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BMJ News Reports On Russia’s $15.1B Health Care Overhaul

July 27, 2010 Morning Briefing

Russia will undergo a $15.1 billion overhaul of its health care sector, including changes to its medical insurance system as well as health care delivery across the country, according to BMJ News.

Researchers Map Malaria Parasite P Vivax; Nearly 3B People At Risk Of Infection In 2009

August 4, 2010 Morning Briefing

A new evidence-based map estimates that in 2009 2.85 billion people lived “at risk of infection” with the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, reports BMJ News. A new study, published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, shows P vivax “is more widespread and potentially represents a greater burden on human health in some parts of the world than P falciparum, the species usually associated with the greatest mortality and morbidity,” BMJ News writes (Moszynski, 8/3).

House Passes Nearly $60B FY10 Supplemental

July 2, 2010 Morning Briefing

The House of Representatives passed an nearly “$60 billion bill Thursday to pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and fund a variety of other programs,” including relief and rebuilding initiatives in Haiti following the January earthquake, Fox News’ “The Speaker’s Lobby” blog reports (Pergram, 7/1).

Report Says G8 Countries Short $10B On $50B Commitment, Reveals Mixed Progress On Health Goals

June 21, 2010 Morning Briefing

An accountability report, prepared by officials in G8 member countries’ foreign affairs departments, acknowledges that G8 “countries are $10 billion behind the five-year, $50-billion commitment they made at their 2005 summit in Scotland,” the Canadian Press/CTV News reports (6/20).

More Than 2B Worldwide Lack Access To Adequate Surgical Services, Study Finds

July 2, 2010 Morning Briefing

“More than 2 billion people worldwide do not have adequate access to surgical services, and low-income countries in particular have low levels of surgical care,” according to a study published online Thursday in the Lancet, HealthDay News/Modern Medicine reports (7/1).

House Subcommittee Approves $52.7B FY11 Foreign Ops Appropriations Bill

July 1, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs approved a $52.7 billion FY 2011 spending bill on Wednesday, CongressDaily reports. The bill withheld $3.9 billion in aid for Afghanistan in response to concerns about corruption and “already cut $4 billion from President Obama’s request to fund the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and dozens of foreign assistance and cooperation programs,” the publication writes.

Report Examines G8’s $22B Food Security Pledge, Highlights Need For Funding Delivery

June 18, 2010 Morning Briefing

A report from the anti-poverty group ActionAid finds that less than one-third of the $22 billion that was pledged to improve food security during a 2009 G8 meeting in L’Aquila, Italy, is from new funding sources, the U.K. Press Association reports (6/18).

U.N. Secretary-General To Ask G20 For Additional $60B Over 5 Years For Maternal, Child Health

June 24, 2010 Morning Briefing

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he plans to ask the G20 to follow through on aid promises and to commit an additional $60 billion over five years for lowering maternal and child mortality rates worldwide, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

Canada Willing To Spend $1B On G8 Maternal, Child Health Initiative

June 1, 2010 Morning Briefing

Canada has told other G8 countries that it “is willing to put about $1 billion toward maternal and child health

Financial Times Examines How GAVI’s $2.6B Shortfall Might Affect New Vaccine Programs In Developing Countries

June 16, 2010 Morning Briefing

GAVI Alliance’s plan to introduce new vaccine projects in the developing world “is under threat amid the international economic downturn,” the Financial Times reports. “Subsidies to extend the use of vaccines against rubella, HPV to tackle cervical cancer, cholera and Japanese encephalitis in the developing world are among those likely to be cancelled or delayed, the head of the U.N.-backed” Alliance’s CEO Julian Lob-Levyt said, the newspaper writes.