AFP: WHO welcomes Taliban decision to lift ban on health workers (9/26). CIDRAP News: Study implicates Asian Zika strain in African microcephaly cases (Schnirring, 9/26). Devex: Q&A: Putting health workers at the center of global health goals (9/27). Devex: Are there enough cases to declare a malaria epidemic in Burundi?…

Associated Press: Mexican state becomes 2nd jurisdiction to legalize abortion (9/25). BBC: The tiny kingdom fighting an epidemic (Ro, 9/26). Reuters: Health workers aim to save lives of mothers and babies with smartphone data (Kelland, 9/25). Reuters: Liberian hospital patients turned away as medical strike bites (Toweh et al., 9/25).…

Devex: A Devex Conversation: Peter Sands In an event sponsored by Devex and USP, Devex Senior Reporter Michael Igoe on Tuesday interviewed Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands at the Devex UHC Pavilion on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Sands and Igoe discuss the future of global health…

NK News: Global Fund board approves $41.7 million grant for North Korea TB-malaria work “The board of the Global Fund, an international aid financing organization, has approved a new $41.7 million grant for work related to tackling tuberculosis and malaria in North Korea, a spokesperson told NK News on Thursday…”…

Global Fund: Global Fund Partnership has Saved 32 Million Lives “Programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have saved 32 million lives, according to a report released today. The Results Report 2019 shows great progress against some of the biggest challenges in the fight against…

Borgen Magazine: Why Lifting Women out of Poverty is Essential (Grant, 9/18). The Economist: Climate change is making it harder to reduce poverty in Malawi (9/16). Homeland Preparedness News: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi launch world’s first malaria vaccine (Galford, 9/17). New Humanitarian: Why you don’t want to be a Venezuelan…

New Times: U.S., Rwanda officials discuss public health “The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, has praised Rwanda’s achievements in the fight against HIV, malaria, and infant mortality. Secretary Azar made the remarks [Sunday] in Kigali. He is leading a U.S. delegation on a visit to…

Associated Press: Kenya becomes 3rd country to roll out malaria vaccine “Health authorities in Kenya on Friday started administering doses of the world’s only licensed malaria vaccine to young children in rural areas facing high transmission rates. Kenya became the third African country to introduce the vaccine, after Malawi and…

Friends of the Global Fight: Resurgence: Could AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria make comebacks? “[Thursday], Friends of the Global Fight released a report, ‘Resurgence: Could AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Make Comebacks?’ The world has made remarkable progress over the past two decades to address AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and increased investment…

The Guardian: History shows it will take more than technology and money to beat malariaJonathan Kennedy, lecturer in global health at Queen Mary University of London “The Lancet Commission on Malaria Eradication received widespread attention this week with its claim that the disease could be eradicated by 2050. This would be…