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Speaking at the 61st session of the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire, on Thursday, African Regional Director of WHO Luis Sambo said "that 46 Africa member countries still had remarkable challenges to scale before meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)," Nigeria's The Nation reports.
Federal rules mandate that companies explain the hikes and submit them to regulators. Also, HHS announced that association health plans must meet the same rate scrutiny as other types of insurance.
A selection of some opinions and editorials from around the country.
"Finland's national health institute said on Thursday its latest research on previously found links between children's narcolepsy and GlaxoSmithKline's [GSK] Pandemrix vaccine against [H1N1] swine flu also involved a genetic risk factor," Reuters reports. In Finland, where 98 narcolepsy cases have been reported following the flu vaccinations, researchers found vaccinated children ages four to 19 "had a 12.7 times higher risk of experiencing narcolepsy than those who were not," the news agency notes (9/1).
In this New York Times' "Opinionator" blog post, journalist and author Tina Rosenberg examines the contrasts between refugee situations in rural camps -- such as Dadaab in Kenya, where tens of thousands have sought relief from drought and famine in Somalia -- and more urban areas, such as cities in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, where approximately 1.6 million Iraqi refugees are living. "At Dadaab, [refugees] receive food, medical care, basic shelter -- the emergency relief they need," but "[t]he camp lacks the money to provide even subsistence rations" and "the refugees give up their rights to move freely and to work," she writes. In urban areas, refugees "get help from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with an ATM card that allows them to withdraw money every month. ... They buy their own food and rent their own apartments. They use the local schools and health clinics," Rosenberg says.
"Without attention to population, countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan stand a good chance of staying mired in poverty, conflict, and corrupt, repressive government. That is why sustained investment in family planning by the United States and other countries would do more to stabilize the political climate there than any other foreign-policy initiative," Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba, former Defense Department consultant and the Mellon Environmental Fellow in the department of international studies at Rhodes College, writes in a Philadelphia Inquirer opinion piece.
This week's reports come from the National Governors Association, the Journal Of Public Health Policy, the Government Accountability Office, the Journal Of Internal General Medicine, the New England Journal Of Medicine, the Urban Institute and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports on a new study of the health problems suffered by 9/11 first responders.
GOP presidential contenders Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry express their views on the nation's health care system.
Meanwhile, the S.C. governor turns down federal funds for building her state's exchange.
The funds, which are partly from the health law and will go to states, will help support health departments.
A Kansas scientist has developed a device to stabilize fractures during battle in the hopes of cutting down the number of amputations needed. Meanwhile, St. Jude researchers have launched a study of a new heart defibrillator.
The New York Times looks at Florida's efforts to stop illegal sales of prescription drugs while other outlets examine local hospital issues.
Repealing SGR would end the series of "doc fix" legislative patches. Also: KHN's Mary Agnes Carey discusses likely consensus builders on the debt panel.
Heavy lobbying in the state Senate helped kill the bill, which would have strengthened the state's ability to review insurance premium increases.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that a nurse misused equipment to teach diabetic patients how to inject insulin. Meanwhile, researchers look at how hospital uniforms can carry germs.
Meanwhile, federal investigators look into suspicious sales of prostheses, and S.D. whistle blower earns reward from federal government.
The insurer will acquire the management arm of a practice association of 2,300 physicians.
State Medicaid program cutbacks are having an effect on care for low-income Americans.
Moody's predicts the slowdown will continue for several years. Meanwhile, the NLRB overturns a 1991 policy on unions in nursing homes.
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