
GFO Issue 335, Article Number: 9
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
In this “OF INTEREST” roundup, we highlight an article on how the TB problem in the DPRK is about to get worse; an article that describes how the Global Fund’s approach to human rights has evolved in the last 15 years; and an article about how, as a result of a public–private partnership, drones are being used to deliver blood products in Rwanda.
Aidspan staff 24 April 2018
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Below, we provide information on three items that we believe will interest our readers.
Author: Jeremy Youde
The author is a student in global health and international relations at Australian National University. This article in
The Washington Post
discusses the repercussions of the Global Fund’s decision to terminate its grants to the DPRK and speculates as to whether the decision had political dimensions.
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Authors: Ralf Jürgens, Joanne Csete, Hyeyoung Lim, Susan Timerlake and Matthew Smith
This article, in the journal
Health and Human Rights
, provides an excellent analysis of how the Global Fund’s approach to human rights issues has evolved in the first fifteen years of the Fund’s existence.
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Author: Kerry Cullinan
According to this article in the
Daily Maverick
, 60% of Rwanda hospitals’ blood deliveries are now done by drones. The article is about public–private partnerships, including Project Last Mile, a collaboration among Coca-Cola, the Global Fund, USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash
The Washington Post
discusses the repercussions of the Global Fund’s decision to terminate its grants to the DPRK and speculates as to whether the decision had political dimensions. ++++++++++++ Authors: Ralf Jürgens, Joanne Csete, Hyeyoung Lim, Susan Timerlake and Matthew Smith This article, in the journal
Health and Human Rights
, provides an excellent analysis of how the Global Fund’s approach to human rights issues has evolved in the first fifteen years of the Fund’s existence. ++++++++++++ Author: Kerry Cullinan According to this article in the
Daily Maverick
, 60% of Rwanda hospitals’ blood deliveries are now done by drones. The article is about public–private partnerships, including Project Last Mile, a collaboration among Coca-Cola, the Global Fund, USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.