[RED DEMOCRATICA] Former Global Fund chief expects malaria vaccine by 2016

 

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	March 9, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Former Global Fund chief expects malaria vaccine by 2016 Richard Feachem, founding executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said that the money brought in by the fund and other sources has contributed to the remarkable progress being made worldwide against the trio of diseases. A drop-off in funding as a result of the global financial crisis, though, coupled with cuts to health care budgets by African governments, are threatening gains. Feachem said that by 2016 there would be an effective vaccine to protect against malaria. AllAfrica Global Media (3/8)      Recommended reading from UN authors  Food prices are projected to soar in 2013  UN biodiversity chief eyes private investment  Activist video targeting LRA's Kony goes viral  Syrian exiles are wary of diplomacy  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Climate and Energy | Technology | Peace and Security Love this infographic from @unfoundation! This is the world we imagine for women everywhere bit.ly/A7w6xv #IWD" @GirlUp "As the international community works to achieve progress in benchmarks and goals for maternal health, it is critically important that they consider the real world conditions these women face -- which often do not subscribe to clear epidemiologic delimitations of hemorrhage, infection, and sepsis. Most maternal deaths are not counted because of the lack of infrastructure for vital records in impoverished areas. ... We should make sure multilateral global health policies are not yet another reason these women's deaths don't count." UN Dispatch Recommended reading from UN authors With long, overly academic-sounding titles, books written by UN officials about life in the field are swiftly relegated to libraries and classrooms. And that's too bad, writes Colum Lynch, because books such as "Afghanistan's Troubled Transition: Politics, Peacekeeping, and the 2004 Presidential Election" -- which explains why Afghanistan has been unable to establish durable local institutions -- are some of the best available. ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (3/6)        UNESCO approves controversial science prize The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Thursday brushed aside the entreaties of Western powers, and even its own lawyers, to approve a scientific award sponsored by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the longtime dictator of Equatorial Guinea. The award will not carry Obiang's name, however, but will now be called the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/8)      Other News Haiti protesters seek UN compensation for cholera epidemic Al-Jazeera (3/9)      UN food expert seeks regulation, taxation of junk foods The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (3/9)      Food prices are projected to soar in 2013 Computer modeling that has been accurately predicting food prices shows that investor speculation in commodity futures, combined with the conversion of crops into biofuels, will cause food prices to skyrocket in 2013, leading to widespread hunger, social unrest and death across the developing world. "Once people understand that markets are not always in equilibrium and that buying futures can affect real prices, we hope they will take action," said Yaneer Bar-Yam, president of the New England Complex Systems Institute. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (3/7)      Other News Malnutrition in West Africa reaches dangerously high levels The Guardian (London) (3/9)      Germany makes quarterly $265 million payment to Global Fund Devex.com/The Development Newswire blog (3/8)      UN biodiversity chief eyes private investment It would cost some $300 billion a year over the next eight years to preserve the global biodiversity in animal and plant life, said Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, the new chief of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The figure -- meeting which would require public-private partnerships -- is about 10 times the amount now spent on the sustainable management of agriculture, forests, and fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems. AlertNet/Reuters (3/7)      Energy group calls for global nuclear safety accord The World Energy Council is calling upon world governments to urgently draw up and approve an international agreement on the management and safety of nuclear power plants. "The time is right," the council wrote in a report a year after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster. "There is critical need to inform the public about issues relating to nuclear generation technologies, safety, costs, benefits and risks." The Guardian (London) (3/9)      Other News Bloodhounds are used to track DR Congo elephant poachers BBC (3/5)      Activist video targeting LRA's Kony goes viral A 30-minute video called "KONY 2012" produced by activist group Invisible Children documenting the human rights abuses of Uganda's Joseph Kony has gone viral, racking up more than 50 million views in a week. The campaign to urge the arrest of the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a splinter group that is widely reviled for abducting children and forcing them to serve as soldiers, has attracted the interest of teenagers around the world and is getting attention on Facebook and Twitter. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/8), PBS/NewsHour (3/8), Los Angeles Times (3/8)      Origami sensors could identify malaria, HIV Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created origami-inspired 3D paper sensors, called oPADs, that could be used to detect -- at a cost of less than 10 cents per test -- diseases such as malaria and HIV. CNET (3/8)      Syrian exiles are wary of diplomacy The leading Syrian opposition alliance has criticized UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan for seeking a political solution to the rampant bloodshed in the country, saying such an effort had no hope of succeeding and would only grant the regime of President Bashar al-Assad more time to further target anti-government protesters. Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian chief, was visiting Syrian refugee camps in neighboring Turkey. Bloomberg (3/9), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/9), Reuters (3/9)      Neither Israel, nor U.S., is ready to attack Iran The topic of a possible Israeli strike against Iran and its divisive nuclear program remained on the agenda this week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Barack Obama, yet neither man appeared to be committed to an attack. Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv, Israel) (3/9)        Other News 2 captive foreign workers die in failed Nigeria rescue mission Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (3/8)      U.S. relinquishes Afghan detention center to local authorities Reuters (3/9)      Detention of bin Laden's widows draws Pakistan Taliban threat Reuters (3/9)      Position Title Company Name Location International Press Officer Center for Reproductive Rights New York , NY Deputy Director, Nothing But Nets United Nations Foundation Washington DC, DC Communications Director, Better World Campaign United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Raiser's Edge Database Manager United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Senior Manager, Policy and Advocacy, Shot@Life Campaign United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Click here to view more job listings.   Get more involved: Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter Key Sites United Nations Secretary-General UN News Centre Key UN Bodies, Agencies, Funds and Programs UN Foundation UN Dispatch UN Radio News Service 1.5 million people may need assistance in Syria UN Radio   This SmartBrief was created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com   Subscriber Tools       Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy Grab our News Widget Advertise With Us Amy DiElsi Director for UN Foundation Communications United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (D) 202-419-3230 (C) 202-492-3078 (F) 202-887-9021 www.unfoundation.org   About UN WIRE UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today. 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