Al Jazeera: Can the world afford universal health care? (11/2). Borgen Magazine: The End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act (Gordon, 11/1). Devex: Q&A: James Love on the biggest challenges in the fight for affordable drugs (Green, 11/4). Devex: 5 myths drowning out progress on WASH (Root, 11/4). DW: Philippines struggling to…

TAG: 2019 Pipeline Report This “annual review provides an overview of research and development of innovations for diagnosing, preventing, treating, and curing HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and tuberculosis (TB),” according to the TAG website. Various updates on the diseases are available for download (Multiple authors, 11/4).

UNAIDS: Winnie Byanyima joins UNAIDS as Executive Director “UNAIDS is pleased to welcome Winnie Byanyima as its new Executive Director. Ms. Byanyima brings to the role more than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy, and humanitarian engagement. ‘I am excited to be joining UNAIDS and am looking forward…

USAID: USAID Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick’s Visit to Vietnam “U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick traveled to Vietnam from October 30 to November 2, 2019. While in Hanoi, the Deputy Administrator met with Ministry of Health officials, including Vice Minister Truong Quoc Cuong, to discuss the…

Guardian: Why U.S. does not give direct funding to agencies in Nigeria “Officials of the United States (U.S.) Consulate in Nigeria have provided more explanation why their government does not give direct funding to agencies and governments in Nigeria. They said it is more efficient to channel the resources through…

Devex: Philippines’ multisector approach to break the cycle of stunting (Ravelo, 10/30). Financial Times: Future of AI and Digital Healthcare (Multiple Authors, 10/31). Forbes: How Merck For Mothers Is Addressing Maternal Mortality (Taylor, 10/30). Reuters: E.U. countries to give Sudan 466 million euros in grants, aid: SUNA (Khalek/Saba, 10/30). STAT:…

New York Times: An HIV Outbreak Puts Spotlight on Pakistan’s Health Care System “A pediatrician accused of reusing syringes and infecting [nearly 900] Pakistani children with HIV [in the small Pakistani city of Ratodero] is now practicing in a government-run hospital after his private clinic was shuttered, in a case…

amfAR: Data Watch: Data Accessibility from Global Funders of HIV, TB, and Malaria Programming According to a release, this new report from amfAR “analyzes data availability across four of the key funders of global HIV, TB, and malaria programming: The Global Fund, PEPFAR, PMI, and USAID TB programming. The report…

UNAIDS: Many prisoners are lacking basic HIV services This update states, “Despite the relative ease of reaching people within prisons, HIV services are not provided in prisons in many countries. Across the last three years of country reports to UNAIDS, very few countries reported program data on the provision of…

Fox News: Hundreds of Pakistani children test positive for HIV after rogue doctor reused syringes, report says “Health officials in a southern Pakistani city say a rogue pediatrician’s reuse of syringe needles has led to nearly 900 children testing positive for HIV since an epidemic began earlier this year, according…