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The Atlantic—Melinda Gates on Why Foreign Aid Still Matters
September 15, 2017
Originally posted in The Atlantic: Read full article here. A new report from the Gates Foundation shows the devastating effects of a lapse in funding for global health. President Trump’s budget proposal, released in…
New York Times—In Haiti, a Building Fights Cholera
September 12, 2017
Next month marks the seventh anniversary of the cholera outbreak that ravaged Haiti. The disease, which can cause death within hours if left untreated, came less than a year after Haiti was rocked by…
Vital—Invest in Health Systems by Investing in Health Workers
September 8, 2017
A new report provides the first quantitative estimates of the value of stronger health systems—and the lives they can save. In 2012, the US Agency for International Development set an ambitious but critical goal:…
Kaiser Family Foundation—Faith Leaders, Americans Should Urge Congress To Fully Fund U.S. Global Health Programs
September 6, 2017
An excerpt from an article originally published in the Lexington Herald Leader—written by Josh Rouse, global outreach pastor at Northeast Christian Church and member of Hope Through Healing Hands’ Faith-based Coalition for Healthy Mothers &…
Quartz—Consequences of the 2017 version of US’ anti-abortion Global Gag rule
September 5, 2017
Uganda’s highway A-109 shoots across the plain from Kampala past the occasional storefront shops and open-air kiosks common to the continent’s roadsides. After rising into the verdant tea plantations of the country’s Western Region,…
Bernie Sanders takes on the problem with prescription drug cost in America
August 30, 2017
Sick of Big Pharma’s Greed: Americans are dying. We must import cheaper drugs from Canada. The American people are sick and tired of getting ripped off by the pharmaceutical industry which, next to Wall Street,…
Business Insider—HIV/AIDS is no longer the leading cause of death in Africa
August 24, 2017
The World Health Organization’s most recent data on global deaths has good news for the African continent, including fewer people dying of HIV/AIDS and malaria. The new death statistics researched by African fact-checking organization, Africa Check, indicated…
Bending the Arc in the Navajo Nation
August 23, 2017
Did you know that the Navajo Nation has a severe shortage of health care providers? One in every four positions for doctors is empty, creating desperate need for decent medical care for people who…
New York Times—How to Prevent Deadly Infection in Babies? Good Bacteria
August 21, 2017
It may be possible, scientists say, to save many thousands of newborns in poor countries by giving them a simple probiotic — a strain of bacteria originally scooped out of the diaper of a…
Variety—Healthcare Doc ‘Bending the Arc,’ Exec Produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Gets U.S. Release (EXCLUSIVE)
August 16, 2017
Abramorama has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to the healthcare documentary “Bending the Arc,” with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as executive producers. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, will…