Center for Global Development: Targeted Development with Sarah Bermeo – CGD Podcast In this podcast, Erin Collinson, director of policy outreach at CGD, speaks with Sarah Bermeo, political economist and professor of public policy and political science at Duke University, about “trends in targeted development, its pros and cons, and…

Open Society Foundations’ “Voices”: The Fight to End HIV Is Also a Fight for Women’s Rights Julia Greenberg, director of governance and financing at the Open Society Public Health Program, discusses the implications of decriminalizing sex work and the expanded Mexico City policy for HIV/AIDS efforts and the health and…

Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Faith-based coalition sends letters to Congress to champion the Global Fund “136 members of the faith-based coalition Hope Through Healing Hands, founded and chaired by former Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), sent letters to the chair and ranking member of the…

CNN: Scourge of superbugs killing Malawi’s babies (Davies, 8/8). CNN: Faced with falling birth rates, China urges citizens to have more babies (Griffiths/Wang, 8/8). Devex: Challenges facing SDG 2030 deadline for safe water and sanitation (Cornish, 8/9). Reuters: Nigeria approves $150 mln World Bank loan to fight polio (Onuah/Ohuocha, 8/8).…

ABC News: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley visits Venezuela border, announces $9 million in humanitarian aid “The United States on Wednesday announced nearly $9 million in aid to help those fleeing the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, days after Venezuela’s president said the United States was home to…

Devex: What happened to PEPFAR’s $100M Key Population Investment Fund? “The head of the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has said government bureaucracy prevented her from giving $100 million directly to in-country groups targeting key populations living with HIV. The money will now be delivered through U.S.…

Post and Courier: America must help lead worldwide fight against tuberculosis Willie Dickerson, volunteer and board member with RESULTS; Cameron Jones, student at the Medical University of South Carolina; and Ernest Loevinsohn, executive director of the Fund for Global Health “…Congress is beginning to see the need for increased attention…

The Hill: As Western donors abandon Africa’s cancer crisis, Muslim nations are filling the gap Naeem Khan, assistant secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation “…For a smart aid strategy, all nations — including America — must consider the prevention of diseases like cancer in the developing world, including…

UNAIDS: Progress, but still miles to go, to increase HIV prevention and treatment in Central African Republic “Some 18 months after the launch of the catch-up plan, the National AIDS Council (CNLS), the Ministry of Health, and UNAIDS co-organized a workshop in Bangui, to take stock of the progress and…

IntraHealth International: New $48.5 Million Project in Rwanda to Bring High-Quality, Integrated Health Services to Moms, Babies, and Youth “Through a new five-year, $48.5 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, a consortium led by IntraHealth International will collaborate with the Rwanda Ministry of Health to reduce preventable…