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Gates Foundation Announces 5-Year, $1.5 Billion Commitment For Maternal, Child Health
During the Women Deliver conference on Monday Melinda Gates announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "will spend $1.5 billion over the next five years on maternal and child health, family planning and nutrition in developing countries, a pledge that signals a new focus for the foundation known for concentrating on vaccines and AIDS," the Wall Street Journal reports (Jordan, 6/7).
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UNITAID Concerned About Infant HIV Medication Shortage, Drug Company Says Supply Is Sufficient
Bristol-Myers Squibb's plans this month to close its plant in Meymac, France, that manufactures "the last therapeutic option" for HIV-positive babies has drawn criticism from UNITAID, Reuters reports. In an open letter published in the Lancet (.pdf), UNITAID writes that "[c]losing this factory means that 4,000 to 7,000 babies currently enrolled in treatment plans in developing countries through UNITAID could be left without the medicines they need."
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In The News: Senate And Jobs Bill; Obama Appeals To Seniors; States’ Medicaid Squeeze; Beyond COBRA
News outlets previewed President Obama's planned visit to a senior center to tout health reform, several columns looked at insurance issues, doctors say electronic medical record goals are unrealistic and military treatment of traumatic brain injuries is investigated.
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U.N. Secretary-General, Sec. Of State Clinton Address Women Deliver Conference
Governments worldwide should work with the U.N. on a joint action plan to significantly improve the health of women and children around the world by 2015, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a speech at the opening of the Women Deliver conference on Monday in Washington, DC, Agence France-Presse reports.
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G8 Final Communique Draft Shows Agreement On Maternal, Child Health Initiative, Funding Amounts Not Yet Set
A final communique draft completed last month for the upcoming G8 summit states that leaders will agree on a maternal health initiative that focuses on improving access to sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning, in the developing world, the Globe and Mail reports. The draft leaves "G8 countries free to decide whether their programs on reproductive health will fund abortions" (Clark, 6/4).
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First Edition: News Coverage On Dems’ Health Reform Campaign; Medicare Fees; Medical Marijuana
Major media covered Democratic efforts to "sell" the new health law (as both parties seek political support from unions), worries about doctor shortages and relationships with patients.
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Congress Returns To Controversy Over Doctors’ Medicare Pay, COBRA Susidies
The Senate may consider a bill this week to rollback a cut in Medicare payments to doctors. A provision to subsidize newly laid-off workers' health insurance payments is not in the bill. Lawmakers are wary of increasing the deficit.
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Humana Sees Strong Future In Medicare; AHIP Seeks More Cost Containment Measures
News outlets report on recent statements by health care industry officials.
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Health Overhaul Supporters Plan $25 Million Promotion Campaign
As the debate over the new health law continues, several news outlets explore the effects of the law and other health policies, including the question of whether a doctor shortage looms, insuring early retirees and stem cell treatments.
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British PM Calls For G8, G20 To Reduce Maternal Mortality, Announces New Health Worker Training Fund
In a Guardian opinion piece, published on Thursday, British Prime Minister David Cameron says G8 and G20 nations should reduce maternal mortality in developing countries and set "an ambitious target" of saving three million more lives by 2015, the Guardian reports (Watt, 6/3).
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EU Sends $29M In Food, Medical Aid To Combat Increasing Food Insecurity In Africa’s Sahel Region
The European Union on Wednesday sent $29 million worth of food and medical aid to help "millions facing hunger" across the drought-stricken Sahel region of West Africa, Reuters reports. "Failed rains have left over 10 million people at risk in Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and other countries in the semi-arid belt stretching across the southern edge of the Sahara," the news service writes. "Niger last month forecast that 3.3 million people, or 22 percent of its population, would face severe food shortages, with a further 3.8 million vulnerable to a lesser degree" (John, 6/2).
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Bangladeshi Children Who Lose Mothers More Likely To Die, Lancet Study Finds
Children in Bangladesh whose mothers died "had about a 24 percent chance of making it to age 10," while children with mothers had an 89 percent chance of surviving, according to a Lancet study published on Friday, the Associated Press reports.
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BMJ Report Questions WHO Advisors’ Ties To Pharmaceutical Industry
"Key scientists behind World Health Organization advice on stockpiling of pandemic flu drugs had financial ties with companies which stood to profit," according to a joint investigation by BMJ in collaboration with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC News reports (6/4).
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Insurers, White House Bound By Need To Make Overhaul A Success
The Obama administration and insurance industry have at times been opponents but now find their fortunes bound together as both work to make the overhaul successful.
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AMA Launches Ads Pushing Senators On ‘Doc Fix’ While Warning On Cuts
The American Medical Association has launched a multi-million-dollar series of ads pressuring senators to avert a payment cut scheduled to take effect soon for doctors who treat Medicare patients while warning that a permanent fix of the system is the only way to completely ensure continuity of care for seniors.
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