U.N. News: DR Congo: Amid renewed risk of spread, Ebola virus leaves over 150 children orphaned or unaccompanied “New Ebola virus hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are threatening progress made in tackling the deadly disease and increasing its risk of spreading, the World Health Organization (WHO)…

ABC News: Australian HIV rates declining overall, but not for everyone (Sedghi, 9/24). Associated Press: Raw sewage in streets: Cholera is Zimbabwe’s latest crisis (Mutsaka, 9/22). Associated Press: Despite strong laws, domestic violence in Brazil is rampant (Christofaro, 9/21). Deutsche Welle: Cholera outbreak in Nigeria’s northeast kills nearly 100 (9/22).…

Agence France-Presse: Giving birth in Afghanistan: inside MSF’s ‘baby factory’ (9/20). Agence France-Presse: Toll from cholera outbreak in Lake Chad region now more than 500 (9/19). Associated Press: Rumors, conflict challenge Ebola response in eastern Congo (Keaten, 9/19). Devex: An Australian perspective on U.N. disability development (Cornish, 9/20). Devex: Q&A:…

Washington Post: Our lack of pandemic preparedness could prove deadly Tom Inglesby, director, and Eric Toner, senior scholar, both at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security “…Nature continues to create serious biological threats, with the possibility of a deadly new pandemic influenza perhaps the most worrying. Far less recognized,…

WHO Africa: WHO and CDC support the Ministry of Health to strengthen capacity for detection, investigation and response to Ebola Virus Disease in districts bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo “The outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Beni, North Kivu province poses…

CIDRAP News: White House shines high-level spotlight on biodefense “The Trump administration [on Tuesday] released a new National Biodefense Strategy, along with an order from President Donald Trump that directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take the coordinating lead and establishes a cabinet-level biodefense steering committee…” (Schnirring,…

University of California, Davis: Preventing the Next Pandemic Andy Fell, news and media relations specialist at UC Davis, highlights various projects conducted by the University of California, Davis on preventing disease outbreaks, including the PREDICT project, which aims to “enable global surveillance for viruses with the potential to spillover from…

Deutsche Welle: Zimbabwe struggles to contain cholera outbreak “The latest cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has claimed the lives of 28 people, state media confirmed on Sunday. The outbreak was first detected earlier this month in a township outside the capital of Harare and has prompted the government to declare a…

Axios: UNICEF and Congo officials boost efforts to contain Ebola outbreak “In response to an small uptick in confirmed Ebola cases in the busy urban hub of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNICEF announced Friday it’s bolstering its efforts there…” (O’Reilly, 9/14). U.N. News: DR Congo: new…

Agence France-Presse: Zimbabwe cholera deaths rise to 25 as WHO steps up response “The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to 25, the government said Thursday as the World Health Organization warned that the water-borne disease is spreading rapidly in the capital Harare. ‘There are now…