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Global Health News
October 2007
Remarks by Henrietta H. Fore, Acting USAID Administrator – A New Consensus in International Development
On Thursday September 6, 2007, Acting USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore gave an important speech at the 50th Anniversary of the Society for International Development. She discussed aspects of her vision for the Agency’s future and described what she calls “the Global Development Commons,” a community of continuous and real-time exchange, collaboration, partnership, and action among all those involved in international development.
"Today, development is on the world's agenda. When you see it in Vanity Fair magazine… When you hear about it from rock stars … When the G-8 holds a global summit to make new progress in Africa… You know our moment has arrived."
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| Source: Heidi Fancher/Wilson Center |
Dr. Kent Hill's Remarks at a Global AIDS Response Discussion
Dr. Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID, joined Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS, and Under Secretary-General, United Nations, and Nita M. Lowey, U.S. Representative for the 18th District, New York, and Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee, for a discussion on the international response to the global AIDS pandemic, and main themes for reauthorization of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
USAID Report to Congress on Highly Vulnerable Children
This week, the U.S. Government, through USAID, released Highly Vulnerable Children: Causes, Consequences and Actions, the first-ever annual report to Congress detailing USG efforts to address the needs of orphans and vulnerable children throughout the developing world.
![[From left] panelists David Oot (Save the Children), Jim Shelton (USAID), and Ellen Starbird (USAID) launch “Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers” with a ribbon cutting ceremony.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081109122747im_/http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/pop/images/photo/handbook_07.jpg) |
| [From left] panelists David Oot (Save the Children), Jim Shelton (USAID), and Ellen Starbird (USAID) launch “Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers” with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Source: Lauren Strange/USAID |
USAID and Johns Hopkins Launch “Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers”
On September 27, 2007, USAID and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health launched the newly updated publication “Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers,” which offers clinic-based health care professionals in developing countries the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods. Prepared through a unique collaboration between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USAID, and more than 30 organizations around the world, the book will contribute greatly to the field of family planning and represents USAID’s continued dedication to and focus on the subject.
USAID Support Vital to Epidemic Response in Uganda
USAID provided critical support to stem a recent outbreak of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever (MHF) in mine workers from the Kitaka mines, located about 300 kilometers from Kampala. One of the cases was fatal. Established in 2005 with financial and technical support from USAID, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) supported active case tracing in hospitals and communities where the workers lived and worked, district rumor verification, safe burial practices, infection control, and psychosocial support for affected families.
Former Senator Bill Frist Visits ACCESS Safe Motherhood and Newborn Care Project
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| Source: ACCESS |
Former Senator William Harrison Frist from Nashville, Tennessee, former U.S. Senate majority leader and a pioneer in cardiothoracic transplant surgery, visited Bangladesh recently as part of a USAID-supported campaign by Save the Children to reduce child mortality.
As part of the trip, Dr. Frist visited the USAID-supported ACCESS/Bangladesh Safe Motherhood and Newborn Care project in Sylhet division. He met with the service providers on site and was briefed about immunization and vaccine services provided in the community. He also attended a counseling session for expectant mothers that provides information on birth preparedness, recognition of complications, antenatal care visits and maternal nutrition. He attended a post-natal maternal and newborn care visit to observe a project counselor examining a newborn and monitoring the newborn and mother for health complications.
“Bangladesh's advancements were also on display in Sylhet, a region in the country's far northeastern corner. I distributed vitamin A supplements and vaccinations to dozens of newborns, including the child of a young woman named Tahmina. Through the work of Save the Children and USAID, Tahmina received prenatal counseling and continued guidance regarding proper newborn care following her son's birth. As a result of this assistance, her child's chances of survival have increased dramatically,” Dr. Frist said at the end of his visit.
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