Reports that the CIA used a vaccination campaign as a ruse to gather intelligence on Osama Bin Laden may set back efforts to eradicate Polio in endemic countries.
Development professionals are taught to look for the deeper logic. Situations that make no sense on the surface often have clear motivations once you look deeper. I recently ran into one of those while assisting on a tuberculosis assessment here in Tajikistan.
Today, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization will announce that the cattle-plague Rinderpest has been officially eradicated from planet earth. This is a huge, huge achievement for humanity.
The UN Foundation-Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership just published a report that looks back at the 5 year, $28 million partnership that has explored how mobile technology can advance health, development, and humanitarian goals.
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation has secured more than four billion dollars in funding for global childhood immunizations from the international community.
The story of AIDS right now is overwhelmingly positive. It turns out that as a species we can come together for the global good to fight our common enemies.
