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Al Jazeera: On global health, Biden needs to achieve more than just a reset Kiiza Africa, researcher, activist, and development anthropologist with SEATINI-Uganda and member of the Progressive International COVID-19 Response Collective, and colleagues (11/27). The Hill: Biden and reproductive health rights Bridget Kelly, research director of the Population Institute…
Human Rights Watch: Trump Administration Moves to Entrench Global Gag Rule Elisa Epstein, Washington advocacy officer at HRW, discusses the Trump administration’s efforts to expand the Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule, and notes, “Biden should immediately issue an executive order when he takes office to…
Global Citizen: How Pharmaceutical Companies Have Helped Tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases Around the World Sarah El Gharib, freelance writer and French editor at Global Citizen (11/13). Global Voices: The victims of forced sterilizations in Peru continue to demand justice Adriana Hildenbrand, Miryam Rivera Holguin, and Teodora C. Hasegan, all of…
Devex: Marie Stopes International changes its name amid Black Lives Matter protests “As of Nov. 17, the organization known as Marie Stopes International will go by a different name. In an intentional move to break its connection with Marie Stopes — a woman who ‘held many opinions which are in…
U.N. News: WHO rolls out plan to rid world of cervical cancer, saving millions of lives “The World Health Organization (WHO) set out a strategy on Tuesday for eliminating cervical cancer, which would avoid the death of an estimated five million women and girls from the disease, by 2050. ……
The Conversation: Large Africa study makes important breakthrough in HIV prevention Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, associate professor and director of research at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute I at the University of the Witwatersrand (11/15). Devex: Opinion: Why evaluation is key to rebuilding better and achieving the 2030 Agenda Anthony…
WHO: WHO releases new estimates of the global burden of cervical cancer associated with HIV “Today as WHO launches the Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, the first estimates of the contribution of HIV to the global cervical cancer burden are also being released. Women living with…
Guttmacher Institute: Reviving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Biden-Harris Era Leah H. Keller, policy manager at Guttmacher Institute, and colleagues “lay out recommendations for Congress and the executive branch to meet the needs of communities and populations that will be most affected by sexual and reproductive health…
Borgen Magazine: SafeBoda App Delivers Contraceptives in Uganda (Raza, 11/11). CIDRAP News: COVID-related shortages of malarial, other drugs spotlighted (McLernon, 11/11). CNN: This $1 made-in-Africa Covid-19 test kit could revolutionize testing on the continent (Salaudeen, 11/10). Devex: Could the pandemic drive more climate funding to grassroots organizations? (Cheney, 11/12). DW:…
Rewire: 3 Things President Biden Can Do on Day One for Reproductive Rights Caroline Reilly, legal fellow with Rewire News Group “…It will take a progressive Congress and court reform to undo many of the harms of the last four years, including the erosion of reproductive health care access for…
