European Commission: E.U. and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation join forces to support health services in Africa “The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will contribute €54 million ($62.5 million) to E.U. efforts to strengthen diagnostic health services in sub-Saharan Africa under the External Investment Plan. This cooperation will help to…

Devex: PNG health minister on malaria cases rise: ‘We let our guards down’ (Ravelo, 10/19). Devex: Long Story Short #32: Responding to Indonesia’s dual disaster (10/18). Devex: Australia recommends code of conduct changes in response to #AidToo (Cornish, 10/19). The Economist: A new device can identify air travelers carrying an…

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…

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…

NPR: A New Surge Of Ebola Cases Suspected In Congo “There are reports of a new surge of Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today an Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization is meeting to advise on whether the outbreak should be declared a Public Health Emergency…

The Atlantic: A Simpler Way to Get to the Bottom of Mysterious Illnesses in Poor Countries (Yong, 10/16). CNN: Fareed Zakaria GPS: Man vs. Microbe (10/14). Devex: A new ‘forever fund’ for food security (Rogers, 10/16). Devex: IFC releases draft impact investment guidelines (Edwards, 10/15). Devex: Q&A: Listening as the…

CIDRAP News: More Ebola cases as WHO weighs emergency declaration “The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recorded six more cases of Ebola over the weekend, including three community deaths, which raise more concern about the spread of the disease in the region. The new cases lift the outbreak total…

CIDRAP News: DRC Ebola cases top 200 as security problems fuel the spike “With 11 new Ebola cases confirmed [Oct. 11 and Oct. 12], the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak total climbed to 205 cases, amid new warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) that the security problems are…

Inter Press Service: TB Remains World’s Single Largest Infectious Killer, says WHO Mandy Slutsker, policy and advocacy manager for ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership’s Secretariat “…On September 26, heads of state met in New York for the first-ever United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on TB and committed to finding all…

Associated Press: Rate of new Ebola cases has doubled since September “The rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled since September after rebel violence in northeastern Congo caused response efforts to be briefly suspended, health officials said Thursday. In a statement, the International Rescue Committee said it was…