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Reuters: African Development Bank agrees to lend Zambia $125 million “The African Development Bank has agreed to lend Zambia $125 million on concessional terms for the improvement of sanitation, food security, and support to women entrepreneurs, the government said on Tuesday…” (Mfula, 3/29).

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Achieving Total Sanitation in Indonesia Amit Chandra, emergency physician and health systems strengthening adviser for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, discusses efforts by the U.S. and Indonesian governments to increase access to safe drinking water, reduce stunting, and improve the health and nutrition of children in…

News outlets discuss a new UNICEF report, titled “Children on the Brink.” New York Times: Children Pay ‘Highest Price’ as Yemen Falls Apart, U.N. Says “A yearlong conflict is threatening to cause a humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries, the United Nations reported on Tuesday, saying…

Center for American Progress: Supporting Global Food Security in a Changing Climate Through Transatlantic Cooperation Michael Werz, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Benjamin Pohl, senior project manager for adelphi, discuss “the food security situation in the Middle East and how the United States and its European…

Agence France-Presse: War-torn South Sudan starvation levels ‘alarming’: U.N. “U.N. food experts warned Tuesday of ‘alarming’ levels of starvation in South Sudan with food prices at record highs after two years of civil war marked by atrocities…” (3/29). U.N. News Centre: Hunger and ongoing insecurity forcing South Sudanese to flee…

Inter Press Service: Challenges of Polio Vaccination “Pakistan and Afghanistan, the two remaining polio-endemic countries, have joined forces to eradicate poliomyelitis by vaccinating their children in synchronized campaigns. The two neighboring countries — sharing a 2,400 km long and porous border — have been bracketed as the stumbling block in…

Agence France-Presse: U.N. says 736 meningitis cases, 61 deaths this year in Niger “Sixty-one people have died of meningitis since January in Niger, the United Nations said Tuesday, despite mass vaccinations to prevent a possible epidemic. A total of 736 cases have been officially recorded this year, the local branch…

Huffington Post: The Best of America: Part I Deborah Derrick, president of Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria “In a matter of weeks, I’ll be stepping away from nearly eight years of working to promote global health. … I’ve written three pieces on the progress and…

Livemint: Pneumonia vaccine: the new battleground for Indian drug makers “…Tergene is not alone in the race to make the pediatric vaccine. Big Indian vaccine names such as Pune-based Serum Institute of India Ltd and New Delhi-based Panacea Biotec Ltd are also developing [pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs)]. Serum and Panacea…

Devex: 4 ideas for improving women’s health Huma Abbasi, general manager of global health and medical at Chevron “…March is Women’s History Month. This month provides us with the opportunity to reflect on lessons learned from our work to fight HIV and AIDS by supporting women. Ending transmission of HIV…