Devex: Call for road deaths to be recognized as child health emergency (Abrahams, 12/14). Devex: Aid community silenced in Ethiopia (Root, 12/14). Devex: The impact of climate inaction on food security (Cornish, 12/13). The Guardian: ‘A child is killed daily’: saving lives in Brazil’s deadliest city for adolescents (Griffin, 12/14).…

Healio: WHO, UNICEF: ‘Far from our goal of reducing newborn deaths’ “Thirty million infants are born prematurely around the world, according to a report issued by a global coalition that includes WHO, UNICEF, and other organizations. The report’s findings showed that in 2017, 2.5 million of these children died as…

Associated Press/POLITICO: U.N. chief calls for compromise, sacrifice at climate talks (12/13). Devex: How hard to reach are the ‘hard to reach’? (Abrahams, 12/13). Devex: Supporting disability advocacy: Insights from Savina Nongebatu (Cornish, 12/12). Devex: Older generation at risk of being left behind in push for UHC (Root, 12/12). Global…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Without investing in women and girls, there will be no health for all Diane Gashumba, minister of health in Rwanda, and Carin Jämtin, director-general at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency “…Improving the health of women, girls, and adolescents — populations who are key to social and…

BMJ Opinion: Building health security into health systems: one legacy of polio eradication that must not be lost Stephen A. Matlin, senior fellow at the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Judith Diment, coordinator for the Advocacy Task Force on Polio Eradication at Rotary…

IntraHealth International’s “Vital”: Primary Health Care Data Is Key to Attaining Universal Health Coverage Allyson English, senior program associate, and Laurel Hatt, program director, both at Results for Development, discuss findings from a report examining “how data is being used to strengthen primary health care and accelerate progress toward universal…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Why public finance is key to delivering the human right to health Ban Ki-moon, deputy chair of The Elders and former U.N. Secretary-General “Health is a human right. When people are not able to access the health care they need, especially if this is for reasons of…

WHO Regional Office for Europe: Milestones on the road to universal health coverage This post discusses the global push for universal health coverage (UHC), the WHO European Region’s efforts to generate political support for UHC, the role of primary health care in strengthening access to health services, and WHO’s ongoing…

Women In Global Health: Universal Health Coverage: Getting Women to the Decision-Making Table Ann Keeling, senior fellow at Women in Global Health, discusses the importance of gender parity in global health leadership, writing, “Universal health coverage, and the quality of care and health systems will only be strong when the…

Brookings Institution’s “Future Development”: Is there a doctor in the house? The challenge of primary health care in Libya Ernest Massiah, practice manager in the Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice at the World Bank’s Middle East North Africa Region; Moustafa Abdalla, senior health specialist at the World Bank; and…