The Atlantic: ‘She’s Not a Woman. She Doesn’t Have a Child.’ (Szynol, 2/13). Devex: Disability inclusive health care has mountains to climb (Rogers, 2/13). Inter Press Service: How Devastating is Climate Change for World Peace & Security? (Deen, 2/13). IRIN: Briefing: How the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh is changing (Loy,…

POLITICO: House rebuffs Trump’s foreign policy with Yemen vote “The House on Wednesday passed a bill to halt U.S. involvement in Yemen’s civil war — yet another bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The legislation now heads to the Senate, where proponents expect it to narrowly pass in…

ABC News: Venezuela standoff extends to oil sector as questions swirl over humanitarian aid “Venezuela’s growing parallel opposition government extended its reach to the all-important oil sector on Wednesday when the country’s National Assembly moved to appoint new boards of directors to the state oil company and its refiner CITGO.…

The Verge: Mosquito control could slow the spread of disease in a warming world “The recently announced Green New Deal, a resolution to help address the threats of climate change, gives public health advocates a chance to confront an overlooked consequence of climate change: worsening mosquito-borne illnesses. The resolution, which…

IRIN: Briefing: International politics and humanitarian aid collide in Venezuela “… Last week, 50 metric tonnes of aid provided by the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, was delivered in a convoy of trucks with the help of the Colombian government to Cúcuta. Colombian and U.S. officials say…

U.N. Dispatch: Venezuela is a Refugee Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg, editor of U.N. Dispatch and host of the Global Dispatches Podcast, discusses the refugee crisis in Venezuela, including the movement of Venezuelan refugees into Colombia and countries in Central America and the Caribbean. Goldberg highlights a podcast episode on the topic…

CNN: Why these Pacific Island nations have world’s highest childhood obesity rates (Howard, 2/13). IRIN: Drought and rising costs to leave 2.4 million Zimbabweans needing food aid (Phiri, 2/12). U.N. News: ‘Shared responsibility’ to stop 420,000 needless deaths from tainted food each year, U.N., world leaders warn (2/12). U.N. News:…

Reuters: Venezuela opposition delivers first cargo of humanitarian aid: Guaido “Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido, said on Monday his team had delivered a first cargo of the humanitarian aid that has become a flashpoint in his tussle with President Nicolas Maduro, without specifying how it had received it. Guaido, who…

Axios: How other countries set their drug prices (Owens, 2/11). BBC News: Yemen war: Grain stores in Hudaydah ‘at risk of rotting’ (2/11). The BMJ: Two TB survivors challenge Janssen’s new bedaquiline patent in India (2/11). Forbes: All Talks And No Action: The UN Struggles To Lead By Example On…

IRIN: The world’s 40 million invisible refugees Johan Schaar, chair of ALNAP and associate senior fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) “People displaced within their own countries — whether by conflict or disaster — often struggle for the same recognition and protections afforded to refugees. … So…