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Breaking News 128

An Encouraging Decline in Ebola Cases, But Critical Gaps Remain http://www.msf.org/article/ebola-decline-encouraging-critical-gaps-remain 

Statements by NGOs in official relations with WHO at the WHO governing body meetings https://apps.who.int/ngostatements/meetingoutline/196 

Ebola – is culture the real killer? http://www.irinnews.org/report/101064/ebola-is-culture-the-real-killer 

Post-Ebola, AU plans pan-African CDC https://www.devex.com/news/post-ebola-au-plans-pan-african-cdc-85384 

Training health workers yet another challenge in battling Ebola https://www.devex.com/news/training-health-workers-yet-another-challenge-in-battling-ebola-85367 

Progress in development of a new Ebola vaccine https://www.gov.uk/government/news/progress-in-development-of-a-new-ebola-vaccine 

World must prepare for ‘war’ against a global pandemic: Gates http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-world-must-prepare-for-war-against-a-global-pandemic-gates-2015-1?IR=T 

Oxfam calls for massive post-Ebola Marshall Plan http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2015-01-26/oxfam-calls-massive-post-ebola-marshall-plan

Finding And Supporting A Workforce With The Right Skill Mix http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/01/27/finding-and-supporting-a-workforce-with-the-right-skill-mix/ 

Fighting against diseases or strengthening health systems to deliver adequate care: what is the better choice? http://www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/fighting-against-diseases-or-strengthening-health-systems-to-deliver-adequate-care-what-is-the-better-choice/ 

UK university ranking reveals global health neglect http://www.scidev.net/global/disease/news/uk-university-ranking-global-health-neglect.html 

After Davos, UN paves way forward in addressing ‘most pressing global challenges’ http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49937#.VMtBFGiG-m4 

FAO presents plan for eradicating hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/275950/icode/ 

Food security hinges on agriculture partnerships https://www.devex.com/news/food-security-hinges-on-agriculture-partnerships-85355 

Innovation In Health Care Education: A Call To Action http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/01/29/innovation-in-health-care-education-a-call-to-action/ 

At Berlin Vaccine Summit, World leaders try their luck at spinning ‘Pharma’s Wheel of Fortune’ http://www.msfaccess.org/about-us/media-room/press-releases/berlin-vaccine-summit-world-leaders-try-their-luck-spinning- 

Vaccine price cut pledge not enough, critics tell Pfizer http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/26/vaccine-price-cut-pledge-pfizer 

Gavi Receives Record-Breaking Financial Pledges For Vaccines http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/01/29/gavi-receives-record-breaking-financial-pledges-for-vaccines/ 

Introducing WHO watch http://youtu.be/Jzg5bkY963U

As EU scraps aid, Indonesia introduces health insurance for the poor http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/eu-scraps-aid-indonesia-introduces-health-insurance-poor-311594 

Brazil Can Help Steer SDGs Towards Ambitious Targets  http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/01/opinion-brazil-can-help-steer-sdgs-towards-ambitious-targets/ 

Climalte finance eclipsed by fossil fuel subsidies  http://www.euractiv.com/sections/climate-change-road-paris/climate-finance-eclipsed-fossil-fuel-subsidies-311660 

The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Climate Change http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/fossil-fuels-divestment-renewables-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-and-lisa-sachs-2015-01#ZjmlfFXyBCUgTQMq.99 

The Case for Climate Clubs http://e15initiative.org/publications/the-case-for-climate-clubs/ 

FTT launch agreed for 2016 http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/ftt-launch-agreed-2016-311669