Inter Press Service: Africa Must Increase Spending on Health Care, Education & Modern Contraception Marie Rose Nguini Effa, member of parliament (MP), president of the African Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (FPA), member of National Assembly of Cameroon, and member of the Pan-African Parliament “…Economic progress within the African…

Foreign Policy: Welcome to the First War Zone Ebola Crisis Laurie Garrett, former senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations “The signs of a coming Ebola crisis are mounting. The disease is spreading rapidly in a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where health…

CIDRAP News: More Ebola cases reported from Beni, WHO update covers more ‘red zone’ risks “The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health ministry [Thursday] reported three more lab-confirmed Ebola cases, all from Beni, the current outbreak hot spot. In related developments, field teams are making headway in the main outbreak…

Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published Issue 344 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter includes articles on various topics, including the release of a report on the 2017 Office of the Inspector General advisory review on…

NIH: Scientists develop novel vaccine for Lassa fever and rabies “A novel vaccine designed to protect people from both Lassa fever and rabies showed promise in preclinical testing, according to new research published in Nature Communications. … There are currently no approved Lassa fever vaccines…” (10/11). NIH: Genomic analysis offers…

Devex: Opinion: A new model of NCD care to achieve UHC in sub-Saharan Africa Nick Manuelpillai, medical adviser at the Joep Lange Institute “…In their current state, the health budgets of sub-Saharan African countries do not allow the region to adequately cover [noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)] care for the population. To…

Healio: Point/Counter: Should pregnant women receive an Ebola vaccine despite WHO recommendations?Point: Inclusion of pregnant women in live vaccine trials is an ethical imperative W. Christopher Golden, medical director of the newborn nursery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and assistant professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and…

IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: Citing overlooked social, economic, health impacts, study estimates West Africa Ebola outbreak costs at more than $53 billion Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer at “Science Speaks,” discusses a study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases examining the economic and social burden of the 2014 Ebola…

Reuters: Mothers of babies afflicted by Zika fight poverty, despair “Nearly three years after a Zika outbreak in Brazil caused thousands of cases of microcephaly and other devastating birth defects in newborns, Reuters returned to check on the mothers and their children…” (Marcelino/Steenhuysen, 10/17). Reuters: Zika in Africa: Rare birth…

Devex: Opinion: No, we are still not ready for a global pandemic Gabrielle Fitzgerald, CEO of Panorama “…Whether a new disease or old, I believe we are still woefully unprepared for a global pandemic. … Last year, I co-authored a report that synthesized the recommendations from seven major post-crisis reports…