The Lancet: Family planning: accelerating the way ahead Editorial Board “The latest figures and progress of the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) global partnership were released in its annual report on Dec 5. FP2020 The Way Ahead, together with a related research paper by Niamh Cahill and colleagues published online in…

The Economist: Contraception does even more good in poor countries than thought “Few tasks in developing countries are as tricky — or as important — as convincing parents to keep their daughters in school longer. One way of doing so is to make contraceptives available, concludes a new working paper…

Associated Press: Uganda controls deadly Marburg fever outbreak, WHO says (12/8). VOA News: WHO: Rapid Action Brings Quick End to Marburg Outbreak in Uganda (Schlein, 12/8). Devex: To tackle malnutrition, go fish (Sieff, 12/11). Devex: Q&A: Towards medicines regulatory harmonization — lessons from Zimbabwe (12/11). Financial Times: Six ways to…

Women’s eNews: Cruel Choices: How Trump’s Global Gag Rule Hurts the Fight Against HIV Skye Wheeler, women’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch, discusses the potential impact of the expanded Mexico City policy on PEPFAR’s efforts, writing, “It is too early to know the full scope and impact of the…

HuffPost: How One Woman In Uganda Is Speaking Out Against Gender-Based Violence Seema Jalan, executive director at Universal Access Project “…Women and girls who experience gender-based violence have had their basic human rights violated and are at increased risk of a myriad of other sexual and reproductive health threats, including…

Global and Mail: U.N. says Canadian funding for reproductive health agency critical after U.S. cuts “The head of the U.N. reproductive health and rights agency says Canada’s financial support has been critical to the agency’s work after President Donald Trump cut U.S. funding this year. Natalia Kanem, executive director of…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Contraceptive use gaining momentum in world’s poorest countries “The use of contraceptives is gaining momentum worldwide and preventing millions of unsafe abortions and maternal deaths each year in the world’s poorest countries, experts said on Tuesday. Nearly 40 million more women and girls use modern contraceptives now…

Kaiser Family Foundation: Donor Government Funding for Family Planning in 2016 The Kaiser Family Foundation released its annual analysis of donor government funding for family planning. The report finds “donor government funding for family planning declined in 2016 for the second year in a row, decreasing to US$1.19 billion compared…

Center for Global Development’s “Global Health Policy Blog”: Access to Contraception: A Key Ingredient in Women’s Economic Empowerment Amanda Glassman, chief operating officer, senior fellow, and Board secretary at CGD, writes, “This Thursday December 7, CGD will host a group of economists and policymakers to discuss global evidence on the…

HuffPost: The Global Gag Rule Impacts Hard-Fought Progress On HIV/AIDS Relief Seema Jalan, executive director at the Universal Access Project “…The expansion of the Global Gag Rule will roll back hard-fought progress and long-standing U.S. leadership on HIV/AIDS relief around the world, especially for key populations on the front lines…