Devex: Malaria: New chemical formulation for bed nets shows promising results “Long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets have been a lifesaving tool against malaria, but increased resistance against pyrethroids — the key chemical ingredient used — had researchers looking for alternatives or adjustments. Now, they may have found one. In a major…

DNDi: Study shows that African eye worm threatens elimination of river blindness This release discusses findings of a study examining the prevalence and challenges of onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness) and loiasis (also known as African eye worm) co-infection, which is complicating efforts to treat and, ultimately, eliminate onchocerciasis…

Xinhua: China, Gates Foundation sign MoU on tuberculosis prevention, control “China’s National Health Commission (NHC) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the prevention and control of tuberculosis. Aiming to promote new tools, technologies, and strategies to counter the epidemic, the…

CIDRAP News: Ebola continues decline, but mobile patients still pose a risk “A steady decline in the number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak continued last week, with just nine new cases reported from three health zones, but a new illness was reported from…

National Institutes of Health: Exposure to HIV drug in the womb may increase risk of microcephaly, developmental delays in children “Children born to women on HIV therapy containing the drug efavirenz were 2 to 2.5 times more likely to have microcephaly, or small head size, compared to children born to…

Healio: Ebola RNA persists for months in breast milk, semen of survivors (Stulpin, 11/19). World Politics Review: ‘Ebola Business’: How Mistrust Is Fueling Attacks on Health Workers in Eastern Congo (Freudenthal, 11/19).

AFP: Mum knows best: Homemade soup may fight malaria “…A new study suggests that certain homemade broths — made from chicken, beef, or even just vegetables — might have properties that can help fight malaria. Researcher Jake Baum of Imperial College London asked children from diverse cultural backgrounds at state-funded…

AP: Aid group reopens hospital hit during Houthi attack in Yemen (11/19). BBC: A million faulty condoms recalled in Uganda (11/19). Bloomberg: Global Infrastructure Partners Seeks $5 Billion for Debut Emerging-Markets Fund (Tan, 11/18). CIDRAP News: Skipping measles vaccine tied to triple risk of disease spread (Schnirring, 11/18). SciDev.Net: Pakistan…

BBC: Why do billions of people still not have glasses? Tim Harford, presenter for 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy “…Nowadays we take glasses for granted — in the developed world, at least. … In less developed countries, however, the picture is very different — and only recently did…

Global Press Journal: Ebola Prevention Measures in DRC are Scaring Away Patients with Other Ailments “…[D]octors say the special [patient screening] measures in place to detect and fight Ebola, which has killed 2,193 people in DRC since August 2018, put sick people off seeking treatment for other conditions which could…