December 2009
Citizen Journalism: Pneumonia Day raises awareness - Washington Times
Why AIDS remains important for global health - Huffington Post
Drug Resistant Malaria is Getting Worse - UN Dispatch
USAID's New Administrator - A Perspective - Global Development Commons
Smarter foreign aid - Christian Century
Can health campaigns bring lasting change to rural communities? - Guardian
What can be done to ensure vaccines for children? - Blog 4 Global Health
Despite aid, hunger still stalks Afghan children - Seattle Times
Dispute over Pneumococcal Vaccine Initiative: A Response - Center for Global Development
The role of culture in child nutrition - IRIN News
WHO to send swine flu vaccine to poor countries - San Luis Obispo Tribune
Malaria progress shows development aid for health works - World Health Organization
Malaria progress shows development aid for health works - World Health Organization
Fewer Children Dying from Malaria Due to Bed Nets - Voice of America
Obama Is Criticized on AIDS Program - New York Times
Another big win for the NTDs - Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog
Child Malnutrition Growing - Voice of America
Measles deaths drop by 78 pct but resurgence feared - Reuters AlertNet
The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Overview & Budget Analysis - Kaiser Family Foundation
November 2009
The Downside of 'Smart Power' - New Republic
New video: Bill and Melinda Gates “Meet the Press” - ONE
Can malaria be eliminated? - The Lancet
Clean Water Is Good Business; But It's No Easy Sell - Huffington Post
Uganda registers successes with child-health volunteers - The Lancet (subscription req'd)
AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers - Associated Press
How Can We Help the World’s Poor? - New York Times
What happens when you spend too much time in Seattle - Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog
Malaria vaccines: One step forward… Several steps to go - Global Health Ideas
Kick up a stink for better sanitation - The Guardian
The foreign-aid fight goes on - Foreign Policy
Shah meets with Kerry - Politico
Rotavirus—the most common and lethal form of diarrhea—deadly for children - APHA International Health
Researchers, Aid Groups Optimistic About Malaria Fight - Voice of America
UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children - Seattle Times
Big Day in the Senate on Advancing Foreign Aid Reform - Center for Global Development
Visualize Seattle's global health connections - Seattle Times
Food aid that gets you two for the price of one - IRIN News
Intl health alliance says pushes vaccine costs down - Reuters
Political apathy contributes to six million child deaths each year - World Vision UK
Aid group: 24,000 infant deaths preventable daily - Associated Press
Future Generations in Jeopardy Unless Urgent Efforts are Made to Tackle Malnutrition - Huffington Post
Over State's objections, Senate to move ahead on foreign-aid bill - Foreign Policy
Health Systems 101 - Center for Global Development
Panelists discuss childrens’ health - Dartmouth News
Shah Who? - Foreign Policy
Agriculture expert picked to lead struggling USAID - Washington Post
Former Gates' exec named foreign aid chief - Associated Press
New USAID Chief Faces Internal Skepticism - Washington Independent
'Tracking Progress': UNICEF report calls for urgent international action on nutrition - UNICEF
Poor nutrition stunts growth of 200 mln children-UN - Reuters
UNICEF: Nearly Nine Million Children Dying from Preventable Causes - Voice of America
Poor nutrition 'stunting growth' - BBC News
UN: 200 million kids have stunted growth - Associated Press
Ex-Gates Foundation exec named foreign aid chief - Associated Press
Rajiv Shah: The man Obama wants to revitalize USAID - Christian Science Monitor
Administration Names Agriculture Official to Run U.S. Aid Agency, Ending Delays - New York Times
Nomination of Dr. Rajiv Shah as USAID Administrator - U.S. Department of State
Cambodia Struggles to Save Mothers, Even as It Succeeds in Reducing Child Deaths - Voice of America
Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases - Global Health TV (video)
From Acting to Vacant: The Plot Thickens on USAID Leadership Front - Center for Global Development
Plan Aims to Fight Child Diarrhea in Developing World - Voice of America
The GAVI, Global Fund, and World Bank joint funding platform - Lancet (subscription req'd)
Parliamentarians for Pneumonia - Huffington Post
Pneumonia still kills children worldwide - Tennessean
Fighting pneumonia - Buffalo News
Massive malaria vaccine trial has begun in Africa - Los Angeles Times
Uniting on Capitol Hill to save children - U.S. Fund for UNICEF
A World Pneumonia Day to look forward to - ONE
New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle - Associated Press
USAID's Greene: Helping save lives with low-cost tools - Washington Post
World Pneumonia Day – November 2, 2009 - USAID
Heads Up for the U.S. Global Health Initiative: EU Moving Faster? - Center for Global Development
World Pneumonia Day 2009: Join The Fight - Change.org
Pneumonia: A Bigger Killer than Swine Flu - Huffington Post
WHO: Millions of Children Need Not Die From Pneumonia - Voice of America
Troop Increases? What About the Other Side of the Foreign Policy Coin? - Huffington Post
Vaccines, Antibiotics Could Slash Pneumonia Deaths - Inter Press Service
How pneumonia got me interested in global health - Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog
U.N. says $39 billion would stem child pneumonia deaths - Reuters
Liya's Diary - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (video)
October 2009
Time for renewed global action against childhood pneumonia - Lancet (subscription req'd)
Malaria: a research agenda for the eradication era - Lancet (subscription req'd)
The undernutrition epidemic: an urgent health priority - Lancet (subscription req'd)
The Tools to Save Lives - Newsweek
New Report Puts Forth Proposals for U.S. Global Health Initiative - Voice of America
What the World is Doing for World Pneumonia Day - ONE
Aid group seeks $4 billion for life-saving vaccines - Reuters
As Donors Focus on AIDS, Child Illnesses Languish - New York Times
Gates Foundation wants global health push - CNN
Progress made in maternal and child health, but challenges remain - CMAJ
Gateses to lobby U.S. for global health funds - Washington Post
Living Proof Project: Why We Are Impatient Optimists - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (video)
Why Pneumonia Matters (Guest Blog) - Malaria Matters
How to Save the World With Sanitation - Huffington Post
Why I Am an Impatient Optimist - ONE
Maternal mortality across the world - BBC News
Experts want African aid funds channelled away from HIV - The Guardian
What will it take to stop maternal deaths? - The Lancet
Vaccines and the world of child health - The Lancet (subscription req'd)
Obama administration's foreign aid job left open - Associated Press
Pneumonia: A Problem of Perception - Global Health Magazine
H1N1: Swine Flu's Collateral Health Benefits in Bolivia - TIME Magazine
100 million children vaccinated each year; not enough - UN Dispatch
Global Child Immunizations at All-Time High, Despite Rising Costs - Scientific American
One in Five Infants Still Lacks Essential Vaccines - Inter Press Service
Global immunizations hit record but miss millions - Reuters
WHO: Nearly 1 in 5 babies still missed by vaccines - Associated Press
Vaccine boom for world's kids - Nature
Childhood Vaccines At All-Time High, But Access Not Yet Equitable - World Health Organization
What do you know about neglected diseases? - ONE
It’s time to take the die out of diarrhea - United Press International
Players kick off World Cup anti-malaria fight - Reuters
Gates's Fields of Dreams - Washington Post
Safe Drinking Water: A New Cause that Needs Continued Support Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-sauer/safe-drinking-water-a-new_b_324408.html - Huffington Post
Is the person next to you washing with soap? - Reuters
Now wash your hands - The Guardian
Malnutrition costs Latin America billions of dollars per year - Reuters AlertNet
World Food Day: More than One Billion People Suffering from Hunger - Huffington Post
Breast feeding key to reducing malnutrition in Latin America - Reuters AlertNet
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Diarrhea? Poop Jokes May Save Millions of Kids a Year - Newsweek
1.5 Million Children Die a Year From Diarrhea - Unsafe Drinking Water, Lack of Handwashing to Blame - TreeHugger
Reducing childhood deaths from diarrhoea - World Health Organization
Return of Traditional Birth Attendants Urged to Meet MDG 5 - Inter Press Service
Hunger levels "alarming" in S.Asia, Africa - report - Reuters India
Vaccines, hygiene could stop diarrhea deaths: U.N - Reuters India
Move to cut child diarrhoea death - BBC News
Are some deaths worse than others? - Huffington Post
Easy as Water and Soap: Clean Hands Save Lives - World Bank
Report: Africa at 'Alarming' Levels of Hunger - Voice of America
Handwashing Saves Lives, and Not Simply from Swine Flu - Huffington Post
Global hunger worsening, warns UN - BBC News
USAID awaits its fate - Foreign Policy
First the Army, Now Ag: Who Says It’s Hard to Find a Leader for USAID? - Center for Global Development
WHO eyes Nov. flu vaccine shipment to poor nations - Seattle Times
Former refugee recycles US hotel soap for Uganda - Seattle Times
Millions will starve as rich nations cut food aid funding, warns UN - The Guardian
All for universal health coverage - Lancet
The global burden of preterm birth - Lancet (subscription req'd)
Global Handwashing Day 2009: Spread the word, not the germs - UNICEF
Net gains in preventing malaria - The Guardian
Let Them Eat Plumpy'Nut - Foreign Policy
Preventable maternal deaths kill thousands in India - CBC News (Canada)
Study: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth - Associated Press
Where have all the malaria patients gone? - CNN
When you are neglected, 50 cents is still a lot of money - Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog
Malaria in Africa: The net gains of keeping mosquitoes at bay - Telegraph
Low health spend blamed for India's child mortality - Reuters India
$40bn 'can cut child mortality' - Al Jazeera
The Next Revolution: Giving Every Child the Chance to Survive - International Save the Children Alliance
If Men Were Dying En Masse... - Inter Press Service
Report Finds 13 Million Premature Births Worldwide Each Year - Wall Street Journal
Too Much Water and Not Enough to Drink - Inter Press Service
Philippines Kicks Off Global Mass Breastfeeding - TIME
Are You Smarter than the World's Global Health Donors? - Huffington Post
Help Wanted: Ideas to Inform White House Presidential Study Directive on U.S. Development Policy - Center for Global Development
“We have changed the history of my country” - ONE
WHO maternal death and near-miss classifications - World Health Organization
U.S.-backed project built malaria-fighting network - Washington Times
Inching towards universal access to PMTCT services - Reuters AlertNet
Cheap drugs could cut deaths in childbirth in Africa, say researchers - The Guardian
September 2009
Better nutrition is central to addressing hunger and food security - Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
The Challenges to Increasing Foreign Assistance - Budget Insight
"It's Normal Here That Children Die Young" - Inter Press Service
Traditional Birth Attendants Blamed for High Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone - Voice of America
New Findings Urge Countries to Invest in Pneumonia Prevention - Global Health TV
Toilets Making a Difference at Clinton Global Initiative - Urban Health Updates
AIDS vaccine works, but results confuse scientists - Vancouver Sun
Critical U.S Support will Help Mitigate the Global Impact of H1N1 (Swine) Flu - Center for Strategic & Int'l Studies
Will the G-20 do anything about poverty? - Foreign Policy
Making a case for foreign aid - Seattle Times
Q&A: Aids vaccine - The Guardian
3 million children - ONE
Enhancing U.S. Leadership on Drinking Water and Sanitation - Center for Strategic & Int'l Studies
An Investment Tip for G-20 Leaders - Huffington Post
Senate poobahs to Obama: What's up with USAID? - Foreign Policy
Keep maternal mortality on the agenda - The Guardian
African Leaders to Launch Major Anti-Malaria Campaign - Voice of America
Senators Lugar and Kerry Urge President to Fill Development Leadership Vacuum - Center for Global Development
Extra $1bn for healthcare in world's 72 poorest nations - The Guardian
Why the U.S. Needs Africa - Washington Post
Reflecting on Sudan... - Huffington Post
A Call to Action on Nutrition - USAID
Will Congress take action on Roadmap to End Global Hunger? - American Chronicle
Child undernutrition, tropical enteropathy, toilets, and handwashing - Lancet
In the Face of Crisis, Future for Aid is Uncertain - Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace
Building Awareness to Reduce Maternal Mortality - Inter Press Service
Powerhouse India lags China in nutrition goals - Reuters India
Asia: Region Lags Behind in Reducing Maternal Mortality Rates - Inter Press Service
Bono? Jesse Ventura? Mark Sanford? Why Not the Best? - Washington Post
New approach could stop 6 mln African malaria cases - Reuters
FACTBOX-Malaria: mosquito-borne killer - Reuters
Health Workers in Tanzania Battle 'Neglected Diseases' - Online NewsHour
Emanuel Offers Some Details of Administration’s Global Health Initiative - Science Speaks: HIV & TB News
BU begins $10m global health effort - Boston Globe
Healthier beginnings: What the world can learn from Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Countries with most pneumococcal and hib cases - Reuters AlertNet
WHO Data Underscores Pneumonia's Deadly Toll - Inter Press Service
Getting Water To The World's Poorest - Forbes
Malnutrition Killing Children Again - Inter Press Service
Levels and trends in under-5 mortality, 1990—2008 - The Lancet
Unbundling the declines in child mortality - Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog
UNICEF-Child deaths fall, but "grossly insufficient" - Reuters AlertNet
Urgent action needed to cut maternal deaths: UNICEF - Vancouver Sun
Global child mortality continues to drop - UNICEF
Hopeful Signs in Malawi - New York Times
UNICEF Data Shows Global Child Deaths Now Below 9M Annually, Progress Not Enough To Achieve MDG In Most Regions - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Closer and closer to zero - U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Some Good News on Goal 4 of the Millennium Development Goals - Bread for the World
Child mortality drop 'too slow' - BBC News
Balancing Optimism and Pessimism on Child Mortality - SOS Children's Villages
West, Central Africa Fall Behind Global Improvements in Infant Mortality - Voice of America
New WHO Data Underscores Global Threat of the World`s Leading Child Killer - Reuters
How Effective Is Community-Based Primary Health Care in Improving the Health of Children? - Community-Based Primary Health Care Working Group
Child Mortality Rate Declines Globally - New York Times
Salt, sugar and water avert diarrhea deaths: WHO - Vancouver Sun
President Obama’s Spotlight on Global Development - German Marshall Fund of the United States
Pregnant Women, People with Health Conditions, Have Greater Chance of Complications from H1N1 Virus - Save the Children
Diarrhoea is a leading cause of child deaths in South-East Asia - ReliefWeb
Flooding Will Increase Malaria in West Africa - Voice of America
US Aid Reform Initiatives Pick Up Speed - Devex
Vaccinations Can Save Millions of Lives Across Continent - AllAfrica.com
Saving the lives of South Africa's mothers, babies, and children: can the health system deliver? - Lancet
WHO position statement on IMCI - Lancet
Interactive Pneumococcal Vaccination Model - pneumoADIP
Obama Calls For White House Review of Global Development - ONE Blog
Newly found mosquito may carry malaria - United Press International
Teen Sensation Selena Gomez Appointed UNICEF Ambassador - Reuters
Treated bed nets cut infant malaria deaths - United Press International
The World Is Moving Forward Without Us - Huffington Post
Effect of Mass Distribution of Azithromycin for Trachoma Control on Overall Mortality in Ethiopian Children - Journal of the American Medical Association
Maternal Mortality, a Rural Community’s Example - Inter Press Service
Malaria: Scaling up Home-based Management for Children - USAID/BASICS
Can Mosquito Nets Stop Terrorists? - Foreign Policy
UN: World Recession Raising Malnutrition, Death Rates - Voice of America
8 Questions for PATH on their Latest Vaccine Breakthrough: Solving Temperature Sensitivity for the Hep-B Vaccination - Global Health Ideas
Bread for the World Applauds White House Directive on Global Development Policy - Reuters
Obama Launches Whole-of-Government Review of U.S. Global Development Policy - Center for Global Development
Improving survival of children with severe acute malnutrition in HIV-prevalent settings - International Health
August 2009
In new directive, Obama signs off on development review - Foreign Policy
Diarrhoeal disease - World Health Organization
Newborns: reducing mortality - World Health Organization
Bringing Men on Board to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality - Inter Press Service
Maternal And Child Health In Tajikistan - Voice of America
Experts Concerned By Leaderless USAID - NPR
The Ticking Clock on Aid Reform - The American
Simple responses to child mortality make a dramatic difference in DR Congo - UNICEF
India's poor suffer in official food fight - Global and Mail
Inhaled Measles Vaccine Closer to Reality - ABC News
Foreign Aid Reform: Studies and Recommendations - Congressional Research Service (pdf)
To save lives, an Indian doctor rethinks the toilet - AFP
Reform the right should embrace - Washington Times
A Promising Senate Initiative on Neglected Diseases - Center for Global Development
Which Millennium is the UN Aiming For? - Diplomatic Courier
Safe Drinking Water - CNN
Tanzania to get $111 mln for malaria fight - U.N. - Reuters
Will the U.S. Have Better Global Health Policies but Get Worse Results? - Center for Global Development
Sunlight Not the Solution for Clean Water -- New Study - National Geographic
'Water for All' Concerns Raised - OneWorld
2009 World Water Week: "Responding to Global Changes: Accessing Water for the Common Good” - UNICEF
Global Health Futures: Smaller, More Local Aid Efforts - Change.org
USAID: an agency without leader and direction - Lancet
Obama's Foreign Aid Mess - Blogs & Stories
Global healthcare takes more than a pill - Boston Globe
A New Course in the World, a New Approach at the U.N. - Foreign Policy
Happy birthday India! Sorry 2 million children will miss the celebration: Save the Children - Reuters AlertNet
Answers About Human Waste and Sanitation, Part 2 - New York Times
Pneumonia - World Health Organization
Go Away With Your Spray - Inter Press Service
Experimental drug effective in killing roundworms - Sanitation Updates
800,000 More Workers Needed in Africa to Meet Health Goals by 2015 - New York Times
Restoring USAID's Capabilities - Washington Post
Diarrhea: The Great Zinc Breakthrough - TIME Magazine
Bolivia tackles maternal and child deaths - Lancet (subscription req'd)
Health and development financing in Africa - Lancet (subscription req'd)
Better Tools to Target Malaria - Inter Press Service
The hour-window to find the breast - IRIN PlusNews
Coming Crisis on Water Is Here and Congress Is Thinking About It - Knight Center for International Media
Estimates Of Health Care Professional Shortages In Sub-Saharan Africa By 2015 - Health Affairs
Leadership Vacancy Raises Fears About USAID's Future - Washington Post
Fighting Malaria: World Vision to distribute, test next-generation bed net - Reuters AlertNet
India tells UNICEF to stop nutrition relief aid - Reuters India
Saving Lives - Kill or Cure? - Rockhopper TV (video)
Formula-feeding is not a sustainable solution - World Health Organization
A social explanation for the rise and fall of global health issues - World Health Organization
Researchers say they found malaria's origin: In chimps - CNN
Saving HIV-positive babies - IRIN PlusNews
Breast feeding prevents malnutrition and child mortality - Times of India
Few mothers breastfeed; awareness campaign launched - Thanh Nien News
WHO Says Mother's Milk is Best - Voice of America
Breastfeeding saves lives in emergencies, says UN health agency - UN News Centre
HIV infection in newborns reduced by drug treatment change - MediaGlobal
July 2009
Breastfeeding could save 1.3 mln child lives-WHO - Reuters
UNICEF emphasises child health benefits of breastfeeding - UNICEF
The breastmilk brand: promotion of child survival in the face of formula-milk marketing - Lancet (subscription req'd)
Breastfeeding: a vital emergency response. Are you ready? - World Health Organization
Maternal Mortality - The Medical Basics - Change.org
Malaria Control - Addressing Challenges to Ambitious Goals - New England Journal of Medicine
Malaria Strain Resists Drugs, May Threaten Millions, Study Says - Bloomberg.com
Water is Medicine -- Why Water and Sanitation Matter to Global Public Health - Water Advocates
Toilets and tap stands change lives in Nias - Reuters AlertNet
Kerry offers bill to revamp foreign aid - Boston Globe
Three Organizations Form Alliance To Address Global Malnutrition - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Mosquitoes deliver malaria 'vaccine' through bites - Associated Press
Crisis in the Operating Room - New York Times
Study Helps To Determine Malaria Susceptibility In Children - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7: Need for nutrition doesn't stop for emergencies - Reuters AlertNet
2nd World Water Summit - Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group
Pneumonia leading cause of death among children: experts - The Hindu
In Defense of Aid - Epoch Times
Maintaining momentum for malaria elimination - Lancet
Why I'm Against a Global Fund for Maternal Health - Change.org
What Are Health Systems and How Do We Strengthen Them? - Change.org
Watching children's health when diarrhea, dehydration occur - Jakarta Post
President Obama's Agenda Needs Greater Focus on Global Development - Brookings Institution
We Need a Global Fund for Moms - Huffington Post
Clinton Says U.S. Will Work With India To Address Health Challenges, Hunger - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Seattle scientists ready to human-test malaria vaccine - Seattle Times
Alliances for Health - Washington Post
GAVI Players Give Kids a Shot - GAVI Alliance (online videos)
His Maternal Instinct - New York Times
Specialists Debate How US Aid to Africa Can be More Effective - Voice of America
Empowering villagers to manage water - Denver Post
Kenya: Malnutrition crisis in northwest - Reuters AlertNet
Drug Sought for Diarrhea Common in Developing World - Wall Street Journal
Obama Addresses Ghana's Parliament, Reiterates U.S. Global Health Initiative - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Obama: "Too many still die from diseases that shouldn't kill them" - U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Malaria vaccine researchers face cultural challenges - Lancet (subscription required)
Addressing severe acute malnutrition where it matters - Lancet (subscription req'd)
G8 to build stronger partnership with Africa on water, sanitation - China View
Would You Let This Girl Drown? - New York Times
Taking the positives from the G8 summit - The Guardian
The G8 leaders need to prioritise aid for the world's children - The Guardian
Aid agencies demand G8 honours promise to Africa - AFP
Can Conditional Cash Transfers Work in Rural India? - Wall Street Journal
Millions of women are dying needlessly - La Stampa
UN chief urges more development aid - Seattle Times
Yemen wracked by malaria despite grants - Yemen Times
MDG Goals Face 'Triple Crisis' - Inter Press Service
World Poverty Gains Reduced, Countries Unlikely To Achieve Most MDGs, U.N. Report Says - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Neglected Diseases Under the Microscope - Inter Press Service
The Italian Job: What the 2009 G8 Summit Must Deliver on Health and Aid for Africa - Huffington Post
The Nation's Chris Hayes on the Politics of Aid - The Nation (video)
WHO and UNICEF estimates of national infant immunization coverage: methods and processes - World Health Organization
Inadequate Sanitation Denting GDP - Inter Press Service
June 2009
The Survival of Mothers - New York Times
Maternal Mortality, A Human Rights Catastrophe - Inter Press Service
Child vaccination program begins in Jordan to protect against world's leading child killer - AME Info
Moving forward with maternal health and human rights - Lancet (subscription req'd)
Cash transfers for children—investing into the future - Lancet (subscription req'd)
We all need to flush - New Statesman
Day of the African Child Briefing - Global Health TV (video)
Vitamin A deficiency and malaria - IRIN News
Malaria is Number One Killer of Children in Southern Sudan - Voice of America
Fragile Tanzanian Orphans Get Help After Mothers Die - New York Times
Firms target nutrition for the poor - BBC News
More Food for Thought on U.S. Food Aid - Global Development: Views from the Center
The Future of U.S. Global Health Policy - Online News Hour
Vaccine system hampers African efforts - Financial Times
Lancet Studies Examine Aspects Of Global Health Funding - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
NGOs Urge Renewed Fight Against Diarrheal Diseases - Voice of America
Following the Money - Scientific American
As global health funding surges, balance of power shifts - Seattle Times
The World's Under-Funded Health Crises - Forbes
The Unseen Consequences of Unsafe Water - ONE Blog
Saving children's lives - Washington Times
Day of the African Child - Reuters AlertNet
Flu Pandemic Deaths Linked to Poor Public Health - New York Times
Day of the African Child – June 16, 2009 - USAID
Remarks by Gloria Steele, Day of the African Child Event - USAID
Groups Mark Day Of The African Child, Highlight Improvement In Children's Survival, Work To Be Done - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Africa Marks Day Of The African Child - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Putting child health first - AllAfrica.com
Reaching Millennium Development Goal 4: What progress has Africa made and what more needs to be done? - ReliefWeb
Maternal, Child Health Lag Behind Other Millennium Development Goals, Study Finds - Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Health Care Crisis Can't Be Solved by Outsiders Alone - Huffington Post
28 days to save a life - IRIN News
On the International Day of the African Child - Global Health Progress
USAID Commemorates Day of the African Child; Launches Two Decades Report on Child Survival and Maternal Health - USAID
Low Birth Weight Risk Reduced by Multivitamins in Pregnancy - Voice of America
Day of the African Child: Saving lives and fighting for the rights of indigenous children - UNICEF
Let Us Create a World Fit for Children - AllAfrica.com
Committed to complacency - The Guardian
US faces global health aid dilemma - Boston Globe
Vaccine Plan Aims to Spur Drug Development for Poor Nations - Wall Street Journal
HIV/ AIDS: Unlikely alliances forming in global health crisis - NJ Voices
Malaria is more deadly than swine flu - The Guardian
G8 off track on increased aid to Africa - report - Reuters
G8's promise to Africa is likely to be broken, warns campaign group - The Guardian
US House Of Representatives Approves State Department Funding Measure - Voice of America
Improving Maternal, Newborn & Child Health - USAID
Pulling malaria from mosquitoes to fight disease - Seattle Times
Rotavirus: Every Child Should Be Vaccinated Against Diarrheal Disease, W.H.O. Says - New York Times
What Are We Worst at Covering? - New York Times
WHO urges standard diarrhea vaccine for children - Seattle Times
Diarrhea vaccine urged for all children - MSNBC
Tackling malnutrition among children - Times of India
Breaking the silence around prematurity and stillbirth - Reuters AlertNet
Professional assistance during birth and maternal mortality in two Indonesian districts - World Health Organization
Comparative impact assessment of child pneumonia interventions - World Health Organization
Accidents, not just diseases, a major threat to children, UN warns - Vancouver Sun
Cost-effective help for child pneumonia - United Press International
6,000 Kids Saved This Year in Rwanda - New York Times
In Nicaragua, Toilets Save Lives - Reuters AlertNet
May 2009
Preventable Deaths - New York Times
Success in health sector hailed by global council - New Nation (Bangladesh)
We can save a child for just $44 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Childbirth in Tanzania (photo essay) - New York Times
32 Cents for AIDS Prevention - Huffington Post
The Hidden Hunger - New York Times
Where Life’s Start Is a Deadly Risk - New York Times
The Cornerstone of Obama's Foreign Aid Policy: Health and Wealth - Huffington Post
NGOs Try Power in Numbers Approach in Call to Action Against Diarrheal Disease - Center for Global Development
WHO: young child deaths down a third since 1990 - Associated Press
Investing in Child And Maternal Health Makes Good Economic Sense - Voice of America
Progress on health-related MDGs mixed - World Health Organization
Maternal and newborn survival rates not improving-WHO - Reuters
Worsening Afghan security hurting children: UNICEF - AFP
Introducing the Water for the World Act - ONE Blog
Maternal deaths deemed inexcusable, "an outrage" - Reuters
Diarrhoea: Donors urged to tackle leading killer of under-fives – reports by WaterAid and PATH - Sanitation Updates
This Mom Didn’t Have to Die - New York Times
Obama calls for steps that will help us get to "zero" - U.S. Fund for UNICEF
G20 must help Africa through recession - World Bank - Reuters
Zambia: Sanitation Key to Reducing Diarrhoea in Children - AllAfrica.com
To address global poverty, first fight for global health - Charlotte Observer
Experts: Diarrhea Neglect Killing Millions of Children - OneWorld US
Donors urged to tackle leading killer of under-fives - reports - Reuters AlertNet
What a Little Vitamin A Could Do - New York Times
The Possiblity of a Pandemic and the Certainty of Diseases That Kill - Huffington Post
Children sanitation alert issued - BBC News
Afghanistan: Thousands of schools lack drinking water, sanitation - IRIN News
Killer Diarrheal Diseases Eclipsed on Donor Agendas - Inter Press Service
Defeating a Global Killer - ONE Blog
World Pneumonia Day? - ONE Blog
Global aid agencies call for greater investment in life-saving vitamins and minerals - UNICEF
4 Million Kids in 4 Days - New York Times
Can big business help solve Africa's drug distribution problems? - The Guardian
International forum issues joint call for enhanced investment in micronutrients - Relief Web
Obama, AIDS, and the world - Boston Global
Life Is Water - ONE Blog
Millions Threatened With Hunger and Disease in Horn of Africa - Voice of America
Happy Mother’s Day! - ONE Blog
The Killer No One Suspects - New York Times
A real gift to moms: helping kids to survive - Greenwich Time
Remembering the Burden of Malaria on Mother's Day - Huffington Post
New Report Says Sub-Saharan Africa is Worst Place to Be Mother - Voice of America
Researchers Advance Toward Effective Malaria Vaccine - Voice of America
Obama administration seeks $63B for world health - Associated Press
Don't Forget About Foreign Aid - Wall Street Journal
The right fight - U.S. lags in tackling a top killer of children; Hopkins expert wants to change that - Baltimore Sun
Is a change of attitude needed to reduce death in childbirth? - The Guardian
Obama Seeks a Global Health Plan Broader Than Bush’s AIDS Effort - New York Times
Improving care for mothers and newborns in Uzbekistan - UNICEF
A global fund for the health MDGs? - Lancet
Rescuing the bottom billion through control of neglected tropical diseases - Lancet
World Bank admits most health aid fails - The Guardian
April 2009
Nepal: Maternal health goal way off, say experts - IRIN News
New growth measures help fight infant mortality - Reuters AlertNet
Seattle philanthropy at center of world malaria fight - Seattle Times
Indonesia: East Nusa Tenggara battling malnutrition - IRIN News
Malaria Still A Public Health Threat But There Is Optimism - Voice of America
Plan to end global hunger needs support - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
World Health Officials Worried About Resistant Mosquitoes - Voice of America
Commentary: Yes, we can eradicate malaria - CNN
President Obama and the End of Malaria - Huffington Post
Target: Malaria - Wall Street Journal
Rwanda launches vaccine programme to reduce child deaths - Reuters AlertNet
Rwanda First to Start National Pneumococcal Vaccine Program in Developing World - Voice of America
US to lead in ending malaria deaths by 2015 - Associated Press
Zambia's dropping malaria death rate is world model: WHO - AFP
Bioengineered bugs could lead to malaria vaccine - CNN
A new push to combat malaria - Financial Times
World’s best chance to tackle killer - Financial Times
The perils of pregnancy in Pursat - The Phnom Penh Post
Liberia: More children surviving, more women dying in childbirth - IRIN News
Africa's first ladies urge education, health care - Associated Press
The Politics of Toilets - PostGlobal
Maternal height linked to child deaths in India - Reuters UK
Global health leaders to address urgent crisis of prematurity and stillbirth - UNICEF
Subsidy Plan Seeks to Cut Malaria Drug Cost - New York Times
Malaria-Control Scheme Targets Older Mosquitoes - Voice of America
Millions for malaria drug scheme - BBC News
A Forgotten Glass Ceiling: A Safe Drink of Water - ONE Blog
Even now, we must continue giving to the world's poor - New Hampshire Union Leader
Don't let them die - Baltimore Sun
New vaccine for infants - The Times (South Africa)
New Compound Boosts Effectiveness of Malaria Drugs - Voice of America
A Forgotten Glass Ceiling: A Safe Drink of Water - Huffington Post
Progress in Global Measles Control and Mortality Reduction, 2000-2007 - Journal of the American Medical Association
Resistance is useless - Economist
Join the fight against childhood pneumonia - Tennessean
International Lawmakers Study Ways to End Global Health Care Inequities - Voice of America
Government comment raises confusion on routine immunisation - Reuters AlertNet
'Two million children die in India every year' - The Hindu
The long road to safe, clean water - The Guardian
The lifetime risk of maternal mortality: concept and measurement - World Health Organization
Just Like Us - Success
Saving newborn lives: Ball right in our court - IPP Media (Tanzania)
Shelving malaria - Foreign Policy
Developing nations face malnutrition threat - The Guardian
A new deal for the world's poor? - Kingston Whig Standard (Ontario)
Healthcare a major challenge for Uganda - The Guardian
At Stake Are More Than Banks - New York Times
Impact of financial crisis on health: a truly global solution is needed - World Health Organization
March 2009
'Global crisis has left another 10 million children hungry' - Economic Times (India)
2 million children suffering from malnutrition in Bangladesh: UN - The Hindu
Gates and AusAID fund project to save lives of babies and mothers - University of Queensland
U.N. Food Agency Chief Warns of Impact of Tighter Credit - Wall Street Journal
New vaccine may check pneumonia deaths - Times of India
Malaria and Pneumonia - collaboration, not competition - Malaria Matters Blog
Pssst. Pneumonia. Pass it on. - New York Times - On the Ground
Horrific human cost of rising food prices in Africa - Daily Record (Scotland)
Without aid, poor will pay for crisis with their lives - Brisbane Times
Africa Matters - ONE Blog
Toilets in the Stream - ONE Blog
A different look at vaccination - Cornwall Standard Freeholder (Ontario)
Researchers Developing New Ways to Purify Water - Inter Press Service
Making Ripples This World Water Day - Huffington Post
Sudan: "Survival package" for Southern children - IRIN News
Bangladesh: Unusually early outbreak of diarrhoea in Dhaka - IRIN News
Malaria map shows where to target the disease - Reuters India
G20 Given Outline to Help the Poor During Global Recession - Voice of America
GlaxoSmithKline Fights Malaria in Africa with Satellites - Fast Company
Ayesha Goes to Washington - The ONE Blog
Four million Rwandan children targeted for life-saving interventions - UNICEF
Corruption Found to Impede Access to Water in Zambia - Voice of America
Focus is on keeping Third World babies alive - Mormon Times
Vaccination: Vaccine Delays in Poorer Nations Raise Health Risks for Infants - New York Times
Economy forces Obama to rein in foreign-aid goals - Christian Science Monitor
Lack of water still kills - The Guardian
3 billion poor people need world's help - CNN
New initiative to reduce child and maternal mortality gets underway in Southern Sudan - ReliefWeb
A place for charity even in these tough times - Japan Times
WHO to tackle diarrhoea deaths - Irish Medical Times
Food-shortage threat growing across globe - The Hill
Reporting From the World Water Forum - The ONE Blog
Expert Says Days of 'Easy Water' Are Over - Voice of America
Wal-Mart and the AFL-CIO Agree: The U.S. Can (and Must) Do a Better Job Fighting Poverty, Disease, and Lack of Opportunity in the Developing World - Huffington Post
UN warns of rising demand for clean water - Associated Press
Giving birth is fraught with danger in Haiti - International Herald Tribune
Downturn could kill 400,000 children, warns Margaret Chan - The Times (U.K.)
Focus on water for a whole week - Hurriyet (Turkey)
Maternal deaths drop by 59% - China Daily
Hanging in the Balance: Who Will Deal with Child Malnutrition? - Center for Global Development
World hunger, the crisis inside the economic crisis - Los Angeles Times
As Indian Growth Soars, Child Hunger Persists - New York Times
Women of the world are crying out for your help - Telegraph
The toxins trickle downward - Economist
Salt, sugar and water avert diarrhoea deaths - WHO - Reuters India
Diarrhoea a major child killer - Herald Sun (Australia)
More research needed into childhood diarrhoea - World Health Organization
The Life You Can Save - New York Times
Red Cross Reports Increase in Diarrheal Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa - Voice of America
Forgotten victims of the global downturn - Financial Times
Lack of sanitation hinders development of rural areas - Phnom Penh Post
Can cash-strapped world find emergency funds for poor? - Reuters AlertNet
Life-saving Treatment Not Reaching Children With Diarrhea - Voice of America
South Asian women face higher risk of death in childbirth - The Hindu
World's poor suffering most in the credit crunch - The Guardian
The developing world is too big to fail - Guardian
Meltdown to affect the world's poor: UNESCO - The Hindu
In need of more - The Economist
Food prices tax urban poor - Phnom Penh Post
1.6 million die of pneumonia annually: studies - AFP
South African meeting highlights devastation of Pneumococcal disease - Services in Scientific Work in Africa
South Africa: New vaccine could save thousands of children - IRIN News
Anti-hunger groups push for more aid - Statesman Journal
February 2009
Home deliveries contribute to mother, child deaths - IRIN News
Emerging trends threaten health gains - Phnom Penh Post
Myanmar: Majority of under-five deaths preventable - UNICEF - IRIN News
A Better Deal on Malaria - Time
Africa: Dealing with the global economic and financial storm - The Independent (Uganda)
Q&A: Sanitation Crisis Runs Deep in Africa, Asia - Inter Press Service
Hard times for health charities - Guardian Weekly
Hunger Exacerbating Child Mortality - Inter Press Service
No Quick Fix for Malnutrition and Hunger - Inter Press Service
Hunger groups push for boost in U.S. aid budgets - Reuters
Pneumonia: Grant Will Allow Testing in Poor Countries to Determine Causes of a Common Killer - New York Times
Zambia: Corruption in Water Sector Makes Clean Water A Pipedream - Inter Press Service
Cherry-flavored malaria drug launched for kids - Seattle Times
Ambitious target to cut malaria infections - IRIN News
Unleashing mutated mosquitoes to fight malaria - IRIN News
Malaria: Spoonful of sugar could save thousands of children - AFP
Malnutrition cases in under-five children on the rise - Lusaka Times (Zambia)
Mobile Phones May Bring Better Healthcare to Poor Countries - Voice of America
Researchers Identify Genes that Allow Mosquitoes to Resist Insecticides - Voice of America
Breastfeeding cuts baby girls' pneumonia risk - Reuters
A new agenda for children affected by HIV/AIDS - Lancet (subscription only)
Paltry funding for tackling deadly diseases - IRIN News
DC Youth Explore Global Water, Sanitation Crises - Voice of America
G8 and strengthening of health systems: follow-up to the Toyako summit - Lancet (subscription only)
Q&A: "Sanitation Is Becoming a Social Movement" - Inter Press Service
Economic Crisis May Take Toll on Health Services in Developing Nations - The Online NewsHour
Mosquito genes could be target in malaria fight - Reuters UK
Need to focus on maternal, child health - top AU official - IRIN News
Extreme Risks for Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies in Developing Countries - Business Mirror (Philippines)
Botswana: Many Lives Lost Unnecessarily - AllAfrica.com
The Export No Country Wants - Center for Global Development
Female Community Volunteers Save Children from Pneumonia Deaths in Nepal - Global Health Magazine
Strategies to tackle pneumonia - The News (Pakistan)
January 2009
The global financial crisis: an acute threat to health - Lancet (subscription only)
Food aid must change to suit children - IRIN News
UNICEF feels the pinch of the food price crisis - IRIN News
New Child-Friendly Malaria Drug Presents Distribution Challenge - Wall Street Journal
Much More Money Needed to Solve Food Crisis, Says NGO - Voice of America
Botswana: Maternal and Infant Deaths Still High - AllAfrica.com
Beyond Prices, Patents and Logistics: A Deeper Look at the Challenges of Expanding Access to Life-Saving Medicines and Technologies in Developing Countries - Center for Global Development
Spread of Malaria Feared as Drug Loses Potency - New York Times
Health spending cuts endanger tens of thousands - Financial Times
Education key to maternal and newborn health - Yemen Times
Fixing aid critical to bolster U.S. leadership - Reuters
WHO, UNICEF tackle critical lack of 'child size' medicines - My Joy Online (Ghana)
Believe in Zero - The ONE Blog
When joy of pregnancy turns to heartbreak - CNN
Effect of Preventive Supplementation With Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food on the Nutritional Status,Mortality, and Morbidity of Children Aged 6 to 60 Months in Niger - Journal of the American Medical Association (pdf)
Pneumonia is Nigeria's silent child killer - Vanguard (Nigeria)
Myanmar: Maternal mortality remains high - IRIN News
WHO: Financial Crisis Hits Health of Poor - Voice of America
Helping children in need - Washington Times
Measurement of immunisation coverage - Lancet (subscription only)
Measurement of immunisation coverage - Authors' reply - Lancet (subscription only)
Vaccine coverage and the GAVI Alliance Immunization Services Support initiative - Lancet (subscription only)
Maternal and child deaths high in Asia-Pacific region - The Age (Australia)
Mortal struggle to reduce child deaths - Independent Online (South Africa)
No-Plumbing Disease - The ONE Blog
Eye study shows how deadly form of malaria kills - Reuters
Widening disparity in India's health battle-UN - Reuters India
Women in developing countries 300 times more likely to die in childbirth - Guardian
Pakistan: New vaccine aims to combat pneumonia deaths - IRIN News
UNICEF: Teenage pregnancies 5 times deadlier than for women in 20s - Chicago Tribune
Too Many Women and Children Dying - Inter Press Service
Urgent action needed to cut maternal deaths: UNICEF - Reuters Africa
Saving lives does not cost much - IRIN News
UN: Bangladesh launches new children's vaccine - MSNBC
SIERRA LEONE: Children dying but hope persists - IRIN News
'Tragedy' of maternal death - BBC News
Better Education Improves Health of Mothers and Children - Inter Press Service
Congo: Backstreet remedies hinder anti-malaria fight - IRIN News
Mozambique in food crisis warning - BBC News
Cambodia: Malaria becoming deadlier - Reuters AlertNet
Community-based care helps reduce child deaths in Senegal - UNICEF
To save the child's life - The Hindu (India)
The global financial downturn - imperatives for the health sector - Lancet
Mothers in Niger ensure health of their babies by caring for their own - UNICEF
The end of the era of generosity? Global health amid economic crisis - Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
Five Global Health Problems that are much worse than they sound - change.org
New UNICEF campaign aims to reduce child deaths in Central African Republic - UN News Centre
Validation of community health workers' assessment of neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh - World Health Organization
America's commitment to global health - Lancet
Keep the promise - International Herald Tribune
UN introduces new food supplement against Somalia child hunger - AFP
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