New Humanitarian: WFP accused of negligence over Uganda food aid deaths “A drought-stricken region of Uganda is still searching for answers several months after four people died and hundreds were sickened in an alleged food contamination case that has now become the subject of a lawsuit against the U.N.’s World…

USAID: USAID Administrator Mark Green’s Remarks at Press Roundtable on Ebola During a press roundtable on Ebola, USAID Administrator Mark Green answered questions from reporters and discussed the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Green commented on the U.N. response, as well as the needs for…

Bloomberg Law: Ending Ebola Outbreak Top U.S. Global Health Priority, Azar Says “Ending the latest Ebola outbreak that’s infected more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains a top global health priority, President Trump’s health secretary said June 17. ‘We are committed to seeing this battle…

Devex: Humanitarian sector prepares for ‘third emergency’ in Mozambique “…Mozambique was pummeled with two Category 4 cyclones in the span of only six weeks this year, creating one of the worst weather-related disasters to hit the southern hemisphere on record. Cyclone Idai destroyed about 1.8 million acres of crops and…

Devex: The ‘political dimension’ to the USAID move to Mogadishu “The U.S. government reopened a permanent mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development in Somalia on Monday, 28 years after it closed when civil war led to the collapse of the central government. The decision to reopen a mission,…

Associated Press: Kenya patient free of Ebola, as Congo, Uganda fight outbreak “Kenya remains free from Ebola as test results show that a sick woman does not have the deadly hemorrhagic fever, while neighboring Uganda and Congo battle a stubborn outbreak of the disease…” (Odula, 6/17). CIDRAP News: Ebola case…

CIDRAP News: WHO experts again say Ebola not global health emergency “A World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee convened in the wake of imported Ebola cases in Uganda said [Friday] that the situation still doesn’t warrant a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), but they did express serious worries…

USAID: USAID Administrator Mark Green’s Visit To The Democratic Republic Of The Congo USAID Spokesperson Tom Babington discusses USAID Administrator Mark Green’s recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), noting, “The administrator met with health care workers at an Ebola Treatment Unit in Katwa, community and local…

International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics: African Perspectives At Women Deliver Anne Kihara, president of the African Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AFOG), highlights discussions on women’s health challenges in Africa at the recent 2019 Women Deliver conference, writing, “The theme of ‘WD2019’ spoke to power, progress, and change towards…

Agence France-Presse: S. Sudan sees record hunger levels, despite peace deal “A record number of almost seven million people are facing severe hunger in South Sudan, despite a peace agreement which has largely stopped fighting after more than five years of war, U.N. agencies warned Friday…” (6/14). U.N. News: South…