Agence France-Presse: 1.1 million children affected by Venezuela crisis: UNICEF “The number of children who are affected by the Venezuelan crisis and who will need humanitarian aid this year is expected to more than double to reach 1.1 million, up from nearly 500,000, the U.N. children’s agency said Thursday. The…

Bloomberg: U.S. Shifts Venezuela Strategy at U.N. to Focus on Toll of Crisis “The U.S. is seeking to highlight the growing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela at the United Nations after its earlier bids to call for new elections faced stiff opposition from veto-wielding rivals Russia and China. The U.S. called…

PATH’s “DefeatDD Blog”: Hospitals Without Water, Toilets, or Soap Make the Sick Even More Vulnerable to Infection Adam Drolet, program officer at PATH, discusses the importance of WASH services in health care facilities, writing, “Without clean and safe water, sanitation, and hygiene, patients and providers are at a much higher…

The Guardian: We’re in constant fear of armed attack as we treat Ebola patients in Congo Eric Mukama, health zone coordinator in the DRC with Care “I have been responding to different disease outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for 18 years, yet I have never seen anything…

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.…

Al Jazeera: Can the world afford universal health care? (11/2). Borgen Magazine: The End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act (Gordon, 11/1). Devex: Q&A: James Love on the biggest challenges in the fight for affordable drugs (Green, 11/4). Devex: 5 myths drowning out progress on WASH (Root, 11/4). DW: Philippines struggling to…

Devex: Opinion: From resolution to revolution in health care Chitalu Chilufya, Zambia’s minister of health and member of the National Assembly of Zambia “…[I]t’s time for the WASH revolution — and if recent events are indicative of commitments, we have good news. National governments recognize that the health and well-being…

Al Jazeera: Hodeidah ‘cholera cases triple after Saudi-UAE offensive’: Report (10/1). Associated Press: India’s sanitation summit overshadows problems that persist (Schmall, 10/1). CBS News: “Nature is potentially the worst bioterrorist,” says Anthony Fauci (Hymes, 9/26). Daily Nation: Marie Stopes defies ban on advert linked to abortion (Mutua, 9/30). Devex: How…

WHO: WHO calls for increased investment to reach the goal of a toilet for all “The world will not reach the goal of universal sanitation coverage — where every person in the world has access to toilets that safely contain excreta — by 2030 unless countries make comprehensive policy shifts…

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Lack of Preparedness and Insecurity Hampered Response to Cholera Epidemic in Yemen “…The new report [from the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health], ‘Cholera in Yemen: a case study of epidemic preparedness and response,’ calls for better anticipation of and preparedness for epidemics…