Associated Press: More than 100 children die in India in encephalitis outbreak (6/18). BBC News: Low-income African countries ‘pay 30 times more’ for drugs (6/18). Devex: Q&A: Peter Sands on what it takes to create effective health systems (Lieberman, 6/18). Global Health NOW: Mercy Masoo, Leading the Way in WASH…

The Hill: Bill and Melinda Gates launch lobbying shop “Bill and Melinda Gates have launched the Gates Policy Initiative to lobby for issues the billionaire couple has been working on through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Hill first reported. The initiative will be focused on global health, global…

World Economic Forum: How we can defeat cholera for good Anita Zaidi, director of vaccine development, surveillance, and enteric and diarrheal diseases programs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discusses the efforts of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to address cholera…

Atlanta Business Chronicle: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates record $180M grant to Emory (Mandel, 6/6). The BMJ: Maternity services: women want respect and dignity above all else, finds global survey (Kmietowicz, 6/7). Devex: How to address the midwife challenges threatening maternal care (Root, 6/7). Devex: How to better integrate gender…

Stanford Medicine’s “Scope”: Gender inequality and rigid norms linked with poor health, global research shows Erin Digitale, pediatrics writer at Stanford Medicine’s Office of Communication and Public Affairs, highlights a new series of papers published in The Lancet that discuss the impact of gender inequalities and norms on health, including…

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A good price to pay: An $8 billion investment could cure tuberculosis by 2045 Editorial Board “Tuberculosis … could be eradicated by 2045. But achieving this reality … will require a significant investment — $2 billion per year for the next four years, to be exact. This estimate…

Devex: Health worker attacks are up, but numbers might not tell the full story (Lieberman, 5/21). Global Health NOW: Start Local to Stop Air Pollution (5/19). Global Press Journal: Unclear Abortion Laws in Uganda Leave Women Who Are Raped Unsure of Options (Segawa, 5/19). Global Press Journal: In Zambia, Rumors…

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “The Optimist”: Worldwide in scope, but local in relevance, the Global Burden of Disease report is revolutionizing health surveillance Journalist Ryan Bell discusses the role and importance of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report in health surveillance, writing, “[T]he GBD represents a quantum leap…

Devex: Investment into vision care could stem major economic losses (Root, 5/7). Devex: Q&A: NGO director stresses need to rebuild a more resilient Mozambique (Root, 5/7). Devex: South Sudan aid sector ‘infected’ with bribery, local NGOs say (Mednick, 5/6). Inter Press Service: West Africa’s Fine Line Between Cultural Norms and…

Gates Notes: Meet the virus hunters Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discusses the role of “virus hunters,” scientists and researchers who “find out where a mystery pathogen came from, how it’s transmitted, and how to stop it.” In particular, Gates discusses the work of Peter…