The BMJ: Children’s health and wellbeing must be prioritized by governments, experts urge (Mahase, 2/20). Devex: What is ‘mutual prosperity’ and what does it mean for U.K. aid? (Worley, 2/21). The Lancet: Locust swarms in east Africa could be ‘a catastrophe’ (Devi, 2/22). Reuters: Time running out to end Venezuela’s…

AFP: Nepal census will add 3rd gender, recognizing LGBT minority (Gurubacharya, 2/6). Devex: How can data build a truer picture of the gender gap in food insecurity? (Welsh, 2/4). Devex: Video: How school meals can fight malnutrition (2/3). New Humanitarian: The Gambia’s ‘MeToo’ year breaks silence on rape (Hunt, 2/5).…

AP: Fears of new virus trigger anti-China sentiment worldwide “A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians…” (Kim, 2/2). CNN: U.S. enforces coronavirus travel restrictions. China…

AP/Journal Gazette: U.S. readies as virus from China spreading “…U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday approved a request from the Department of Health and Human Services for the possible use of military facilities to accommodate 1,000 people who may have to be quarantined upon arrival from overseas due to…

The BMJ: Achieving fair pricing of medicines “…Drug development pipelines are full but mostly focus on potentially profitable diseases that mainly affect high-income countries. In short, the free market does not effectively provide affordable access to medicines for all. Affordability and innovation can coexist so that patients can sustainably access…

The BMJ: WHO retracts opioid guidelines after accepting that industry had an influence (Dyer, 1/10). Borgen Magazine: Empowering Women in Kenya with Reusable Pads (Kiessling, 1/11). Borgen Magazine: Why World Hunger is Still a Problem? (Wanyonyi, 1/10). Devex: As OPIC shuts its doors, former leaders reflect (Saldinger, 1/13). Devex: Q&A:…

South Centre: Medicines and Intellectual Property: 10 Years of the WHO Global Strategy In this research paper, Germán Velásquez, special adviser for health and development at the South Centre, examines “the negotiating process and the steps given for the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategy on Public…

The Guardian: Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez say company seeking HIV patent extension ‘deceitful and immoral’ “Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are calling on the Trump administration to block a drug company in its efforts to extend its patent on a crucial anti-HIV drug. In a letter to the U.S. Patent and…

Washington Post: Gilead delayed safer HIV drug to extend monopoly profits, advocates allege “…An HIV-prevention group called PrEP4All Collaboration filed a petition Wednesday with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office contending Gilead knew its new, improved drug — approved in 2015 and now part of Gilead’s combination therapies Genvoya and…

New York Times: Who Owns HIV-Prevention Drugs? The Taxpayers, U.S. Says “It is very rare for the government to take on a drug maker over patents. But the medications made by Gilead are necessary to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, which the Trump administration has set as a goal.…