ABC News: Australian HIV rates declining overall, but not for everyone (Sedghi, 9/24). Associated Press: Raw sewage in streets: Cholera is Zimbabwe’s latest crisis (Mutsaka, 9/22). Associated Press: Despite strong laws, domestic violence in Brazil is rampant (Christofaro, 9/21). Deutsche Welle: Cholera outbreak in Nigeria’s northeast kills nearly 100 (9/22).…

FIGO: Improving access to safe abortion “…To thoroughly understand the differing national views on abortion, and the capacity of 10 FIGO national member societies, this year FIGO, with our partners KIT Royal Tropical Institute, have undertaken a comprehensive needs assessment. The aim was to learn as much as possible in…

Associated Press: 100 Die in Nigeria Flooding as Toll Expected to Rise (9/18). BBC News: Zambia aid: U.K. suspends funding over corruption fears (9/18). BBC News: Yemen conflict: A million more children face famine, NGO warns (9/19). Bloomberg: Lagarde Says World Needs to Spend More to Meet Development Goals (Mayeda,…

CIDRAP News: New Ebola cases, 3 more deaths recorded in DRC (Soucheray, 9/17). Devex: The backbone of India’s health care system: Is there a new role for ASHAs? (Bader, 9/17). GeekWire: How Bill Gates, a valley full of snakes and one entrepreneur took on a deadly disease (McGrane, 9/14). Global…

Devex: Forced to choose between U.S. and Swedish funding, sexual health NGOs speak out “Sexual and reproductive health and rights NGOs struggling to deliver services in the wake of the United States ‘global gag rule’ have spent a year caught between donors, after the Swedish aid agency, a key funder…

Guttmacher Institute: First Study on the Incidence of Abortion Among Ugandan Adolescents Released “A new study by researchers at the U.S.-based Guttmacher Institute and Uganda’s Makerere University documents, for the first time, abortion rates and the severity of abortion-related complications among Ugandan adolescents aged 15-19. The study … found that…

Associated Press: U.N. rights chief: Vowed U.S. cuts wouldn’t be ‘fatal’ to office (Keaten, 8/29). Agence France-Presse/SABC News: U.N. summit on TB seeks to put spotlight on killer disease (8/24). Borgen Magazine: The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid: Moving Forward (Hallum, 9/2). Deutsche Welle: President Trump’s Global Gag Rule endangers…

The Guardian: The Guardian view on Argentina and abortion: a setback, but not the end Editorial Board “The Argentinian senate’s rejection of a bill legalizing abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy is a cruel disappointment for millions of its citizens. … According to the World Health Organization, 25…

The Guardian: Latin America’s fight to legalize abortion: the key battlegrounds “An estimated 6.5 million abortions take place across Latin America each year. Three-quarters of these procedures are unlawful, often performed in unsafe illegal clinics or at home. Of 33 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, only Cuba, Uruguay,…

Inter Press Service: The Legalization of Abortion in Argentina will Benefit Thousands of Women Nelly Minyersky, lawyer and family law specialist, writing for Amnesty International “…[In Argentina,] criminalization of abortion (Art. 86 of the Criminal Code of the Nation) constitutes a flagrant violation of a plethora of rights that are…