Global Health

Americans Reject More Haitian Immigrants

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 What does it take to break through the partisan divide on immigration policy? Apparently, even a devastating earthquake that wiped out much of Port-Au-Prince and killed 150,000...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 10:46 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

The Conservative Case for More Haitian Migrants

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 As we wrote about earlier today, a poll released by Gallup this week found a yawning partisan divide in how willing U.S. voters are to let more Haitian refugees into the United...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 2:38 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Five Reasons to Be Hopeful About Haiti's Economy

It's been a week of grim news out of Haiti: the hundreds of thousands missing shelter , delays in water and food delivery . But looking ahead, there are still reasons to be upbeat about the Haitian economy. Economist Paul Collier and Jean-Louis Warnholz...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 6:10 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

A Physician's Prescription for Foreign Aid in Haiti

When Paul Farmer speaks, people listen. Usually. The founder of Partners in Health , an organization famously depicted in Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains , over the past 30 years, Farmer has acquired more credibility than almost anyone on...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 8:43 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

A New Decade For Vaccines?

There's been a fantastic string of headlines on vaccines these past few days. On Tuesday, Bill Gates told the BBC that a partially effective vaccine for malaria -- which kills a child every 30 seconds -- could be developed in the next three years...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 3:37 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

What Could the iPad do for Global Health?

Critics say the iPad is just an overgrown iPhone. But in its defense, an overgrown iPhone turns out to be a pretty useful thing -- one with some real possible implications for global health. Like any other tablet computer, it can be used at a bedside...

Published Sun, Jan 31 2010 7:45 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Cell Phones as Political Tools for Haiti

Has the role of cell phones been exhausted in Haiti's relief and recovery efforts? So far, they've been used to raise an unprecedented $ 30 million via text-message donations. They've also been invaluable on the ground: as Nathaniel has documented...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 7:30 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Rebuilding the Haitian Countryside

In the aftermath of Haiti's quake, myriad explanations have been rallied to explain why the devastation wreaked by the disaster was so vast. Poverty, years of government immobility, decades of debt, a legacy of Western oppression -- the list goes...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 11:14 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Somali Pirates Jump into the Fray in Haiti

Since Haiti was stricken by an earthquake on Jan. 12, the unlikeliest of casts has assembled to assist in the relief process. In addition to the usual galley of public and private sector donors, there's the 7-year-old boy from the U.K. who's fundraised...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 12:32 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Obama's Global Health Budget a Mixed Bag

Once the eyes adjust to the overall $3.8 trillion sticker shock of President Obama's just-released budget, for global health advocates, the proposal represents something of a mixed proposition -- neither unalloyed good or bad. First, the good news...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 8:45 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

The Case for Pooling Donor Funds in Haiti

It's not exactly throwing stones, and especially after some of the uglier fallouts that have followed emergency fundraising drives, the American Red Cross must be feeling some measure of relief. But this article by Stephanie Strom, on whether relief...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 1:44 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Missing Latrines in Haiti

From a distance, it's hard to visualize the challenges of securing sanitation for those made homeless after last month's earthquake in Haiti. But one vivid account from the Associated Press offers a narrow into what it might look like. Just across...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 3:51 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Lessons the Developing World Shouldn't Learn From U.S. Healthcare

There are a lot of things that developing countries might learn from the US healthcare system…in particular, what not to do for health financing. After all, when compared to other countries, the U.S. has the lowest life expectancy per dollar spent . Part...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2010 7:04 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

On Misguided Faith in Haiti

Talk of God infused much of the immediate post-earthquake commentary on Haiti, from Pat Robertson's foul claims about the disaster's origin to moving descriptions of how Haitians' faith remained upright , even in the rubble. Now, the latest...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2010 8:40 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

How Serious is U.S. Commitment to Haiti's Government?

On the one hand, you could see it as a scramble for political cover. After all, the U.S. has taken some serious fire over its handling of aid delivery in Haiti -- what better way to sidestep that argument than by strenuously affirming U.S. collaboration...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2010 11:37 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

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