – has grown.
Posted on Apr 28, 2011 at 09:00 am
The 2010 floods were by far the worst natural disaster in Pakistan’s history. Flooding of almost biblical proportions ultimately affected more than 20 million people and covered one-fifth of the country’s territory. However due to coordinated emergency reponse, the international community avoided a large-scale disease outbreak in Pakistan in 2010.
