Devex: Commonwealth Summit launches in London amid concerns over LGBTQ rights, jobs “Leaders from the 53 countries that make up the British Commonwealth arrived in London Monday for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, where they convened 5,000 participants from a range of sectors, including government officials, members of…

ABC’s RN Breakfast: Flesh-eating ulcer found in Africa is spreading rapidly in Australia, and reaching epidemic proportions in regions of Victoria “…The Buruli ulcer is a rare tropical disease caused by bacteria related to leprosy and tuberculosis. This flesh-eating ulcer is commonly found in Africa but it’s rapidly spreading in…

Council on Foreign Relations’ “Africa In Transition”: South Sudan Waves Goodbye to Guinea Worm John Campbell, Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses South Sudan’s announcement that the country has stopped transmission of Guinea worm, highlighting the work of the Carter Center…

FT Health: The art of public health messaging The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter highlights the recent International Society of Neglected Tropical Diseases Festival 2018. The newsletter also features an interview with Jonathan Quick, senior fellow emeritus at Management Sciences for Health and author of…

The Lancet: Good news for the world’s newest nation Editorial Board “Despite South Sudan’s crippling civil war, the country has interrupted the transmission of Guinea worm disease, announced the Carter Center on March 21. This disease is now on the edge of eradication, with only six countries reporting low rates…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Lessons from Darfur: How to deliver health care in insecure regions Simon Bush, director of neglected tropical diseases at NGO Sightsavers “…The trachoma [mass drug administration (MDA)] program in Darfur is a success story. For the first time, hundreds of thousands of people have been treated for…

Global Health Innovation Technology Fund: As the GHIT Fund Closes Out First Five Years of R&D for Lifesaving Medical Breakthroughs, It Launches Next Phase, Focusing on Access and Delivery, Bringing Total Investment to 13.2 Billion Yen (U.S.$123 Million) “The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund today announced a total of…

Associated Press: Guinea worm disease transmission stopped in South Sudan “South Sudan has gone 15 months without a single reported case of Guinea worm disease, the nation’s health minister said Wednesday, suggesting a major victory for global health officials trying to eliminate the painful affliction…” (Nadler, 3/21). Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Carter…

BMJ: Funding innovation in neglected diseases Gavin Yamey, professor of global health and public policy at the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health at Duke University, and colleagues “…Strategies to mobilize funding [for neglected diseases] should engage governments from high-, low-, and middle-income countries, philanthropic foundations, and the private…

WHO: On the frontlines of the fight against Lassa fever in Nigeria This post discusses how Nigeria is working with the WHO and other partners to respond to an outbreak of Lassa fever in the country (March 2018).