Global Health Progress

Aman of the Technology, Health and Development blog shared some of his take-aways from the launch of the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD) Mapping Tool.

• Read a post by Lori Warrens, Executive Director of PQMD.

On the Science and Development Network, Linda Nordling discusses the action plan for the Accelerated Industrial Development of Africa, which includes initiatives to bring scientific discoveries to market.

Michael Coston of Avian Flu Diary notes the current prevalence of bubonic plague in the developed and developing world.  As part of the entry, Coston has posted the CDC’s World Distribution of Plague map from 1998; and if you haven’t seen it, the map may surprise you.

Bill Brieger discusses in his Malaria Matters blog whether Nigeria will be able to overcome health system inefficiencies and public complacency to eliminate malaria.  While Josh Lozman of The One Blog writes that beating malaria is starting to look possible, thanks to programs like the Global Malaria Action Plan and PATH’s Malaria Vaccine Initiative.

Mead Over comments, via the Center for Global Development’s Global Health Policy blog, on the global overestimation of vaccination rates.  A recent study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation looks at discrepancies between vaccination rates reported by governments and those estimated by household surveys.