Devex: Biden said he’ll rescind the ‘global gag rule.’ What then? “President-elect Joe Biden is expected to repeal the Mexico City policy as one of his early acts in office. But a memorandum rescinding the policy — which has been expanded during President Donald Trump’s administration — is only the…

The Guardian: Trump administration in ‘staggering’ isolation at U.N. on health issues “The outgoing Trump administration’s final days at the United Nations have resulted in a deepening of U.S. isolation on social and health issues, with only a handful of allies including Russia, Belarus, and Syria. In one vote this…

BMJ Opinion: Strengthening pandemic preparedness and response begins with answering the question: where are the women? Clare Wenham, assistant professor of global health policy at the London School of Economics (LSE), and colleagues (11/20). Think Global Health: Tackling the World’s Most Vexing Diseases Through Data Lauren A. Do, research assistant…

CSIS’s AIDS 2021 Podcast: The Promise and Challenge of PrEP for Adolescent Girls and Young Women “In this episode of AIDS 2021, we discuss pre-exposure prophylaxis — PrEP — a critical HIV prevention tool for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in countries with high HIV burdens. Janet Fleischman speaks…

Al Jazeera: Pacific’s Samoa records first case of coronavirus (11/19). Devex: Exclusive: FCDO to become ‘reserved’ department, will not be hiring foreign nationals (Worley, 11/18). New Humanitarian: In storm-hit Honduras, a climate crisis drives needs and fuels migration (Olson, 11/18). New York Times: How Profit Collided With Public Health in…

Human Rights Watch: Trump Administration Moves to Entrench Global Gag Rule Elisa Epstein, Washington advocacy officer at HRW, discusses the Trump administration’s efforts to expand the Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule, and notes, “Biden should immediately issue an executive order when he takes office to…

Salon: How Trump’s anti-abortion zeal shook fragile health systems around the world “…President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to reverse the [Mexico City] policy when he takes office, and he campaigned on a promise to enshrine abortion rights in federal law. But for many foreign aid groups, the changes may be…

U.N. News: WHO rolls out plan to rid world of cervical cancer, saving millions of lives “The World Health Organization (WHO) set out a strategy on Tuesday for eliminating cervical cancer, which would avoid the death of an estimated five million women and girls from the disease, by 2050. ……

AFP: Coronavirus crippling fight against other pandemic: TB (Galey, 11/16). AP: Public health programs see surge in students amid pandemic (Smith/Young, 11/17). Borgen Magazine: Nootkatone: A New Weapon to Fight Insect-Borne Diseases (Jaffee, 11/16). Devex: Witchcraft accusations and cataracts: The effects of open-fire cooking in Tanzania (Chakamba, 11/17). The Guardian:…

The Conversation: Large Africa study makes important breakthrough in HIV prevention Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, associate professor and director of research at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute I at the University of the Witwatersrand (11/15). Devex: Opinion: Why evaluation is key to rebuilding better and achieving the 2030 Agenda Anthony…