U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia: U.S. Investing $40 Million to Support Goal of Universal Health Coverage in Ethiopia “Today the United States launched a new, five-year USD $40 million Health Financing Improvement Program to invest in expanding Ethiopia’s capacity to provide quality affordable health care to citizens across the country. Under…

POLITICO: House rebuffs Trump’s foreign policy with Yemen vote “The House on Wednesday passed a bill to halt U.S. involvement in Yemen’s civil war — yet another bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The legislation now heads to the Senate, where proponents expect it to narrowly pass in…

ABC News: Venezuela standoff extends to oil sector as questions swirl over humanitarian aid “Venezuela’s growing parallel opposition government extended its reach to the all-important oil sector on Wednesday when the country’s National Assembly moved to appoint new boards of directors to the state oil company and its refiner CITGO.…

Devex: Jonathan Nash on MCC’s evolution from ‘bold experiment’ to data-driven agency “Jonathan Nash’s tenure at the Millennium Challenge Corporation has been dynamic. What began with the stress of a startup ended with the challenge of navigating the 15-year-old agency through a tumultuous period of change. … For the last…

The Verge: Mosquito control could slow the spread of disease in a warming world “The recently announced Green New Deal, a resolution to help address the threats of climate change, gives public health advocates a chance to confront an overlooked consequence of climate change: worsening mosquito-borne illnesses. The resolution, which…

Associated Press/ABC News: 8 die of measles in Ukraine this year as outbreak worsens “Eight people have died of measles in Ukraine since the start of the year, already half as many as died in the whole of 2018, authorities said on Wednesday. The Health Ministry said in a statement…

Devex: Q&A: Former World Bank China director on David Malpass “U.S. President Donald Trump’s nomination of David Malpass to be the next president of the World Bank has left many wondering what it might mean for the institution to be led by someone who shares the Trump administration’s perspective on…

The Atlantic: The U.S. Doesn’t Deserve the World Bank Presidency Annie Lowrey, contributing editor at The Atlantic covering economic policy “…[Trump’s nominee to lead the World Bank, David] Malpass, a former Wall Street economist, once criticized institutions such as the bank as ‘intrusive’ and argued that multilateralism ‘has gone substantially…

Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network: MFAN Applauds First Congressional Clearance on USAID Restructuring and Encourages Further Action In a statement delivered on behalf of MFAN, Co-chairs George Ingram, Lester Munson, and Tessie San Martin applaud “Congress for clearing the first of nine Congressional Notifications (CN) detailing the proposed reorganization and restructuring…

Seattle Times: Why we need global efforts to prevent measles at home Susan Tyler, advocate for the U.N. Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign “…No child should suffer from measles when a lifesaving vaccine exists. … [W]e must invest in preventing measles to begin with — otherwise, the costs of containing and treating…