ABC News: A reflection on living through Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic (Masuku, 5/2). Associated Press: U.N. says 1.7 million Somalis will face major food insecurity (5/1). Borgen Magazine: U.S. Foreign Assistance to Honduras (Lagattuta, 5/1). Devex: The limits of Africa’s malaria vaccine pilots (Adepoju, 5/2). The Guardian: Risk of obesity can…

CIDRAP News: Ebola outbreak grows by 12 as CDC issues new HCW advice “[Thursday] the health ministry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed another 12 cases of Ebola in an ongoing outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. The cases raise the outbreak total to 1,302…” (Soucheray,…

Agence France-Presse: In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war (4/19). Borgen Magazine: Positive Deviance: A Solution for Malnutrition in Vietnam? (Newsome, 4/18). Health24: Common contraceptive could raise TB risk, study finds (4/18). Inter Press Service: Egypt’s Food Challenge: a Good Effort but Not Enough (Srour, 4/18). The Lancet:…

BBC News: The city where children are learning to love mosquitoes (4/8). BBC News: ‘Our children are gasping’ — Senegal’s toxic air battle (Dewast, 4/9). Devex: Minimizing aid worker risk in dangerous environments (Root, 4/9). Devex: Why you should care about the rise of DFIs (Saldinger, 4/9). Devex: Improving the…

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Reality Makes Our Decisions: Ethical Challenges in Humanitarian Health in Situations of Extreme Violence “…This project, a collaboration involving researchers and staff from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Syrian American Medical…

The Lancet: The Astana Declaration: the future of primary health care? Editorial Board “…[On October 25 and 26], the Global Conference on Primary Health Care will … meet in Astana, Kazakhstan, to endorse the Astana Declaration. The aim is to renew political commitment from member states and global organizations to…

World Health Organization: Doubling down on Ebola This post discusses the WHO’s Ebola response efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the deployment of frontline health workers, the provision of patient care in Ebola treatment centers, vaccination and educational efforts, treatment with new investigational Ebola drugs, and screenings…

Agence France-Presse: Ebola death confirmed in eastern DR Congo provincial capital “A six-month-old baby in the eastern DR Congo city of Bunia has died of Ebola, becoming the first fatality of the disease in a provincial capital, the heath ministry said Thursday…” (3/21). CIDRAP News: Ebola total approaches 1,000 as…

New York Times: ‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters “…To maintain their hold over Venezuela, [President Nicolás] Maduro and his supporters have often used the nation’s economic collapse to their advantage, dangling food before hungry voters, promising extra subsidies if he won, and demanding…

CIDRAP News: DRC: 24 Ebola cases confirmed in past 72 hours “The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) grew by 24 cases [Monday] and over the weekend, including several case-contacts who refused or delayed vaccination after family members fell ill. … The new cases bring the…