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 - Funding gaps threaten progress against malaria
Efforts to control the spread of malaria face significant challenges due to a massive 60% shortfall in available funding, African and British researchers warn in a study published in the Lancet. Only 21 out of 93 African countries have received enough funds to implement or maintain malaria-control programs, and the shortfall threatens to erode gains made against malaria's spread in recent years, the researchers said. BBC (10/1)       - Index finds economic gains, democratic losses in Africa
Economic opportunities are growing for tens of millions across Africa as industry attracts the attention of international investors, but political rights and the rule of law are on the decline in many countries, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation says in its annual assessment of the African governance. Mauritius, Botswana and South Africa are among the continent's strongest performers, while Eritrea, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan posted the poorest performances. AlertNet.org/Reuters (10/4) Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
- Poverty goals suffer from limited energy access
Donors must allocate an additional $756 billion in order to bring electricity to the world's 1.4 billion people who do not have it, according to Fatih Birol, a chief economist at the International Energy Agency. Without greater access to sources of energy, Birol says, the UN Millennium Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty is likely to fail. The Christian Science Monitor (9/21) - Israeli soldiers convicted over human shield use
An Israeli court convicted two soldiers Sunday of using civilians as shields during the army's 2008-2009 Gaza Strip operation, the first serious convictions to come out of Israeli investigations into personnel conduct. The two sergeants may now face jail time for forcing a terrified 9-year-old Palestinian boy to check bags for explosives. Israeli military officials have examined 48 cases of alleged wrongdoing, but human-rights advocates have called the efforts insufficient and continue to seek external investigations. The New York Times (free registration) (10/3) - U.S. apologizes for infecting Guatemalans in STD experiments
American officials confirmed Friday that the U.S. purposely infected 1,500 male and female prisoners, soldiers and mental patients in Guatemala in the 1940s as part of experiments to test the effectiveness of penicillin, and offered apologies to the victims. Researchers infected sex workers with gonorrhea or syphilis, and then brought them to test subjects to engage in unprotected sex. The research goal was to assess the effect of taking penicillin after sexual relations to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. The Washington Post (10/2) , Google/Agence France-Presse (10/3) - Iran is back in control after cyberattack
Iran has arrested numerous "nuclear spies" and authorities are in total control of the country's computer networks, Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi says. About 30,000 Iranian computers, including those used by employees of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, recently came under attack from the Stuxnet computer worm in what authorities say was a cyberattack by Iran's enemies. Bloomberg (10/3) - Asia-Pacific grapples with power shifts
 The diplomatic war of words that erupted between China and Japan after a Chinese ship collided with Japanese coast guard boats in September reflects a broader struggle for power in the Asia-Pacific. While China has grown to be the region's economic powerhouse, it has angered neighbors by pushing claims for disputed territories believed to be rich in natural resources and investing heavily in military expansions. TIME (10/3)
- The UN Foundation has launched a new campaign, Girl Up, to address the needs of some of the world's hardest-to-reach adolescent girls by channeling the energy and compassion of American girls. What problem facing girls in developing countries should we be most concerned about?
 | Child marriage | | Lack of access to education | | Lack of health services | | Violence against women | | Too little funding for programs for girls |
- Register now for the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C.
The 2010 mHealth Summit brings together leaders in government, private sector/industry, academia and not-for-profit organizations to share information and experiences related to the intersection of mobile technology, health research and policy.Featured speakers include Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation; Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer; Dr. Julio Frenk Dean of Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health; and Ted Turner, Chairman, UN Foundation. The mHealth Summit takes place Nov. 8 to 10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Click here for more information and to register. |
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