by ghgovernance | Jul 31, 2014 | Asia, Global Health Governance Blog
Laurie Garrett and Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellows for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations In mid-July, the Chinese city of Yumen in the northwestern province of Gansu sealed itself off and placed 151 people in quarantine after a man was exposed to a Himalayan...
by ghgovernance | Jul 22, 2014 | Armed Forces/Military, Donor Assistance/Aid, Global Health Governance Blog, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, United Nations
Tara Ornstein, Contributing Blogger On July 7, 2014, the United Nations (UN) released a new report describing the world’s progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and noted several positive developments. According to the report, the proportion of...
by ghgovernance | Jul 17, 2014 | Asia, Global Health Governance Blog, Governance
Yanzhong Huang, Editor of the Global Health Governance Journal and Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations Six years ago today, sixteen infants in China’s Gansu Province were diagnosed with kidney stones. All of them had been fed milk powder that...
by ghgovernance | Jul 14, 2014 | Community Health, Global Health Governance Blog, Health Technology, Human Resources for Health
Cynthia Lee, Independent Global Health Researcher To scroll through the websites of global health crowdfunding platforms is to stumble into a world of deep and urgent need. On one website, Watsi, lack of funds and access to care fuel the growth of simple illnesses...
by ghgovernance | Jul 1, 2014 | Asia, Governance, Transnational Campaigns
By Susan Hubbard, Senior Associate at the Japan Center for International Exchange In the spirit of the current World Cup mania, I am reminded of the historic decision that Korea and Japan made to combine their competing bids to host the 2005 World Cup. By doing so,...