What We’re Reading 12/17/08
Associated Press: UN agency: $5.2 billion needed to provide food aid
The U.N.’s World Food Program says it needs $5.2 billion for urgent food aid and is calling on countries to contribute a fraction of what they are proposing for financial rescue packages.
Global Media: Agricultural investment needed to quell the mounting food crisis
This week the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) projected a rise in malnutrition in developing countries over the next decade, which could result in 16 million more undernourished youth by 2020. IFPRI’s report recommended three policy actions: (1) promote pro-poor agricultural growth, (2) reduce market volatility, and (3) expand social protection and child nutrition action.
Wall Street Journal: Defeat Malaria? Yes We Can. (opinion)
Jean Stéphenne, president and general manager of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, discusses the success of his companies’ most recently vetted vaccine. He says that supplying this vaccine is the right thing to do, and that creative thinking and effective partnerships are key to its successful implementation.
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