by ghgovernance | Mar 23, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, World Health Organization
By Tara Ornstein, Independent Global Health Researcher Since September 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 198 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which include 84 deaths. The majority of cases have been reported in...
by ghgovernance | Mar 21, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, Uncategorized
By Jane Cohen and Amanda Klasing Cross-posted from Human Rights Watch’s Dispatches If you are reading this, it’s not likely you will be one of the 2.5 billion people looking for a place to defecate outdoors. Or one of the hundreds of millions of mostly women...
by ghgovernance | Mar 20, 2014 | Global Health Diplomacy, Global Health Governance Blog, United Nations
Courtney M. Page and Yanzhong Huang The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were set forth by the United Nations (UN) in 2000. At that time, nations around the world agreed to take action and reach target goals by 2015 to reduce poverty and improve health, education,...