News from and about GHD and recent GHD Activities
The food crisis is happening again.
Global food prices are now at all-time highs — higher than in 2008, when the global food price crisis saw more people hungry than at any time in history. Given how much the cost of food depends on the price of oil, turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East is almost guaranteed to drive food prices still higher.
As originally run in RTE News.
Africa has long been a target for wealthy philanthropists who donate money in a fight against the continent's poverty, disease epidemics and food shortages.
January 23, 2011
Africa is emerging as the last great investment frontier, described by the press as a “gold rush” and a “bonanza.”
As posted by the Washington Post
Sunday, December 19, 2010
BOSTON - Africa as has long been a target for wealthy philanthropists who donate money in a fight against the continent's poverty, disease and food shortages.
High-level support and smart program design are crucial to launching health financing strategies, but success hinges on developing effective implementation and monitoring, according to a MLI issue brief on reducing financial barriers to reproductive health released this month.
GHD Executive Director Peggy Clark discusses the interconnectedness of global health and the importance of political leadership in her an expert submission to General Electric, recommending that their healthymagination strategy include outreach to the public sector in even the poorest countries in order to ensure sustainable change. More.
The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel was adopted by the 63rd World Health Assembly on 21 May 2010.
The Health Worker Migration Initiative is collecting current bilateral agreements to promote transparency and highlight examples of policy working to better manage health worker migration. Below are the agreements we've found so far.
In her letter to The New York Times, Realizing Rights President Mary Robinson makes it clear that while new data on sharp declines in maternal deaths across the globe is encouraging, it must not be allowed to undermine the urgent need to address the factors that contribute to high levels of maternal mortality and morbidity and deny the right to health for all. More.
This article appeared in Vol 371 of the Lancet on February 23, 2008.
