Health Policy Watch: CDC Head Redfield: Long-Term Investment In Global Health Security Most Critical “Recently named director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield told a gathering of global health experts this week that the most critical investment that can be made is in global…

Washington Post: Under pressure from Pence, U.S. aid is directed to Christian, Yazidi communities in Iraq “The premier U.S. aid agency is poised to send millions of dollars directly to Christian and Yazidi communities in Iraq under a rarely used, streamlined funding arrangement after coming under pressure from Vice President…

CNN: Would-be Indian child bride fights back and helps others (Ahuja, 6/18). Devex: How family planning can help save cheetahs (Edwards, 6/18). Devex: Alarm bells sounded over new E.U. aid instrument proposals (Chadwick, 6/15). Devex: DRC bordering countries begin Ebola preparedness training (Roby, 6/15). New York Times: Video Game Addiction…

The Hill: Trump administration releases funding for Syria’s ‘White Helmets’ “The United States will release some $6.6 million in previously frozen funding for a humanitarian aid group in Syria, the State Department announced Thursday. The move comes over a month after the Trump administration froze funding for the Syrian Civil…

IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: House bills reject Trump retreat from U.S. leadership of global infectious disease responses Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer of “Science Speaks,” discusses global health-related items in the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee bill released earlier this week, noting, “The…

Global Polio Eradication Initiative: Gavi Board Funds Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Until 2020 “In the fight against the virus, two important tools are used to help prevent polio — two safe, effective vaccines. Only through full funding of these vaccines can worldwide immunity be achieved, and the virus eradicated. Redoubling commitment…

NPR: Trump’s Ban On Funding For Overseas Abortions Has Some Little-Known Exceptions “…Trump’s version [of the Mexico City policy] is far more sweeping. Rather than limiting the ban to U.S. aid for family planning services, Trump has for the first time applied it to aid for virtually all global health…

Devex: Q&A: OPIC’s Ray Washburne on the proposed U.S. development finance institution “As the BUILD Act makes its way through the legislative process, concerns remain about exactly how the proposed United States development finance institution would work with the U.S. Agency for International development, what its social and environmental standards…

UNDP: UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, and U.N. Women Welcome Sweden’s Multi-Year Commitment to Core Funding “UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, and U.N. Women welcome with appreciation the Government of Sweden’s decision to enter into multi-year core funding agreements with our agencies. These will enhance our ability to fulfill our mandates and carry out…

Brookings Institution’s “Future Development”: U.S. foreign aid transparency: How to fix dueling dashboards George Ingram, senior fellow for global economy and development at Brookings, and Sally Paxton, U.S. representative for Publish What You Fund, discuss U.S. foreign aid transparency and the potential consolidation of data reported on two U.S. government…