Global Health NOW: Safe Surgery — and UHC — Hinge on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene James C. Cobey, orthopedic surgeon, epidemiologist, and founding board member of The G4 Alliance “…While performing surgery in many developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia, I have often had to boil water first.…

Devex: Opinion: Health care providers risk their lives for others. How can we care for them? Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli, director of the United Arab Emirates Pakistan Assistance Program “…Not only do [frontline health workers] help to treat and prevent diseases, they also work tirelessly to win hearts and minds.…

Devex: $100M health initiative aims to democratize data science “On Wednesday, the Rockefeller Foundation announced a new effort to prevent 6 million maternal and child deaths in 10 countries by 2030. Launched on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, and on the heels of the U.N. High-Level Meeting…

The Telegraph: World leaders pledge that no one will fall into poverty because of health costs “World leaders have committed to providing health care for all in what has been described as a ‘landmark’ declaration. At a high-level meeting at this week’s United Nations General Assembly world leaders signed a…

AFP: Indonesian forest fires putting 10 million children at risk: U.N. (9/24). Associated Press: Pakistan battles dengue epidemic, with 20 deaths so far (Ahmed, 9/24). Barron’s: Financing Global Health (Schultz, 9/23). Devex: How can private partnerships help countries meet the UHC goal? (Byatnal, 9/24). Devex: Kenya is rolling out UHC…

Devex: Opinion: We need a Marshall Plan to train health care workers around the globe Rabih Torbay, president and CEO of Project HOPE “…[The U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goal on universal health coverage (SDG 3.8)] is both a lofty goal and a worthy one. But in order to realistically achieve it,…

U.N. News: Despite progress in childbirth safety, one woman or baby dies every 11 seconds “Childbirth survival rates are now a ‘staggering success’ compared with the year 2000, but one pregnant woman — or her child — still dies every 11 seconds from largely preventable causes, U.N. health experts said…

Christian Science Monitor: Melinda Gates: What she’s learned (Tyson, 9/18). CNBC: Bill and Melinda Gates: No matter where you’re born, ‘life will be harder if you are born a girl’ (Clifford, 9/18). Inside Philanthropy: No Water or Toilets in Health Facilities? That’s Horrifying — And Funders Are Paying Attention (Barnett,…

Health Policy Watch: Drug R&D, Sexual & Reproductive Health Scrutinized In Draft UHC Declaration “Disclosure of costs for drug research and development (R&D) and ‘alternative financing mechanisms’ for new health products remain outstanding points to be resolved by countries in finalizing a draft United Nations General Assembly political declaration on…

Al Jazeera: The informal networks resisting Honduras’s abortion ban (Brigida, 7/12). Associated Press: Spike in femicides raises alert in Bolivia (Flores, 7/12). CNN: DOH raises alert with rapid spike of dengue cases in PH regions (7/15). Devex: African activists seek universal access to sanitary products (Adepoju, 7/15). Global Press Journal:…