WHO Regional Office for Europe: Russian Federation’s High-level Working Group celebrates 20 years of tackling TB and inspiring HIV working groups “The Russian Federation’s High-level Working Group (HLWG) on tuberculosis (TB) marked 20 years of collaboration between national and international experts at a meeting in August 2019. With a sharp…

HuffPost: British Aid Is Transforming Girls’ Lives Across The World. But There’s More We Can Do Alok Sharma, secretary of state for international development of the United Kingdom and Conservative MP for Reading West “…[D]espite the progress we are making, millions of girls around the world are still being left…

Euronews: World leaders gather in France for Global Fund initiative “…A conference in France, which kicked off on Wednesday, aims to raise funds to combat these deadly diseases and condemn them to the history books. The Global Fund Forum aims to save 16 million lives within the next four years…

UNAIDS: UNAIDS and Luxembourg — working together in western and central Africa “…Luxembourg is one country that remains committed to investing in western and central Africa. Marc Angel, Chair of the Foreign Affairs and Development Committee in the Luxembourg Parliament and UNAIDS Champion for the 90-90-90 Targets, joined UNAIDS on…

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Denmark Increases Pledge in Fight Against Epidemics “The Global Fund thanked Denmark for its strong commitment to the fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria with a new pledge of DKK350 million — a 16.6% increase over the previous period. Denmark’s Minister for…

The BMJ: Antimicrobial resistance: More quick action is needed in BRICS and MINT economic transition countries Jessika Hu, clinical epidemiologist with infectious diseases research and programmatical experience in Asia, and Lord O’Neill, chair of Chatham House, discuss the urgency to address antimicrobial resistance and the implications for and role of…

Reuters: Philippines polio cases a warning for vulnerable Ukraine “The first cases of the child-crippling polio virus in the Philippines for 19 years are a warning for countries such as Ukraine, where low immunity offers fertile ground for viral epidemics, disease experts say. Ukraine already has a big outbreak of…

Bloomberg: U.K. Issues Tanzania Travel Warning Over Probable Ebola Death “The U.K. advised travelers to Tanzania to be aware of a ‘probable’ Ebola-related death in the East African nation, its Foreign and Commonwealth Office said Tuesday in a statement on its website. About 75,000 British nationals visit Tanzania every year,…

GOV.UK: U.K. will step up efforts to end preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies and children in the developing world by 2030 “A commitment has been made to prioritize ending preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies, and children in the developing world by 2030. To achieve this, U.K. aid will…

CIDRAP News: WHO: 29 new Ebola cases in past week, down from 57 in week before “According to the latest update from the World Health Organization (WHO), daily Ebola case counts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have dropped nearly by half in the past few weeks, but…