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  • First Edition: March 16, 2012

    Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the federal government has cut Texas Medicaid funds because of a Planned Parenthood flap.

    By khnweb

  • In Congress, A Budget Battle Is Brewing

    House GOP lawmakers are pushing cuts in the 2013 budget plan that go much deeper than the outline agreed upon last summer as part of a Republican-Democratic deal to raise the debt ceiling.

    By khnweb

  • Are HIPAA Rules Impeding Medical Research?

    The Philadelphia Inquirer explores the possibility that health privacy rules are preventing researchers from accessing information that can help formulate best health care practices and policies.

    By khnweb

  • Romney Critics Cite Mass. Health Law, Planned Parenthood Statement

    The Massachusetts health law, which GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney signed while governor and which includes an individual mandate, continues to haunt him in the primaries. Meanwhile, Democrats use his recent pledge to 'get rid of' Planned Parenthood to diminish his appeal with female voters.

    By khnweb

  • S.C. Won’t Have To Refund Exchange Grant, Other Exchange News

    South Carolina won't have to refund the federal government a $1 million grant it received, even though the state decided not to create a health insurance exchange. Mississippi and California, in the meantime, are moving along on creating such marketplaces, despite differing views on the health law.

    By khnweb

  • What’s In Store At The Supreme Court

    News outlets report on the issues in play when the high court hears the health law oral arguments later this month, how particular justices might form their opinions and lay out the new, all-or-nothing position adopted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

    By khnweb

  • Nearly 25% Of Yemenis Face Severe Hunger, Preliminary WFP Survey Finds

    "Almost five million Yemenis are unable to produce or buy the food they need, according to preliminary findings of a United Nations survey," the U.N. News Centre reports (3/14). A World Food Programme (WFP) "survey on food security among 8,000 households in 19 of the country's 21 governorates concluded that approximately five million people -- about 22 percent of the population -- are facing severe hunger, double the 2009 number and above the threshold at which food aid is required," the Guardian reports (Ford, 3/14). The survey, "which was produced in collaboration with the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Yemeni Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), also found that a further five million people are at risk of becoming severely food insecure as they face rising food prices and conflict," the U.N. News Centre notes (3/14).

    By khnweb

  • IPS Explores Challenges To Providing Family Planning Services In Cote d’Ivoire

    Inter Press Service explores how patriarchal tradition, cultural values, low government health spending, and a lack of access to supplies and education pose challenges to women who wish to obtain family planning services in Cote d'Ivoire. In the West African country, "family planning is widely regarded as a 'women's issue' that husbands do not have to concern themselves with," therefore, "very few men use the small number of public services on offer, while women continue to struggle to realize their sexual and reproductive rights," the news service writes. The article discusses a clinic "run by the non-governmental health organization Ivorian Association for Family Well-Being (AIBEF)," which is the "one clinic that offers family planning services free of charge" in Abidjan, the country's commercial capital (Palitza, 3/15).

    By khnweb

  • Teen Pregnancies Increasing In Philippines Because Of Lack Of Services, Reproductive Health Information, Experts Say

    A "[l]ack of services and information about adolescent reproductive health [in the Philippines] is fueling the rise of teen pregnancies and hurting child survival rates, according to health experts," IRIN reports. "'Teenage pregnancy is becoming a great problem in the country. These young mothers are unable to give quality care to their babies, hence these babies usually are sickly and malnourished,' Jacqueline Kitong, reproductive health adviser in the Philippines for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), told IRIN," according to the news service.

    By khnweb

  • Joint Fact Sheet On U.S.-U.K. Partnership For Global Development

    A joint fact sheet on the U.S.-U.K. Partnership for Global Development is available on the White House website. "Through the Partnership, we are working together to achieve better results by advancing economic growth; preventing conflict in fragile states; improving global health, particularly for girls and women; strengthening mutual accountability, transparency, and measurement of results; and mitigating the effects of climate change," the fact sheet states, elaborating on joint efforts in each of these areas (3/14).

    By khnweb