AP: Asia Today: India’s virus cases jump on New Delhi resurgence (11/5). AP: In Spain, coronavirus puts the poor at the back of the line (Parra, 11/5). AP: Coronavirus cause of Algeria president’s hospitalization (11/4). AP: Asia Today: South Korea OKs single test for COVID-19 and flu (11/4). Borgen Magazine:…

Miami Herald: Haiti has cut malaria cases in half. Its successful efforts must continue | Opinion Marie Greta Roy Clement, minister of health to the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Haiti “…Alarming recent research shows that pausing malaria prevention efforts in developing nations such as Haiti during COVID-19…

AP: Bangladeshi floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community (Alam, 10/30). Devex: Can repurposing masks to detect child TB work? (Ravelo, 10/30). Devex: DFAT backtracks on controversial budget decision (Cornish, 10/29). The Economist: How covid-19 hinders the fight against malaria (10/31). The Guardian: Women Deliver racism investigation verdict described as a ‘slap…

New York Times: A Malaria Mystery, Partly Solved: What Happens When the Rains End? “…[H]ow does [malaria] persist during the long dry seasons, when almost no one falls ill and there are few mosquitoes to carry the tiny malaria parasite from one human host to another? That mystery has long…

Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has published Issue 388 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter includes an article highlighting reports from the Global Fund and WHO on COVID-19 and global tuberculosis; an article on the importance…

Friends of the Global Fight: Innovation in the Time of COVID-19: Developing and Scaling New Tools (Webinar) “On October 21, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and GBCHealth hosted a virtual dialogue on the role of the private sector in developing and scaling new tools in…

AP: Argentina hits 1 million cases as virus slams Latin America (Deluca et al., 10/20). AP: South Africa’s health minister gets COVID-19, as cases rise (Magome/Meldrum, 10/19). AP: Belgium fears virus ‘tsunami’ as COVID-19 cases keep soaring (Petrequin, 10/19). Borgen Magazine: The Philippines’ Birth Practices Facilitate Maternal and Infant Mortality…

AP: Iran announces its virus death toll passes 30,000 (Vahdat/Gambrell, 10/17). CIDRAP News: Global study shows deadly convergence of chronic disease, COVID-19 (Van Beusekom, 10/16). Devex: Q&A: Supporting health workers through the pandemic (Castell, 10/16). Devex: Q&A: Clinton Foundation on how to ‘sustain the work’ during the pandemic (Lieberman, 10/19).…

Global Health NOW: It’s Time for African Youth to Advance the Fight against Malaria Winter Okoth, founder of the Pamoja Kenya Mentorship Alliance Organization and Nothing but Nets malaria champion “Growing up in a rural area near Kisumu, Kenya, I never realized that malaria, one of the world’s oldest and…

The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health: Malaria in early life “Malaria infections are harmful to both the pregnant mother and the developing fetus. Malaria is associated with a 3-4 times increased risk of miscarriage and a substantially increased risk of stillbirth, and it disproportionately affects children younger than 5 years.…