CDC’s “Around the World”: CDC Tanzania: Working Together to Save Lives The latest issue of CDC’s “Around the World” newsletter highlights a collection of resources about the CDC’s work in Tanzania, including activities focused on HIV and strengthening epidemiological capacity in the country (1/21).

U.N. News: Joint U.N.-Congolese strategy needed to address insecurity following deadly attacks “Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the U.N. peacekeeping operation in the country, MONUSCO, are being urged to develop a comprehensive joint strategy to address insecurity in Beni territory, located in the east. The…

Devex: All the news from the U.K.-Africa Investment Summit “The U.K.-Africa Investment Summit saw £2 billion ($2.6 billion) worth of investments committed to African businesses over the next two years from the United Kingdom government’s development finance institution. Infrastructure development was also a key theme of the event, with international…

Washington Post: Fake drugs kill people and fund terror. African leaders hope to do something about it. “… ‘You are poor, and you are spending your money on something that is going to kill you,’ Faure Gnassingbé, the president of Togo, told the Washington Post in the country’s presidential palace.…

Washington Post: The lessons we can learn from Congo’s measles outbreak Editorial Board “Spreading faster than Ebola, and with a higher death toll, measles has ravaged all 26 provinces of Congo in a year. … Both outbreaks offer important lessons about fighting infectious disease that should resonate everywhere. … In addition…

Brookings: Strategies for delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals: Some lessons from Rwanda (Ndagijimana, 1/20). Brookings: Approaches for better resource mobilization to finance Africa’s Sustainable Development Goals (Coulibaly, 1/17). Brookings: Charts of the Week: The Sustainable Development Goals (Dews, 1/17).

WHO Regional Office for Africa: Canada, WHO Africa seek stronger collaboration “Canada’s Minister for International Development, Honourable Karina Gould, held talks with World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, on ways to strengthen collaboration in the area of health while on a visit this week to…

CIDRAP News: Three new Ebola cases confirmed as MSF warns of instability “The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) online Ebola dashboard shows 3 newly confirmed cases [Thursday] in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising the outbreak total to 3,409. Officials also noted 1 new fatality, which boosts the death…

Devex: Opinion: Improving health outcomes in Papua New Guinea Amy Gildea, managing director of international development, Asia Pacific for Coffey (1/15). Devex: Opinion: Advances in AI and satellites can help us meet the SDGs Rhiannan Price, director of the sustainable development practice at Maxar (1/16). Forbes: Tokyo, 15 Others: Newest…

The Guardian: U.N. sounds alarm over unprecedented levels of hunger in southern Africa “Southern Africa is in the throes of a climate emergency, with hunger levels in the region on a previously unseen scale, the U.N. has warned. Years of drought, widespread flooding, and economic disarray have left 45 million…