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NPR: Mosquitoes Genetically Modified To Crash Species That Spreads Malaria “For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that a controversial new kind of genetic engineering can rapidly spread a self-destructive genetic modification through a complex species. … After mosquitoes carrying the mutation were released into cages filled with unmodified mosquitoes…

IntraHealth International: In Six Francophone West African Cities, Mayors Are Serious about Investing in Family Planning This post highlights IntraHealth’s work implementing The Challenge Initiative (TCI), which “offers technical expertise through innovation hubs as well as financial support to help cities achieve their health and economic goals through better family…

Brookings Institution’s “Up Front”: Tracking private finance to meet the Sustainable Development Goals George Ingram, senior fellow for Global Economy and Development at Brookings, and Sally Paxton, U.S. representative at Publish What You Fund, discuss various methods of tracking private resources mobilized by public funding to help meet the Sustainable…

Convergence: The State of Blended Finance 2018 “…Blended finance — the strategic use of catalytic capital from public and philanthropic sources to mobilize additional private sector investment — is one important approach to financing the [Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]. … This report uses Convergence data and insights to provide an…

Guttmacher Policy Review: A Time to Lead: A Roadmap for Progress on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Worldwide Jesseca Boyer, senior policy manager at Guttmacher, discusses the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights report released in May 2018, highlighting how the report could be used as…

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: A Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem This blog post highlights Twitter posts related to a meeting on the Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem held Monday during the 73rd session of the United Nations’ General Assembly and chaired…

Friends of the Global Fight: A Malaria Q&A with the Global Fund’s Dr. Scott Filler “This is the first in a series of interviews with the senior disease coordinators at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. In this Q&A, Friends spoke with Dr. Scott Filler, the senior…

Reuters: U.S. almost doubles aid for Rohingya in Bangladesh, Myanmar “The United States almost doubled its aid for displaced Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh and Myanmar, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Monday as she pushed for U.N. investigators to brief the U.N. Security Council on the…

Devex: Opinion: Investing in NCD prevention to finance sustainable development Eduardo P. Banzon, principal health specialist in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of the Asian Development Bank “…The lack of investments [in NCDs] in many countries … makes it crucial to reframe NCDs as a development issue rather…

Agence France-Presse: World Food Programme tackles hunger with innovative ad (9/24). Devex: Anne Ruston on Australia’s changing aid program (Cornish, 9/25). Devex: Q&A: Why a healthy planet means healthy people (9/24). NPR: The Unending Tragedy Of A 5-Year-Old Who Drowned In A Pit Latrine (Mahr, 9/24). Reuters: Palestinian schools, health…