Agence France-Presse: One-stop clinics, a rare lifesaver for Zimbabwe’s sick (Jongwe, 7/20). Al Jazeera: ‘Toxic stress’: Addressing mental health needs in Sierra Leone (Werner/Acland, 7/21). Devex: Could permagardens help solve refugee malnutrition? (Root, 7/22). Global Health NOW: A Neglected Disease, A Lab Researcher, And Real Life (Silberner, 7/11). The Guardian:…

Al Jazeera: The informal networks resisting Honduras’s abortion ban (Brigida, 7/12). Associated Press: Spike in femicides raises alert in Bolivia (Flores, 7/12). CNN: DOH raises alert with rapid spike of dengue cases in PH regions (7/15). Devex: African activists seek universal access to sanitary products (Adepoju, 7/15). Global Press Journal:…

Associated Press: U.N.: Sudan’s health supply shortage exacerbated by crisis (7/2). Devex: Wasted food means wasting time to meet SDGs, researchers say (Welsh, 7/3). Pulitzer Center: Waiting for Hope: Venezuela’s Crumbling Public Health Infrastructure (Sandoval, 7/2). Reuters: In battle for Libya’s oil, water becomes a casualty (Laessing/Elumami, 7/2). U.N. News:…

The Atlantic: What Facebucks Can Do for the Global Poor (Lowrey, 6/27). Avert: Infants less likely to become HIV-infected with male partner involvement (Mahon, 6/26). The Guardian: ‘People are very scared’: fighting dengue fever in Brazil — in pictures (6/27). The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Recognition for Chagas disease (Burki, July…

The Guardian: Austerity and inequality fueling mental illness, says top U.N. envoy “Austerity, inequality, and job insecurity are bad for mental health and governments should counteract them if they want to face up to the rising prevalence of mental illness, the U.N.’s top health envoy has said. In an exclusive…

Al Jazeera: Pakistan struggles with unprecedented HIV infections in children (Burdon-Manley, 6/16). allAfrica: Africa: After ECHO, Let’s Find Out Why Women Are Not Using Barrier Methods (Ncube, 6/18). BBC News: Face to face with DR Congo’s deadly vipers (6/18). Bloomberg: Deadly Superbugs Win as Wall Street Flees Makers of Antibiotics…

U.N. News: One-in-five suffers mental health condition in conflict zones, new U.N. figures reveal “More than one-in-five people living in conflict-affected areas suffers from a mental illness, according to a new report based on U.N. figures, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to call for increased, sustained investment in mental…

Associated Press: Companies pushed baby formula in Peru despite ban (6/10). Associated Press: When disaster hits, Indonesia’s Islamists are first to help (Wright, 6/11). BBC News: Big data ‘can stop malaria outbreaks before they start’ (Galpin, 6/10). Devex: Tech solutions to fight fake medicines (Ravelo, 6/11). Devex: Q&A: Serve the…

Deutsche Welle: Africa battles high rates of suicide, depression (6/8). Devex: Video: The rise of vaccine hesitancy (Abrahams/Mihari, 6/10). The Guardian: It’s not just girls — one in 30 young men were married as children (Ratcliffe, 6/7). The Guardian: Prevention: the new holy grail of treating mental illness (Rice-Oxley, 6/8).…

FT Health: Time to reclassify tobacco? The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter discusses the global burden of smoking and highlights a BMJ article suggesting tobacco should be classified as a non-communicable disease. The newsletter also features an interview with Lelio Marmora, executive director of Unitaid,…