Guest post by Katie Leach-Kemon, a policy translation specialist from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The…
By Amy Maxmen, contributor In Mali, a mother administers anti-malarial drug to her child.Amy Maxmen An abandoned measure in malaria…
The disaster following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines rightly has dominated the global twenty-four hour news cycle. Humanosphere has devoted…
The pesticide DDT, though banned for use throughout much of the rich world because of its environmental persistence and potential for harm, is still widely used throughout the developing world to fight malaria.
African child with cerebral malariaMike Urban An experimental malaria vaccine, made by GSK with backing and support on the research…
The Global Fund was, and is, one of the most hopeful, compassionate and impressive things the international community has done in a long time. That’s why it’s being celebrated in and around the grand UN confab this week. That’s why some cheered when Britain announced it would give another $1.6 billion this week, and it’s also why some are clamoring for even more funds – since many millions more are still not reached. But like most things we humans do when we rush in to fix something, it was also seriously flawed.
In today’s post, we’ll use Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) data to explore how much progress countries have made in two key health MDGs, 4 and 6, the former focused on reducing child mortality and the latter on halting the spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria.
DfID Secretary Justine Greening at UNDP last year.UNDP (New York) – A pledge by the UK to provide the Global…
Mosquitoes and plants thrive where there is water. Farmers in arid regions who use irrigation systems to collect water also…
Malnutrition takes a serious toll on children living in Chad. The vast West African nation features a fertile south and…