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[RED DEMOCRATICA] Panel spells out flaws, fixes for Global Fund

 

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Panel spells out flaws, fixes for Global Fund

An international panel recommended on Monday a significant overhaul of the approach of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, emphasizing that if it is to continue its work, it must adapt to the changing and increasingly complex global economic climate. Michael Leavitt, one of the panel's co-chairs, said that "there's nothing here that can't be fixed," adding that the fund "must now shift from an organization responding to an emergency to one capable of a sustained response." The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (9/19), The Guardian (London)/Global Health Blog (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



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"We are entering a period of budget austerity, where resources are stretched thinner and thinner. The idea behind Shot@Life is an effort to create a grassroots movement to support global childhood vaccinations."

UN Dispatch


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  • Ban: World must work together on terrorism
    Governments around the world need to do more to work together to combat the scourge of terrorism, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told UN member states Monday. Ban encouraged countries to work within the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy adopted five years ago that affirmed terrorism cannot be fought by law enforcement mechanism alone and must include social, educational and economic elements. Google/The Associated Press (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • Palestinians feel pressure over UN bid
    U.S. and European officials are urging Israel to refrain from taking retaliatory measures against the Palestinian Authority for pursuing a bid for United Nations membership. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who plans to formally request membership at the UN on Friday, says Palestinian officials are under massive pressure to abandon the attempt. Reuters (9/20), The Guardian (London) (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • UN agenda spans statehood, repression, disease, famine
    Among the developing stories on which to keep tabs this week at the United Nations are the summit on noncommunicable diseases, which are spreading from the rich to the developing worlds; the effort to close the funding gap of $943 million in assistance to the drought and famine across the Horn of Africa, and from which 750,000 people are at risk of death; the behind-the-scenes talks between Western and Middle Eastern powers over a resolution supporting sanctions against the Syrian regime; the first major meeting of the General Assembly since the Arab Spring, and the ousters of Hosni Mubarak, Moammar Gadhafi and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali; and the imminent showdown between Palestinians, which are seeking UN recognition of statehood, and the U.S., which is threatening to veto their bid. CNN/Global Public Square blog (9/18) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
Health and Development
  • Progress on MDG health targets is falling short
    Analysis shows that only about nine of 137 developing countries -- and none in sub-Saharan Africa -- will reach by 2015 the fourth and fifth Millennium Development Goals: reducing by two-thirds the death rates for children under five, and cutting by three-fourths the deaths among pregnant women and new mothers, respectively. "Even with major accelerated efforts, most countries are unlikely to achieve both targets," conclude researchers in an article in the medical journal The Lancet. BBC (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
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Women and Girls
  • Moms reach out to combat Africa famine
    ABC News has partnered with the United Nations Foundation to launch the Million Moms Challenge in a bid to help children suffering as result of famine in Somalia. American mommy bloggers traveled to refugee camps in Kenya to help chronicle the situation and drive support for the Million Mom effort to provide health care and aid. ABC News (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
  • Journalist takes on worldwide violence against women
    Swedish journalist Karin Alfredsson has launched a global campaign to document violence against women, the effects of gender violence legislation and initiatives working to combat gender-based assaults. The project, Cause of Death: Woman, is tracking violence in 10 countries including the U.S., Russia, Brazil and Pakistan. The Christian Science Monitor (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
Climate and Energy
  • U.S. doubtful on Kyoto extension
    U.S. climate officials are expressing doubt over how much progress can be made on an international climate treaty at the upcoming South Africa summit as developing countries continue to seek provisions allowing them to miss emission reduction targets if wealthy countries don't provide enough funding. Chief climate change negotiator Todd Stern says support for a follow-up to the Kyoto Treaty is waning among the world's largest polluters. The Guardian (London) (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • Turner discusses alternative energy
    Nuclear power is costly and dangerous but preferable to continued reliance on coal as an energy source, says Ted Turner, chairman and founder of the United Nations Foundation. Turner publicly endorses the use of renewable sources such as wind and solar power but acknowledges the infrastructure to effectively employ them does not yet exist in most places. CNN (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • Emerging-world firms are growing rich by going green
    A new study highlights more than a dozen highly profitable emerging-market companies that are making growth more sustainable by using greenery to reduce costs, motivate workers and forge relationships -- while also working hard to reach and educate poor consumers, even sacrificing short-term profits to create future markets. "Their home-grown ideas will probably be easier for their peers to copy than anything cooked up in the West," writes The Economist of the joint study by the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group. The Economist (9/17) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
  • Other News
Peacekeeping and Security
  • U.S. is developing autonomous war machines
    Autonomous robotics -- machines that hunt, identify and remove targets based on calculations made by software -- may allow the U.S. to conduct military strikes with no human involvement within a couple decades. The U.S. already uses drones, controlled remotely by human operators, to strike targets in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere. The Washington Post (9/19) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • Other News
UN Foundation and Better World Campaign
  • The UN Foundation Unveils Shot@Life Campaign
    The United Nations Foundation revealed Shot@Life, a new campaign to expand access to lifesaving vaccines for children in developing countries. A national grassroots movement, Shot@Life will educate, connect, and empower Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save children's lives around the world. "Building on the success of the UN Foundation's other campaigns, we are honored to partner with leading experts in vaccine advocacy and delivery to work on the noble and urgent cause of increasing global access to immunizations," said Timothy E. Wirth, President of the UN Foundation. "Shot@Life's groundbreaking partnership will bring hope to millions of parents around the world that their children will have a lifetime of protection from deadly and disabling diseases." Click here for the full release from the UN Foundation. LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
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