Kaiser Family Foundation: Breaking Down the U.S. Global Health Budget by Program Area The U.S. government is the largest donor to global health in the world. This fact sheet breaks down the U.S. global health budget by program area: HIV/PEPFAR; tuberculosis (TB); malaria/the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI); the Global Fund…

STAT: A drug priced out of reach in Africa could save lives from a neglected killer Patrick Adams, freelance journalist, and Cameron Nutt, fourth-year student at Harvard Medical School “…[I]n sub-Saharan Africa [cryptococcal meningitis, or crypto] is fatal in 70 percent of patients even after they reach referral hospitals in…

The Lancet Global Health: Monitoring equity in universal health coverage with essential services for neglected tropical diseases: an analysis of data reported for five diseases in 123 countries over 9 years Christopher Fitzpatrick, health economist at the WHO’s Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, and colleagues discuss the development…

Al Jazeera: Cancer patients in Yemen struggle to survive as options diminish (Gupta, 7/25). BBC News: Making a drama out of a TB crisis (Sherriff, 7/25). The Guardian: Alarm as Ugandan politicians back plans for compulsory HIV testing in schools (Okiror, 7/26). The Lancet Infectious Diseases: New challenges to eradicating…

International Business Times: Malaria scare grips Delhi: 75 cases reported so far outpacing dengue and chikungunya (Rai, 7/24). Nature: Malaria’s ticking time bomb (Maxmen, 7/25). Reuters: Medical aid group MSF suspends work in part of S.Sudan after office overrun (Dumo/Obulutsa, 7/24). VOA News: U.N. Launches $22M Appeal to Tackle Ethiopian…

Associated Press: 3 new Guinea worm cases found in setback for South Sudan “Three new cases of Guinea worm have been discovered in South Sudan, setting the country back in its efforts to eradicate the debilitating disease. … South Sudan had no reported cases in 2017, a rare success in…

Bloomberg: Ebola Eludes Drug Testing Once More as Outbreak Tapers Off (Fourcade/Kresge, 7/19). Devex: In South Africa, ATM pharmacies help fill a massive shortfall (Fallon, 7/20). The Lancet: Changes to dolutegravir policy in several African countries (Nakkazi, 7/21). SciDev.Net: Brazil suspects leprosy spreads through armadillos (de Oliveira Andrade, 7/19). Science:…

CIDRAP News: Uganda reports Rift Valley fever outbreak (Schnirring, 7/17). Health24: Motsoaledi blames lack of sex ed in schools after latest HIV figures (Sehoai, 7/18). HuffPost: Where Shoes Are A Luxury, A Nightmarish Disease May Be Lurking (Gardner, 7/17). IRIN: In Conversation With: George Okoth-Obbo, head of operations at the…

Los Angeles Times: Health emergency declared in northern Brazil after measles outbreak (Langlois, 7/16). New York Times: Now in Sight: Success Against an Infection That Blinds (McNeil, 7/16). Reuters: Mass radio campaign saves thousands of child lives in Africa (Kelland, 7/16). Science: ‘Frightening’ drug-resistant strain of typhoid spreads in Pakistan…

SciDev.Net: Global science body promises to reach poor regions (Tatalović, 7/6). STAT: A case study in the fast-rising threat of antibiotic resistance (Branswell, 7/6). Xinhua News: More than 1,000 Filipinos infected with leptospirosis this year: health secretary (7/7). Xinhua News: Kenya pledges new investments to eradicate micro-nutrients deficiency (7/6).