CIDRAP News: Katwa remains outbreak hot spot as Ebola cases reach 743 “[Tuesday] the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recorded seven new Ebola cases, raising the outbreak total to 743, including 461 deaths. As of today, 174 cases remain under investigation, which is up from 161 yesterday. Four of…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Climate shocks threaten gains against HIV in Africa, researchers say “Teenage girls growing up in areas hit by harsh drought and other climate shocks in Lesotho are more likely to drop out of school, start having sex earlier, and contract HIV, researchers said. … Such findings mean…

Mother Jones: Vaccine Studies Still Exclude Pregnant Women. That’s a Big Mistake. Rosa Furneaux, Ben Bagdikian editorial fellow at Mother Jones “…Even though Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease, the [experimental Ebola] vaccine is not available for pregnant or lactating women because there is not enough data to…

CIDRAP News: DRC Ebola outbreak total rises to 613 infections “…In a delayed update for Jan. 3, the DRC’s health ministry [on Friday] reported one more case, a patient from Komanda in Ituri province. Also, the online dashboard from the WHO’s African regional office reflects four additional cases, which would…

USAID: Written Statement of Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, before the Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations This written statement provides the testimony of Tim Ziemer, assistant administrator of the agency’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, to a U.S.…

Bloomberg: IFRC Says Ebola at Tipping Point in Congo With 2,000 Cases “The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world’s largest humanitarian organization, said the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a tipping point with 2,000 cases…” (Bonorchis, 6/10). CIDRAP News: WHO…

Devex: What’s behind PEPFAR’s funding cut threats? “As it wraps up its latest funding round, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is prepared to introduce unprecedented cuts to country programs in sub-Saharan Africa, designed to spur domestic policy changes and programmatic improvements. But observers warn that if enacted, the…

CNBC Africa: How Africa can archive its targets on Sustainable Development Goals (6/11). Devex: Q&A: Why women farmers are key to good nutrition (Root, 6/12). The Guardian: Patients sleep under the stars in long queue for medical visas (Glinski, 6/12). New York Times: Brazil Fails to Replace Cuban Doctors, Hurting…

Associated Press: 2nd Ebola death in Uganda after outbreak crosses border “A second person infected with the Ebola virus has died in Uganda, the health ministry said Thursday, after a family exposed to the disease quietly crossed the border from Congo. … The family’s case shows the challenges in tracking…

Center for Global Development: Struggling with Scale: Ebola’s Lessons for the Next Pandemic In a new report, Jeremy Konyndyk, senior policy fellow at CGD, explores lessons from the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and highlights four major policy challenges for U.S. and U.N. policymakers: “1. Operationalizing the U.S. government…