Report on Global Health actors

The House of Lord Intergovernmental Organisations Committee (UK) published a report on global health actors.

This report reviews the interaction of the various actors on the international health stage, particularly those concerned with infectious disease control.

It looks in some detail at the role of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and then turn to address a number of the key issues which have arisen during our inquiry, including the synergy with which the various bodies are working under the existing system and the case and scope for some rationalisation of global health governance.

Link:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldintergov/143/14306.htm

UNAIDS 2008 Report on Global AIDS Epidemic

The 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic is the most comprehensive report on the response to AIDS. It includes data from 147 countries against 25 core targets set in the UN declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted in 2001, and the political declaration adopted at the 2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS. The information presented in the report enables readers to assess progress made since 2001 and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the AIDS response to date.

Link to the report: http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Resources/FeatureStories/archive/2008/20080728_New_Global_Report_2008.asp

Global Health courses for nurses in Tanzania

The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (MUHAS) (http://www.muchs.ac.tz/) through the School of Dentistry and the Finnish Medical Society has organized a three week training for nurses on global health themes in the country. The first course on global health to be conducted in the country started yesterday, slated to end August 15, with 20 nurses participating, along with ten nurses from Finland.

Link: http://thecitizen.co.tz/newe.php?id=7085

Joint efforts to combat the global tobacco epidemic

On July 23th, 2008, Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates announced joint efforts to combat the global tobacco epidemic. A combined investment of $500 million will help governments in developing countries implement proven policies and increase funding for tobacco control. Unless urgent action is taken, as many as one billion people this century—more than two-thirds in the developing world—could die from tobacco-caused illnesses.

Link: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Announcements/Announce-080723.htm

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Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsyLkaKaFM

G8 Leaders Agree to $60B To Help Fight Disease in Africa

The Group of Eight leaders on Tuesday set a five-year deadline to provide 60 billion dollars to fight disease in Africa.

The leaders, holding a summit in Japan, also reconfirmed pledges made at its 2005 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, to increase aid to Africa by $25 billion by 2010.

Leaders also set a goal of providing 100 million insecticide-treated nets to curb the spread of malaria in developing countries by the end of 2010.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hGfhs5CimUwdaQ8bV8t6-kkxlFyA