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U.N. News: Alcohol abuse kills three million people a year, most of them men — WHO report “More one in 20 deaths in 2016 — three million people, mostly men — were caused by harmful use of alcohol, according a report released on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO).…

Center for Global Development: Call a Spade a Spade: Venezuela is a Public Health Emergency Roxanne Oroxom, policy analyst, and Amanda Glassman, chief operating officer, senior fellow, and board secretary, both at CGD, discuss Venezuela’s health and humanitarian situation and outline how the international community can respond. The authors write,…

Reuters: Regulate: ex-world leaders’ solution to ‘failed’ drug war “More governments should turn away from a repressive war on drugs that has ‘failed’ and look to proven strategies to implement regulated markets for risky substances, a group of former presidents and leaders said in a report published Monday. … The…

Devex: U.N. chief António Guterres cautions financing will impact reform process “The scope of United Nations reform might not be as big as initially envisioned, due to financial restraints and a lack of specialized budget, according to U.N. chief António Guterres. In an exclusive interview with Devex Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar…

Health Policy Watch: United Nations Meeting On Noncommunicable Diseases: ‘A Make Or Break Moment’ “After falling short of achieving commitments made at the first and second United Nations high-level meetings on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in recent years, the Third High-Level Meeting on NCDs taking place [September 27] presents an opportunity…

Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health: Commitments to Every Woman Every Child’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030) “A new report called Commitments to Every Woman Every Child’s (EWEC) Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030) — commissioned by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn…

FT Health: D-Day for tuberculosis The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter discusses findings from the 2018 WHO Global Tuberculosis Report and features an interview with Mariam Claeson, director of the Global Financing Facility, who talks about the GFF’s efforts and how the organization differs from…

World Economic Forum: More than just a phone: mobile’s impact on sustainable development Mats Granryd, director general of GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide, discusses the impact of mobile technology in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 2: Zero hunger, SDG 7:…

The Guardian: Deadly Yemen famine could strike at any time, warns U.N. boss “A famine inflicting ‘huge loss of life’ could strike at any time in Yemen, as food prices soar and the battle rages over the country’s main port, the U.N. humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, has warned. Lowcock said…

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: Outlining American Interests at the United Nations General Assembly Kevin E. Moley, assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the State Department, discusses U.S. participation in this week’s 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly and writes, “For the United…