The Telegraph: A ‘perfect storm’: the steady rise of dengue fever worldwide “Dengue outbreaks are spreading across the globe thanks to a ‘perfect storm’ of climate change, rapid urbanization, and intercontinental travel, experts have warned. So far this year 1.6 million cases of the mosquito-borne fever have been reported in…

Al Jazeera: U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could exacerbate crisis, U.N. warns “The United Nations human rights chief has warned the latest U.S. sanctions on Venezuela will significantly exacerbate the crisis for millions in terms of access to food and health, in a country already suffering from serious shortages of essential…

USAID: The United States Remains Committed to Supporting the People of Venezuela This fact sheet highlights resources describing the humanitarian situation in Venezuela and outlines how the U.S. is helping to address the needs of Venezuelans who have fled their country (8/5).

The Guardian: ‘People are dying’: how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the U.S. “As part of the Running Dry series, the Guardian looks at how drought and famine are forcing Guatemalan families to choose between starvation and migration…” (Lakhani, 7/29). The Guardian: Living without water: the crisis…

New York Times: U.S. Sanctions Venezuelan Elites for Alleged Food Corruption Scheme “United States officials have accused President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela of a corruption scheme in which his officials, family members, and business partners made off with large sums of money meant to feed the country’s starving population. The…

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees: Pregnant women flee lack of maternal health care in Venezuela Alejandra Roma, associate communications officer at UNHCR, discusses the challenges that pregnant women face in accessing maternal health care in Venezuela, causing them to flee to Colombia for care (7/23).

Médecins Sans Frontières: Addressing mounting health needs in Venezuela “Médecins Sans Frontières is expanding its medical activities in Venezuela, where years of economic and political crisis are taking a heavy toll on households and health facilities alike. … Last month, MSF started assessing health needs in different parts of the…

Al Jazeera: The ‘vicious cycle’ driving teen pregnancy in El Salvador (Davies, 7/22). The BMJ: Investing in global health will ‘improve our NHS,’ says England’s CMO (Hawkes, 7/22). Devex: Maternal health: The next frontier for private sector engagement (7/22). Devex: How to address HIV/AIDS stigma in health facilities to achieve…

IAS 2019. 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019) The 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science is being held in Mexico City, Mexico, July 21-24. This biennial conference will address advances in basic, clinical, and operational HIV research, as well as the applications of the science for policy and…

Wall Street Journal: Central American Migrants Are ‘Voting With Their Feet’ Despite U.S. Threats “President Trump’s government recently announced … aid cuts to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador — the Northern Triangle — in a bid to pressure them to slow the flow of migrants to the U.S. But the…