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  • AJC: Hospital Execs Pay Raises Eyebrows

    In other news, The Boston Globe reports that Quincy Hospital has declared bankruptcy just days after its trustees approved a deal for the facility to be acquired by Steward Health Care System.

    By khnweb

  • Dems To CMS: Hold Firm On Medicaid ‘MOE’ Requirements

    Meanwhile, a Government Accountability Office report finds that, although most physicians accept some new Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program patients, a majority of primary care docs say they have difficulty finding specialists to provide care for these young low-income patients.

    By khnweb

  • Concept Advances For More Accountable Care To Elderly Patients

    The Chicago Tribune reports on how the health law - via Medicare - is pushing accountable care organizations, a new model that emphasizes coordination. And, the Minneapolis Star Tribune details some of the hesitancy that seems to surround the health law's wellness screenings.

    By khnweb

  • Donor Fatigue Harming Efforts To Fight Drought In Horn Of Africa, Aid Agencies Say

    As a severe drought affecting Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia forces more people into refugee camps, donor fatigue is harming aid agencies' abilities to work in the Horn of Africa, because "these recurrent droughts used to happen every 5-10 years but what we see now is it basically every other year ... an indication of climate change conditions," Michael Klaus, UNICEF spokesperson for east and southern Africa, told Reuters in an interview (Gachenge, 7/2).

    By khnweb

  • First Edition: July 5, 2011

    Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how Medicare, Medicaid and the health care industry might fare in the ongoing budget negotiations.

    By khnweb

  • WFP Funding Shortfall Forcing Cutbacks In Afghanistan

    "The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is being forced by a funding shortfall to cut its recovery programmes in nearly half of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, a spokesperson said," just as the country prepares for expected food shortages over the coming months, IRIN reports.

    By khnweb

  • IPS Looks At U.N. Women Funding Levels

    Inter Press Service looks at funding for U.N. Women six months after the organization launched. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "set an initial target of 500 million dollars as the proposed annual budget for the new gender-empowered body. But nearly six months later, the voluntary funding for U.N. Women (UNW) from the 192 member states has remained painfully slow," IPS writes.

    By khnweb

  • IRIN Reports On Concerns Over Poor Midwife Training In Senegal

    IRIN reports on concerns about the low level of training midwives in Senegal undergo, a topic that was discussed at the launch of the U.N. Population Fund's (UNFPA) State of the World's Midwives report in Senegal. According to UNFPA, "[p]oorly-regulated, privately-run training schools in Senegal are churning out midwives who do not have a solid grasp of birthing or ante- and post-natal care, causing women and babies to die needlessly," IRIN writes. There are dozens of midwife training schools in the country, which are supposed to be regulated, but because the government only has two inspectors to monitor the schools, many of them have low standards, said Edwige Adekambi, UNFPA's joint Senegal director (6/30).

    By khnweb

  • We Must Do More To Monitor Aid Spending Abroad

    In a Washington Times opinion piece, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) points to recent developments and experiences that have led him to conclude that "vast amounts of U.S. aid money is being spent with little documentation or verification of quantifiable results."

    By khnweb

  • TB Fight Must Break From Status Quo

    "As WHO prepares for reform, it is also adjusting to a new financially constrained environment. WHO's STOP TB department, like others, has to downsize and refocus its activities. With increasing demand for guidance, technical support, and capacity-building in countries, the STOP TB department and partnership will have to do more with less in the future," a Lancet editorial states.

    By khnweb