DLSPH Global Health

02/20/2018

"We want to see how we can work in this collaborative way for this transition for the government of Haiti to be more and more responsible for these services that should be under the responsibility of government, such as health and education and security."

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau is travelling to Haiti today to begin a three-day trip focusing on improving health and empowering women in the disaster-plagued, impoverished nation.

02/20/2018

Researchers at Stanford University tested the effects on mice, read more here:

Despite first making waves in the late 19th century, cancer vaccines are now emerging as the treatment of the future.

02/16/2018

As influenza deaths increase, we are forgetting how serious the flu can be, read more here:

‘None of us completely immune’ from serious flu complications

02/15/2018

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-research-confirms-link-between-flu-and-heart-attack

Chances of a heart attack are increased six-fold during the first seven days after detection of laboratory-confirmed influenza infection, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto.

02/15/2018

https://www.devex.com/news/china-emerges-as-a-serious-player-in-humanitarian-aid-90974

While official government data remains limited, two new data sets and reports offer a clearer picture of where China is heading as a humanitarian aid donor. The picture they paint is of a country most keen to help friends and allies.

02/14/2018

"The U.S. global health security agenda is running out of options, Abraaj pushes back against allegations of misused health funds, and the U.S. State Department assesses the first months of anti-abortion policy"

The U.S. global health security agenda is running out of options, Abraaj pushes back against allegations of misused health funds, and the U.S. State Department assesses the first months of anti-abortion policy. This week in development.

02/13/2018

"China has done a very strong job of addressing health inequality and poverty over the past decades. What we'd like to see is the innovation of China not only continues to help with all the domestic things, but also benefits other developing countries," Bill Gates

BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- China was once a recipient of development aid, but now it is a major financial and technology contributor to global health.

02/13/2018

Grab any of these books on the 5th floor! Enter from room 508, they will be available until March 2, 2018!

02/13/2018

"In 2017, U of T was named one of Canada’s greenest employers – for the fourth time."

The University of Toronto is joining 12 other leading research universities in North America in a coalition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on their own campuses and in their communities.

02/09/2018

"To address deficits in managerial skills, the WHO Secretariat has entered into an agreement with two partner agencies to train their managers, starting with country representatives."

WHO has much to fix internally, based on a report by its ombudsman and the staff association during the executive board sessions held in Geneva last month.

02/08/2018

Sanofi is rejecting refunds for used vaccines, read more here:

The Philippines said Sanofi‘s dengue vaccine may have caused the deaths of at least three children, months after the French drugmaker said its shot could worsen symptoms of the debilitating disease in some cases.

02/08/2018

"The continuous improvement needs to be informed by specific research projects (methodological projects) that focus on testing different approaches to improve trials."

In the UK, the top three priorities in research methodologies for clinical trials have been identified as boosting recruitment, retention of participants and choosing outcomes to collect. But are these priorities the same in the rest of the world? In an effort to explore this, research published tod...