Euractiv: Fighting antimicrobial resistance requires action on many fronts Koen Laenen, regulatory affairs and quality manager at Medicines for Europe, discusses antimicrobial resistance and the steps European entities and the AMR Industry Alliance are taking to address the issue (1/22).

Devex: All the news from the U.K.-Africa Investment Summit “The U.K.-Africa Investment Summit saw £2 billion ($2.6 billion) worth of investments committed to African businesses over the next two years from the United Kingdom government’s development finance institution. Infrastructure development was also a key theme of the event, with international…

AP: E.U. sets up $998 million budget for humanitarian aid “The European Union has set up a 900 million euro ($998 million) budget to help countries hit by humanitarian crises, with Africa getting the largest share of the money. … The E.U. said the bulk of the 2020 E.U. aid…

Center for Global Development: Four Ways the U.K. Can Shape Global Health Post-Brexit Kalipso Chalkidou, director of global health policy and senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, and colleagues write, “With a new government in majority and Brexit certainty greater, there is an opportunity for the U.K. to…

The Guardian: Losing DFID would be a calamity for the world’s poor — and for Britain Simon Bishop, deputy CEO of Plan International U.K. “Britain has a proud track record of supporting the world’s poorest through its aid commitments. This is not only morally the right thing to do, it…

Devex: 7 out of 10 U.K. government departments failing to meet aid transparency targets “Research commissioned by the U.K. government has found that seven out of 10 departments are not spending aid transparently enough to meet its own targets. Of the government departments spending aid, just two — the Department…

WHO Regional Office for Europe: Violence against children: tackling hidden abuse “Each year, at least 55 million children experience some form of violence in the WHO European Region, including physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological violence. … WHO/Europe, with support from Nordic Cooperation and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against…

Devex: DFID could remain a stand-alone department but lose its secretary of state “…After the Conservative Party won a landslide victory in December’s election, speculation mounted that a newly empowered Prime Minister Boris Johnson would merge DFID with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office — which it was spun out of…

The Guardian: Britain must spearhead action against sexual violence or relinquish the reins William Hague, U.K. secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs “Rape and other forms of sexual violence in conflict are deliberate crimes against humanity, employed as a tactic of war and terrorism to systematically brutalize entire…

Oxfam’s “From Poverty To Power”: How to stop the Foreign Office gobbling up DFID? This post addresses the potential merging of the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the implications of such an action. The piece also includes the latest updates on the…