Roll Call: Foreign aid rider tangles up final spending talks “…[T]he White House is raising concerns in year-end spending talks about language secured by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., in the Senate’s State-Foreign Operations bill they fear could cut out faith-based aid groups from U.S. Agency for International Development contracts. Shaheen…

Devex: A ‘new generation of inequalities’ requires sharper measurement, UNDP chief says (Lieberman, 12/9). Financial Times: FT Health: Regenerative Medicine (Multiple authors, 12/8). The Guardian: Nepal makes first ‘period hut’ arrest after woman dies during banned custom (Budhathoki, 12/6). Health Policy Watch: Cancer Organizations Across Latin America Vow To Intensify…

IntraHealth International: Young Advocates, Political Will Drive Progress on Family Planning in Francophone West Africa This post addresses family planning efforts in the countries of Francopone West Africa, highlighting progress and the role of local leaders, communities, and young people (12/5).

AP: Once-a-month birth control pill? Experiment works in animals (Neergaard, 12/4). BBC: Air pollution in Nairobi leaves Kenyan children struggling to breathe (Serwanjja, 12/4). Devex: In wake of safeguarding scandal, IPPF approves organizational overhaul (Edwards, 12/5). Devex: Q&A: WASH business: A mixed business model in waste-to-value (Ravelo, 12/5). Devex: Q&A:…

New York Times: Venezuelans’ Struggle to Survive, Told in Pictures Nicholas Kristof, New York Times opinion columnist, and Fabiola Ferrero, photographer “To visit Venezuela today is to see how misrule can shatter a country. Years of corrupt, incompetent, and autocratic rule have left Venezuelans hungry and children dying for want…

Center for Global Development: The Journey to Self-Reliance in Practice: Examining USAID’s Efforts to Operationalize Its New Agenda (Estes, 11/26). Center for Global Development: Transitions from Donor Health Aid: Why the Family Planning Community Needs to Step Up (Hecht et al., 11/26). Center for Global Development: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance:…

Devex: How Mongolia is trying to curb antibiotic overuse (Ravelo, 11/22). Devex: A solution to the cost of giving life in Kenya (11/21). Devex: Innovative approaches to improving contraceptive access in Kenya (11/21). The Guardian: Uganda bans thousands of charities in ‘chilling’ crackdown (Mwesigwa, 11/21). HealthDay News: Infants May Not…

Global Health NOW: Watered-Down Words Jeopardize Women and Girls Tanvi Monga, senior technical manager for community engagement at Ipas “In the push to advance universal health coverage, certain governments have advocated for watered-down language surrounding sexual and reproductive health rights to dilute international declarations. But UHC cannot be comprehensive without…

UNFPA: As Nairobi Summit ends, time to focus on accountability “The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 wrapped up last week with more than 1,200 concrete commitments to help ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights for all by 2030. … As the Summit closed, participants looked ahead towards the necessary next…

Ms. Magazine: What Have We Delivered for the World’s Women and Girls Since 1994? Latanya Mapp Frett, president and CEO of Global Fund for Women “…We’ve come far since 1994 — but not nearly far enough. … In some ways, in fact, we are further from consensus on gender equality…