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Devex: Guterres launches new plan for SDG financing, as private finance takes the spotlight “U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres launched a new strategy to help finance the 2030 agenda Monday, but beyond the strategy, the speakers sharing the podium were a sign that times are changing. … The new strategy’s goal…

Agence France-Presse: Coalition says to open humanitarian corridors from Yemen’s Hodeida “A Saudi-led military alliance fighting in Yemen said Monday it would open humanitarian corridors between two key rebel strongholds — the Red Sea city of Hodeida and the capital Sanaa — in coordination with the U.N…” (9/24). U.N. News:…

Associated Press: WHO warns of ‘perfect storm’ for Ebola in eastern Congo “The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization says insecurity, public defiance about vaccinations, and political jockeying could create a ‘perfect storm’ leading Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak to spread. Dr. Peter Salama says the response is at a…

Reuters: Some 129 countries sign up to Trump’s pledge at U.N. to fight drugs “Some 129 countries at the United Nations signed on to a U.S.-drafted pledge to fight the global drug problem on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump warned presented a public health and national security threat…” (Nichols/Mason,…

Project Syndicate: Governments Must Stand Up for Health Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO “…[W]hile TB and NCDs are very different types of health threats, the best response to them is the same: We must build stronger health systems that are capable of delivering universal health coverage (UHC).…

Devex: Opinion: Skilled health workers are the foundation of a healthy world Vanessa Kerry, CEO and co-founder of Seed Global Health “…[H]ow do we achieve reductions in deaths from preventable, treatable diseases, address the burgeoning [noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)], and increase access to universal coverage for all? The answer is building…

Washington Post: Letters to the Editor: We need to put more money toward tuberculosis research Mel Spigelman, physician, president, and chief executive of TB Alliance “As the World Health Organization has pointed out, drug-resistant tuberculosis infections are on the rise. And yet, funding for TB research and development of the…

Washington Post: We can, and must, prevent the next Yemen Neal Keny-Guyer, chief executive of Mercy Corps “…The international community must learn from [the] devastation [in Yemen]. To avert another Yemen, Syria, or Iraq, we must prevent violence before it erupts. We can accomplish this by helping at-risk communities improve…

U.N. News: DR Congo: Amid renewed risk of spread, Ebola virus leaves over 150 children orphaned or unaccompanied “New Ebola virus hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are threatening progress made in tackling the deadly disease and increasing its risk of spreading, the World Health Organization (WHO)…