Associated Press: UNICEF warns against Yemen’s economic crisis, violence (10/19). Associated Press: Zika outbreak in northern India state exceeds 100 cases (10/22). Devex: Despite famine risk, humanitarian access worsens in Yemen (Lieberman, 10/22). Devex: Nutrition gets a moment at the World Food Prize as global hunger rises (Welsh, 10/22). The…

Inter Press Service: The Right to Choose “Reproductive choice can transform the world and our goals towards a sustainable society, a new report says. Every year, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) examines the state of the world population. In this year’s report, the agency focuses on the power of…

PSI’s “Impact Blog”: Charting the Way Forward for the FP2020 Global Consensus Statement Sarah Anderson, communications intern with PSI, discusses the upcoming International Conference of Family Planning and progress on the FP2020 Global Consensus Statement. Anderson highlights results from surveys sent to 43 endorsing organizations that “have illuminated the statement’s…

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…

Washington Post: Letter to the Editor: Trump’s health policy does not protect life Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity “In the Oct. 11 front-page [Washington Post] article … there was an essential breach between the Trump administration’s words and the effect of its foreign policy. ……

CNN: Zika spreads rapidly in India, with 94 cases confirmed (Gupta, 10/17). CNN: Spain to lead Japan in global life expectancy, U.S. continues to slide (Picheta, 10/18). Devex: The world’s leading ‘cholera hospital’ looks to the future (Bader, 10/18). Devex: Controversy as investigated charity takes on key role in U.K.…

Devex: All countries need to strengthen health systems, reproductive rights, UNFPA report says “Continued progress on decreasing fertility rates and family size is dependent on health systems providing universally accessible reproductive health services, according to the United Nations Population Fund 2018 ‘State of the World Population: The Power of Choice:…

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Global Health Organizations Commit to New Ways of Working Together for Greater Impact “Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations [on Tuesday] signed a landmark commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the…

Devex: Opinion: Trump’s first blow against reproductive rights was in the developing world Brian Dixon, senior vice president of Population Connection Action Fund “…Trump kicked off his presidency by enacting the global gag rule, [also referred to as the expanded Mexico City policy] … He then moved to [withhold funding…

BuzzFeed News: Inside The Covert Group Of Lawyers Working To Fight The ‘Chilling Effect’ Of Trump’s Abortion Policy “A cabal of lawyers has been working pro bono and under the radar for nearly two years to fight against the harm they say President Donald Trump’s anti-abortion foreign policy is causing…