Al Jazeera: The midwives helping women on the U.S.-Mexico border (Bellante, 12/3).

Devex: Q&A: MESA chair talks next steps in the fight against malaria (Pallares, 12/4).

Reuters: Iraq child marriage bill draws U.N. ire (Wulfhorst, 12/4).

Reuters: Trial results of Zika vaccine Sanofi dropped show promise (Steenhuysen, 12/4).

U.N. News Centre: Rapid, large-scale, coordinated action needed to beat pollution — U.N. chief (12/4).

U.N. News Centre: Urgent action needed to address rising global hunger, says U.N. agency head (12/4).