The BMJ Opinion: Kanchan Mukherjee: Bedaquiline for multidrug resistant TB in India — at what cost? Kanchan Mukherjee, a medical doctor and professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, discusses the potential benefits and challenges of a wider government rollout of bedaquiline to treat multidrug-resistant TB in…

CIDRAP News: As suspected Ebola cases probed, new treatment shows promise “In the latest Ebola developments, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry reported one more suspected infection, as tests ruled out three earlier cases, and researchers reported results from the first human trial of a monoclonal antibody…

New York Times: The Man Who (Almost) Wiped Out the Guinea Worms “Dr. Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben’s days on the front lines of the guinea-worm wars often end with a dinner of what he calls ‘poulet à la bicyclette’ — chicken so lean and muscular that it could ride in the Tour…

CIDRAP News: More suspected Ebola cases noted, but total holds steady “The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced 11 new suspected cases of Ebola over the weekend in Bikoro and Iboko, the remote health zones where the current outbreak began in the middle of May, but the outbreak total…

Center for Strategic & International Studies: Feed the Future in Ghana This CSIS report discusses key takeaways from a February 2018 visit to Ghana of a CSIS Global Food Security Project-led, bipartisan, bicameral delegation of U.S. congressional staff. According to CSIS, “The visit offered an opportunity to better understand Feed…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: New Ebola outbreak is being tackled by a stronger WHO in the African region Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa “…Currently, WHO in the African region is responding to the latest outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease, which began in the western part of [the Democratic Republic…

IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: Peers speed HIV diagnosis to treatment start in country with world’s highest estimated prevalence Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses an analysis of a PEPFAR-funded HIV testing and treatment project in the Kingdom of eSwatini, formally known as Swaziland. Barton writes, “The findings, the…

FT Health: WHO chief on progress on Ebola and picks of the week The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter was curated by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, featuring commentary from Dr. Tedros on the current Ebola outbreak and a selection of global health articles. The…

Associated Press: ‘They’re at risk:’ Congo’s taxi drivers fear Ebola’s spread “…This outbreak is a major test of an Ebola vaccine that for the first time is being used at the start of an epidemic after showing promise late in the West Africa outbreak that killed thousands a few years…

Devex: Ghana eliminates trachoma “Ghana has become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday. Experts credited community, regional, and international collaboration across the public and private sectors for stamping out the disease, which in 2000…