AP: Mass opioid abuse is ‘destabilizing’ world’s poorest nations “…Mass abuse of the opioid tramadol spans continents, from India to Africa to the Middle East, creating international havoc some experts blame on a loophole in narcotics regulation and a miscalculation of the drug’s danger. The man-made opioid was touted as…

ABC: Predicting — and preventing — future pandemics (Swan/Bullen, 10/7). AFP: Edible sensor helps TB patients take their meds: study (10/4). Al Jazeera: WHO to hold Philippines summit after polio outbreak (Alindoga, 10/7). Bloomberg: Female Leadership in Global Health (10/4). CNN: Half of India couldn’t access a toilet 5 years…

Associated Press: Duterte critics laud U.N. vote to scrutinize drug killings (Gomez, 7/12). Deutsche Welle: Sugary drink consumption increases cancer risk, research suggests (7/11). Devex: Q&A: Engaging the private sector on health security (Cornish, 7/12). Devex: Is it time to take ‘more of a gamble’ to scale nutrition interventions? (Welsh,…

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…

Bloomberg Businessweek: How Booming Population Is Challenging Africa (Cohen et al., 5/17). Cour d’Alene Press: Advocates Hope for Idaho Support for Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Coles, 5/16). Devex: Q&A: How to change isolationist attitudes for SDG progress (Root, 5/16). The Guardian: Wellcome Trust investing £80m in…

Al Jazeera: Europe set to suffer as climate change brings mosquito threat (Bazley, 4/4). Associated Press: Ivanka Trump plans Africa trip to promote women’s initiative (Lucey, 4/3). Bloomberg: Messier Than Opioids, Meth Is Asia’s Worst Narcotics Threat (Gale, 4/3). Borgen Magazine: Revolutionizing Maternal Health Care in Mexico City (Rosenbaum, 4/3).…

WHO: Bulletin of the World Health Organization The April 2019 WHO Bulletin features articles on various topics, including an editorial on substance use services for refugees, an article on efforts to implement universal health coverage in Kazakhstan, and research estimating the number of children and adolescents without access to surgical…

Al Jazeera: WHO: Deadly plague breaks out on Uganda-Congo border (3/14). Borgen Magazine: The Road to Defeating Rotavirus Diarrhea (O’Brien, 3/17). Devex: Inside the largest hub for global humanitarian medical aid in the U.S. (Cheney, 3/18). Health Policy Watch: DNDi-led Study Finds Safer, Shorter Treatment For Debilitating Chagas Disease (Schlesinger,…

BBC News: Concerns over global resurgence of measles (3/14). Devex: WHO launches new guideline for community health workers (Roby, 3/14). The Guardian: ‘There is no tomorrow for me’: Rwanda’s teen mothers — in pictures (Allen-Story, 3/15). IRIN: Failed aid gambit deepens crisis for Venezuelans at closed Colombia border (Collins, 3/14).…

UNAIDS: Promises to improve health outcomes for people who inject drugs remain unfulfilled as 99 percent do not have adequate access to HIV and harm reduction services “A report released [Wednesday] by UNAIDS shows that despite a decline in new HIV infections globally, HIV incidence is not declining among people…