The Hill: We will not go back on women’s health and rights U.S. Reps. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee; Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), and Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), all members of the House Appropriations Committee “…The Trump administration has done more to roll back…

Science: Ending AIDS? These three places show the epidemic is far from over “At first glance, Nigeria, Russia, and Florida have little in common. But each has had difficulty mounting an effective response to HIV/AIDS at a time when neighboring countries or states, buoyed by recent research advances, have made…

Financial Times: Argentina’s lower house of Congress approves abortion bill “Argentina’s lower house of Congress narrowly approved a bill to decriminalize abortion on Thursday, in a move that could put the home of Pope Francis at the vanguard of a region that has some of the world’s most restrictive abortion…

Foreign Policy: U.S.-Backed Catastrophe Brewing in Yemen “With all eyes turned toward the summit in Singapore between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen prepared to dramatically ramp up the conflict there with an assault on the key port of Hodeida, the…

PBS NewsHour: 1 million Russians are HIV-positive, but only a third get treatment “Russia’s HIV epidemic is growing by 10 percent per year, and yet many proven HIV prevention and treatment strategies aren’t being used. William Brangham and Jason Kane report in collaboration with Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and…

CIDRAP News: Rift Valley fever sickens 10 in Kenya, triggers response (Schnirring, 6/12). Devex: Ghana PPP pilots breakthrough insecticide to fight mosquito resistance (Pallares, 6/12). The Guardian: ‘My body, my choice’: Argentina moves closer to legal abortion with key vote (Kim, 6/13). Inter Press Service: Project Population: Addressing Asia’s Aging…

PSI: Impact Magazine No. 23 “The international community has some pretty audacious goals. And, it’s clear that we won’t meet them doing business as usual. To achieve universal health coverage we’ll need to reimagine health care. This special issue of Impact looks at power — more specifically — how to…

PBS NewsHour: The End Of AIDS: Far From Over “The tools exist. HIV/AIDS can be treated and contained. But in many communities, social, political and economic obstacles get in the way. There, the epidemic is far from over.” The series will examine HIV/AIDS in Russia, Nigeria, and the U.S. state…

Devex: Q&A: Unitaid looks to break down silos for better global health “The global health community is increasingly moving away from a siloed approach — favored in the height of the battle against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria — toward a more integrated methodology in the spirit of the Sustainable Development…

Elite Daily: The Impact Of Trump’s Global Gag Rule Expansion One Year Later Is Worrying “…[A] report by the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) released Tuesday, June 5 reveals the impact that Trump’s ‘global gag rule’ expansion is having on critical health care services abroad. I spoke with…