New York Times: Venezuelans’ Struggle to Survive, Told in Pictures Nicholas Kristof, New York Times opinion columnist, and Fabiola Ferrero, photographer “To visit Venezuela today is to see how misrule can shatter a country. Years of corrupt, incompetent, and autocratic rule have left Venezuelans hungry and children dying for want…

Breitbart: Over 70,000 Venezuelans with HIV Have Little to No Access to Treatment “Over 70,000 Venezuelans with HIV have little to no access to treatment, the Venezuelan outlet Runrunes reported Sunday, citing a recently published report. The report, first presented last month by the head of the National AIDS Program…

TIME: In Addressing HIV, the U.S. Has a Lot to Learn From Namibia “…The U.S. has played a leading role in the global HIV/AIDS response; bipartisan political support has led to the funding of multinational efforts to detect, prevent and treat the disease and the U.S. works hand in hand…

Reuters: Argentine health chief quits in abortion fight with conservative president “Argentina’s health secretary resigned on Friday after a protocol he signed the day before, aimed at making abortion more available, was revoked by conservative President Mauricio Macri, less than a month before he is to leave office. ‘Unfortunately, the…

New York Times: Venezuela’s Kids Are Dying. Are We Responsible? Nicholas Kristof, New York Times opinion columnist “[Venezuela] is a kleptocracy ruled incompetently by thugs who are turning a prosperous oil-exporting nation into a failed state sliding toward starvation. … President Nicolás Maduro’s brutal socialist government is primarily responsible for…

Devex: Malaria: New chemical formulation for bed nets shows promising results “Long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets have been a lifesaving tool against malaria, but increased resistance against pyrethroids — the key chemical ingredient used — had researchers looking for alternatives or adjustments. Now, they may have found one. In a major…

Reuters: Exclusive: Haiti’s president warns of humanitarian crisis, calls for support “Haiti needs international support to tackle an unfolding humanitarian crisis, President Jovenel Moise said in an interview, two months into anti-government protests that have exacerbated food insecurity in the Americas’ poorest nation…” (Marsh/Paultre, 11/17). DW: Haiti’s president warns of…

Pan American Health Organization: Dengue in the Americas reaches highest number of cases recorded “Dengue in the Americas has reached the highest number of cases recorded so far, with more than 2.7 million cases, including 22,127 severe cases and 1,206 deaths reported at the end of October 2019, according to…

Foreign Policy: Mexico Is Setting a Global Example on HIV Treatment Ann Deslandes, freelance writer and researcher “…’HIV in Mexico is once again a time bomb that will explode.’ That’s how Aram Barra described the current trajectory of the immunodeficiency virus in the country at the International AIDS Society Conference…

Miami Herald: ‘We can eliminate malaria in Haiti with support from Global Fund and others’ Martine Moïse, first lady of Haiti and president of the Global Fund’s Country Coordinating Mechanism in Haiti “…As we commemorate Malaria Day in the Americas on Wednesday, I am encouraged by new data that show…