September 23, 2009
Travelers’ Fee Can Help Fight Diseases
By STEPHANIE STROM
A United Nations program that has raised $1.2 billion over the past three years for the treatment of H.I.V./AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis through a small fee added to airline tickets sold in 15 countries is going global.
Starting in January, travelers in the United States and [...]
G8 Development Ministers’ Meeting – Chair’s Summary (Rome, 11-12 June 2009)
12 June 2009
Chair’s Summary
G8 Development Ministers and senior officials, including from the EU Presidency and the European Commission, met in Rome on June 11 and 12, 2009, together with representatives from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Egypt, from the Presidency and the Commission [...]
Financial Times, May 19 2009, by Frances Williams in Geneva
An initiative aimed at bridging the funding gap to meet basic health needs in developing countries is due to be launched in Geneva today by Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations secretary-general.
The UN says that in addition to government aid pledges billions of dollars are needed to [...]
