Al Jazeera: Inadequate health facilities failing Mozambique’s mothers (Marima, 5/14). Al Jazeera: Angola drought: Millions at risk of starvation (Mutasa, 5/14). Al Jazeera: ‘No other option’: Climate change driving many to flee Guatemala (Abbott, 5/13). Associated Press: U.N. humanitarian chief says 4.3 million in Cameroon need aid (Lederer, 5/13). The…

CNN: Child and teen deaths fall by half, but disability on the rise, global study finds “As the world’s population continues to rise, more children are surviving into adulthood, a new study finds, but rates of disability have increased as well. Research published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics found…

Al Jazeera: Bill Gates on ending disease, saving lives: ‘Time is on our side’ (4/27). Associated Press: U.N.: No screen time for babies; only 1 hour for kids under 5 (4/24). Devex: How medical marijuana could help this country finance the SDGs (Saldinger, 4/26). Devex: Solar holds promise for remote…

Al Jazeera: U.N. raises Libya aid alarm as Tripoli clashes intensify (4/22). The BMJ: Breast ironing (Robinson, 4/23). Business Live: Research buzzes along but science is still scratching the surface of beating malaria (Oliver, 4/23). Devex: Q&A: How Gavi can adapt to tackle equity and conflict (Igoe, 4/23). Devex: Q&A:…

Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: ICPD at 25: Unfinished Business Points to Unmet Needs Nazra Amin, intern at the Wilson Center, discusses remarks from panelists at a recent Wilson Center event recognizing the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).…

Project Syndicate: How Abortion Hypocrisy Kills Women Patricia Nudi Orawo, advocacy officer at the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust “…If we want to reduce demand for abortion services, we must recognize that it is often the culmination of a series of systemic failures that begin during childhood, when a comprehensive…

CIDRAP News: Ebola infects 17 more in DRC outbreak (Schnirring, 4/17). The Guardian: Teenage girls most at risk amid rising sexual violence in El Salvador — report (Murray, 4/17). SciDev.Net: ‘Climate change threatens 19 million Bangladeshi kids’ (Shaikh, 4/18). Thomson Reuters Foundation: Donkeys deliver vaccines in Mali as diseases spike…

U.N. News: ‘The clock is ticking’ on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, says U.N. deputy chief “Pointing to climate change, inequalities, and other serious challenges, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a forum on Thursday that ‘the clock is ticking’ down, to making the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…

The Hill: Whose human rights count? Trump administration deemphasizes abuse of women and girls Rachel Clement, policy advocate at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) “Every year, the State Department delivers a series of country-level human rights reports. … [U]nderplayed in this year’s report is one of the…

BBC News: The city where children are learning to love mosquitoes (4/8). BBC News: ‘Our children are gasping’ — Senegal’s toxic air battle (Dewast, 4/9). Devex: Minimizing aid worker risk in dangerous environments (Root, 4/9). Devex: Why you should care about the rise of DFIs (Saldinger, 4/9). Devex: Improving the…