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Problems in global health are rarely well served by philosophical binary or good intentions alone. Global health is a highly politicized field, one in which questions of implementation, priorities, and ethics make the question, “How can we eliminate problems in global health?” one that requires a far more complex answer than is immediately obvious...
...saharan Africa. A Los Angeles Times investigation explored the effects of Gates’ involvement and found that, contrary to the assumption that more money solves more problems, the Gates Foundation’s implementation of efforts to treat HIV/AIDS produced mixed results. Some of these findings call into question whether Gates’ initiatives create even a net-positive impact. The negative effects include an epiphenomenal dearth of qualified clinicians in other parts of Africa like Lesotho or Rwanda, also known as “brain drain,” the weakening of local systems of health...
...where they built cages and kept federal prisoners during Katrina, you can still see the wire outlines. That night, on Bourbon Street, women asking, “Looking for a good time?” The suited man outside one club: “Guys, I got one question...
...lieu of sanctions, the world must come up with innovative solutions that help oppressed Sri Lankans protect their democratic rights while imposing diplomatic pressure directly on leaders who restrict people’s rights. There are many people in Sri Lanka who are afraid to question the election results because they live in fear of persecution. Governments worldwide must take urgent measures to impose the highest level of diplomatic pressure on the government of Sri Lanka to stop arresting people for any conversation related to the election—this policy breeds extremism...
...budgetary news is the job of Elmendorf's little agency (250 employees). Over the past year, the CBO took on particular importance in determining the shape and even the fate of Obama's signature domestic initiative, health care reform. It is the CBO that will decide the politically loaded question of whether reform actually saves the Treasury money or instead adds to the deficit. (So far, the CBO has given it a thumbs-up.) The President has focused even more attention on the CBO's numbers by insisting that any bill reaching his desk not add to the deficit over...