USAID: USAID Announces Up To $130 Million to Accelerate Reductions in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Deaths “On December 27 and December 31, 2019, the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the first two in a series of global health awards to accelerate reductions in maternal, newborn, and child mortality…

Devex: Opinion: Predictions 2020 — what will shape reproductive health issues in the coming year? Phil Harvey, founder of DKT International and chairman of the DKT board of directors, and Chris Purdy, president and CEO of DKT International “…We predict the following eight issues and trends in the reproductive health…

AFP: Half C.Africa population needs humanitarian aid: U.N. (1/21). Borgen Magazine: The End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act (Frazer, 1/22). CNBC: Tracking Africa’s development outcomes (1/22). Devex: Sierra Leone’s plans to improve education — one meal at a time (Ravelo, 1/22). Devex: Europe’s Africa strategy déjà vu (Chadwick, 1/22). New Humanitarian:…

Save the Children: Gavi At 20 Years — Delivering On The Promise Of Immunization: How Far Have We Come? Yanira Garcia-M, global health analyst at ACTION, and Claire Leonie Ward, health advocacy adviser at Save the Children, recognize the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum and the 20th anniversary…

Washington Post: The lessons we can learn from Congo’s measles outbreak Editorial Board “Spreading faster than Ebola, and with a higher death toll, measles has ravaged all 26 provinces of Congo in a year. … Both outbreaks offer important lessons about fighting infectious disease that should resonate everywhere. … In addition…

Médecins Sans Frontières: Gavi must ensure more children get new, more affordable pneumonia vaccine “As Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, starts to commemorate its 20th year and launches a new fundraising appeal, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) stressed that more must be done to make sure the 55 million children who do…

AP: U.N. official warns Yemen could face brink of famine again (Lederer, 1/16). AP: Menstruation huts destroyed in Nepal, where exile persists (1/17). Devex: Humanitarianism is a ‘fallen angel,’ says MSF president (Root, 1/17). Devex: Can self-care health interventions help countries reach UHC? (Jerving, 1/17). Devex: Q&A: Nigeria is finally…

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Warning: Climate change will bring major new health risks for kids Kathleen E. Bachynski, assistant professor of public health at Muhlenberg College, discusses a recent Lancet report on climate change and human health and highlights the effects of climate change on the health of children.…

AP: 3 African countries trying out 1st malaria vaccine in babies “…The southern African nation [of Malawi] is rolling out the shots in an unusual pilot program along with Kenya and Ghana. Unlike established vaccines that offer near-complete protection, this new one is only about 40% effective. But experts say…

AFP: Pakistan says Facebook to help in fight against polio (1/16). AP: U.N. report lays out agonies faced by Syrian children amid war (Keaten, 1/16). BBC News: HIV infections among gay and bi men fall by 73% in U.K. (Haigh, 1/16). Borgen Magazine: Measles Outbreak in the DRC: Treatment and…