USAID: USAID Administrator Mark Green’s Meetings in the Republic of Mozambique This readout provides a summary of USAID Administrator Mark Green’s visit to Mozambique, during which he participated in the U.S.-Africa Business Summit, meeting with business leaders and government officials to discuss challenges and opportunities as the country works toward…

STAT: As global markets for generic drugs fail, poor people pay the price Rachel Silverman, policy fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD), and Amanda Glassman, executive vice president at CGD and CEO of Center for Global Development Europe “Healthy competition from generic drugs is often held up as…

Washington Post: Dangerous skin bleaching has become a public health crisis. Corporate marketing lies behind it. Ramya M. Vijaya, professor of economics at Stockton University “In the past several years, multinational corporations have heavily marketed the idea that lighter skin leads to more prosperity. As a result, dangerous skin bleaching…

USAID: USAID Administrator Mark Green and PepsiCo Leaders Announce Global Partnership “U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green, PepsiCo Director of Sustainable Agriculture Margaret Henry, and the President of the PepsiCo Foundation Jon Banner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on June 7, 2019, in New York, to expand…

The Guardian: Science institute that advised E.U. and U.N. ‘actually industry lobby group’ “An institute whose experts have occupied key positions on E.U. and U.N. regulatory panels is, in reality, an industry lobby group that masquerades as a scientific health charity, according to a peer-reviewed study. The Washington-based International Life…

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Takeda Makes First Private Sector Pledge for Global Fund Replenishment “Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today became the first private sector company to announce a financial commitment to the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment. The new pledge, consisting of JP ¥ 1 billion (approximately…

NPR: It Looked As Though Millions Of Babies Would Miss Out On A Lifesaving Vaccine “…As NPR reported in November, the pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. announced it was ending a long-term agreement to supply its rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq, at a reduced price to families in four West African…

Agence France-Presse: Eradicating polio in Pakistan, an endless battle (Lovett/Martin, 5/30). Al Jazeera: Philippines: Dying For Gold (5/30). Associated Press: Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones (Anna, 5/30). Devex: Is Canada’s feminist foreign aid policy working? (Halais, 5/31). The Lancet: UNAIDS survey aligns with so-called fourth 90 for…

Agence France-Presse: WHO decries Big Tobacco bid to rebrand World No Tobacco Day “The World Health Organization on Wednesday condemned efforts by the world’s biggest cigarette vendor to rebrand a day dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of tobacco use. … [A WHO official] voiced concern at attempts by…

Pulitzer Center: Opioid Abuse: From U.S. Epidemic to Global Pandemic? “As the pharmaceutical company blamed for launching America’s opioid crisis faces mounting lawsuits, its foreign arm is expanding globally, using some of the same dubious practices. Other companies are getting in on the lucrative market, too, and prescription rates are…