The Telegraph: Fighting for breath: how we can win the battle against childhood pneumonia Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the WHO, and Kevin Watkins, chief executive of Save the Children U.K. “…[T]he most potent antidote to the ongoing crisis in child pneumonia can be summarized in three words: universal…

USAID: Innovation and Impact Newsletter — July 2019 The latest issue of USAID’s Innovation and Impact Newsletter features a report on attracting private capital for global health innovation; highlights a stakeholder meeting hosted by the Nigerian government to validate the country’s integrated pneumonia control strategy and action plan; and discusses…

Al Jazeera: Libya: Attack on field hospital near Tripoli kills five doctors (7/28). Associated Press: Africa’s booming cities face a severe toilet crisis (Muhuzuma, 7/27). Borgen Magazine: Obesity in Mexico (McClurg, 7/27). CNBC: Rising temperatures will put 1 billion more people at risk of infectious disease, Morgan Stanley warns (Stevens,…

Aspen Institute: Sabin Vaccine Institute and The Aspen Institute Release Report Calling for Bold, New, and Coordinated Commitments to Making Universal Influenza Vaccines a Reality “A new report released [Thursday] by the Sabin-Aspen Vaccine Science & Policy Group, a joint initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and the Aspen Institute,…

CIDRAP News: Maternal Zika infection tied to poor development in 32% of tots (Roos, 7/9). CIDRAP News: Data show MERS cases, deaths on decline since 2016 (Soucheray, 7/9). Devex: What does the commitment to green U.K. aid mean in practice? (Root, 7/10). The Guardian: Device could bring both solar power…

Borgen Magazine: The Pneumococcal Vaccine Price Drop (Halliburton, 7/1). Financial Times: Brazil reports burst of dengue fever cases (Harris, 7/2). The Guardian: Fifty years of HIV: how close are we to a cure? (Siddons/Graham, 7/2). The Lancet HIV: Russia considers legislation to tackle rising AIDS denialism (Holt, July 2019).

Al Jazeera: In Honduras, women fight for access to the morning-after pill (Brigida, 6/30). CIDRAP News: Study: Viruses cause most global pediatric pneumonia (Soucheray, 6/28). Devex: Tackling vision impairment within displaced communities (Ravelo, 6/26). Forbes: North Korea Has Two Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Nukes And Tuberculosis (Fisher, 6/30). Health Policy…

The Guardian: Sierra Leone faces legal challenge over ban on pregnant schoolgirls (Maclean, 6/27). The Guardian: Congo abuses drive global rise in sexual violence against women (Austin, 6/28). Healio: RSV leading cause of pediatric pneumonia cases in Africa, Asia (Bortz, 6/27). The Lancet: New scorecard reveals Africa’s hepatitis cost (Makoni,…

Bloomberg: China’s Increasing Wealth Is Changing the Way People Die “Chronic illnesses like stroke, heart problems, and lung cancer became the top causes of premature death in China over the last three decades, according to a new study showing health trends that increasingly resemble the U.S. and other advanced nations.…

ABC: ‘We need more money’: Fight to eradicate AIDS, malaria, and TB rages on (Kelly, 6/20). Associated Press: U.N. health agency to remove controversial opioid guidelines (Galofaro, 6/19). BBC News: Why are women declining this surgery? (Bryce/Udobang, 6/19). CIDRAP News: Urban wildlife may add to antibiotic resistance threat (Soucheray, 6/19).…