CIDRAP News: Ebola cases drop as more specimens test negative “Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officials said some suspected cases of Ebola have tested negative for the disease, dropping the total number of cases to 51 from 54. Of the cases, 35 are confirmed, 13 are probable, and three…

WHO: Bulletin of the World Health Organization The June 2018 WHO Bulletin includes articles on various issues, including an editorial on the role of WASH in ending cholera; a news article on using local efforts to prevent yellow fever outbreaks in Nigeria, Brazil, and globally; and a research article on…

The Guardian: The Guardian view on family planning policies: two kids or too many? Editorial Board “…Reports emerged last month that China is considering scrapping all limits on family size — after a more modest shift from the ‘one-child’ policy to a universal two-child rule three years ago failed to…

Bloomberg: New Ebola Outbreak May Open Door to Finding Drugs That Work “As another outbreak of Ebola claims lives in central Africa, researchers are seeing within it a rare ray of hope: a chance to find a cure. For the first time, five experimental medicines are poised to undergo a…

The Guardian: It takes more than pro-choice laws to end deaths from unsafe abortions Tlaleng Mofokeng, doctor and sexual and reproductive health and rights activist “…There are several reasons why abortion service provision has essentially ground to a halt despite South Africa’s liberal abortion law. The formal health system does…

Human Rights Watch: DR Congo: Respect Rights in Ebola Response “The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo should ensure human rights protections in controlling the recent Ebola outbreak, Human Rights Watch said [Wednesday] in releasing a question-and-answer document about the response to the virus. … The Congolese government should…

Science: Alarming polio outbreak spreads in Congo, threatening global eradication efforts “Overshadowed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), another frightening virus is on the loose in that vast, chaotic country: polio. … The outbreak also underscores the latest complication on the bumpy road toward…

Rewire: The Effects of the Global Gag Rule Are Being Felt Everywhere Melvine Ouyo, reproductive health nurse at Family Health Options Kenya, and Alexa Henderson, medical student at Ohio State University and member of the national board of Medical Students for Choice “…As health care providers, present and future, our…

Borgen Magazine: The Partnership to End AIDS and Cervical Cancer Helps African Women Sanjana Subramanian, writer for the Borgen Project “…Today, AIDS and cervical cancer remain the top causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa and are disproportionally responsible for the mortality of women of reproductive age. … The [Partnership to…

IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: Report finds responsive research, innovative technology, training critical to controlling DRC Ebola outbreak Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses a report published in Clinical Infectious Diseases outlining the importance of a new Ebola rapid diagnostic tool in identifying the virus strain causing the…