Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report—Child Health

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:00 GMT

UNICEF Report Highlights Gains In Child Health, While 1B Still Lack Essential Services

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:56 GMT

A special edition of UNICEF's annual State of the World's Children report, released 20 years after the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, shows that "fewer youngsters are dying and more are going to school – but an estimated 1 billion still lack services essential to their survival and development," the Associated Press reports.

Lancet Examines Uganda's Child-Health Volunteers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:58 GMT

Lancet World Report examines how a small group of village volunteers trained in basic health care are helping to improve the health of Ugandan children.

For World Toilet Day, News Outlets Examine Poor Sanitation Conditions Around World

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:12:53 GMT

Op-Eds: HIV Travel Ban; Improving Sanitation; Counterfeit Drugs

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:11 GMT

GAVI Alliance Drives Down Pentavalent Vaccine Costs, Data Shows

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:45:22 GMT

The "co-ordinated buying policy" of the GAVI Alliance has driven down "[t]he price of a vaccine that helps babies fight off killer diseases," according to data released by the group, Reuters reports. In 2010, the price of pentavalent vaccine, which protects against Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and hepatitis B, will fall "below $3.0 – a drop of almost $0.50 cents per dose on the 2009 price," according to the news services.

Report Calls For Refocusing Health Spending In Developing Countries To Save Children's Lives

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:27:48 GMT

"More than 24,000 infants die daily from preventable diseases in developing countries," and child deaths have fallen in countries where governments "have shown a high level of political leadership on child health," World Vision International said in a new report (.pdf) released on Monday as part of a five-year campaign to reduce child deaths worldwide, the Associated Press/San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:19:00 GMT

Almost 200M Undernourished Children Worldwide, Report Says

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:55:20 GMT

In developing countries, almost 200 million children under the age of 5 "suffer from stunted growth and health problems due to poor nutrition in their early years," according to a UNICEF report released on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

Also In Global Health: Child Sexual Abuse In Zimbabwe; Dengue Outbreak In Cape Verde; Program Reduces Waste In Kenya Slums

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:44:48 GMT

Science-Based Health Policies Could Prevent Nearly 4M Maternal, Child Deaths In Africa, Report Says

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:29:35 GMT

Nearly 4 million deaths among women and children in sub-Saharan Africa could be prevented annually if relatively inexpensive, "science-based health policies" reached 90 percent of Africans, according to an African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) report (.pdf) published Monday, Nature News reports. The report, which is the initiative's first policy paper, was released at the group's fifth annual conference in Accra, Ghana, from Nov. 9-11.

Also In Global Health News: Nutritionally-Enhanced Products; Health Care In India; Cell Phones As Microscopes; GSK Pneumonia Vaccine; Men Fighting HIV/AIDS

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:14:30 GMT

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:22 GMT

Also In Global Health News: Kenya Child Mortality; DRC Rape; Cape Verde Dengue Outbreak; Guatemala Malnutrition; East Africa Flooding

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Climate Change Is Biggest Global Health Threat To Children, Report Says

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:49:12 GMT

According to a report (.pdf) by Save the Children, climate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century, the Hindu reports.

Study Examines Campaign To Increase Use Of Zinc To Prevent Childhood Diarrhea

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Scientific American reports on a multiyear PLoS Medicine study, published on Monday, which "followed a nationwide public health campaign to increase zinc use for childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh."

Also In Global Health News: Childhood Vaccines; USAID Administrator; Pakistan Polio Fight; UNICEF Fundraising; Measles In India

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT

News Outlets Examine First World Pneumonia Day

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:19:03 GMT

To mark the first World Pneumonia Day, Inter Press Service examines how vaccines and other strategies can be used to combat the disease, which kills more children under age 5 each year "than measles, malaria, and AIDS combined, according to the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia."

Also In Global Health News: Breast Cancer In Developing World; Burkina Faso ITN Distribution; Diarrhea In People Over Age Five; Gates Q&A

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Zuma Calls For Renewed Effort In Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:26:39 GMT

South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday called for a renewed effort in the country's fight against HIV/AIDS, the Star/Independent Online reports. During a speech to South Africa's National Council of Provinces, which also addressed the country's economy, Zuma pointed to what he called "chilling statistics" reflective of the "devastating impact HIV and AIDS" is having on the country (du Plessis, 10/30).