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ABC News: Australian HIV rates declining overall, but not for everyone (Sedghi, 9/24). Associated Press: Raw sewage in streets: Cholera is Zimbabwe’s latest crisis (Mutsaka, 9/22). Associated Press: Despite strong laws, domestic violence in Brazil is rampant (Christofaro, 9/21). Deutsche Welle: Cholera outbreak in Nigeria’s northeast kills nearly 100 (9/22).…

Devex: Q&A: U.S. Ambassador Chalet on the U.S. and U.N. reform “…Last Wednesday, the U.S. Congress confirmed Cherith Norman Chalet, a reform and management expert at the mission for the past 10 years, as the new U.S. representative for U.N. management and reform. … Devex caught up with Chalet on…

IRIN: U.S. tightens counter-terror clampdown on Syria aid “The U.S. government has reinforced counter-terrorism controls on aid operations in Syria. New contractual terms require U.S.-funded organizations to get special permission to provide relief in areas controlled by extremist groups. The move further complicates aid operations for those trapped in Syria’s…

Devex: The new politics of aid “As the United Kingdom’s main political parties meet for their annual conferences over the next two weeks, there should be plenty for the aid community to digest — from ministerial speeches to topical fringe events — at a time when the key parties are…

Associated Press/CBS News: Trump to U.N.: “We commit to fighting the drug epidemic together” “President Donald Trump in his address at a high-level meeting on the ‘Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem,’ said that the United States is committed to ‘fighting the drug epidemic together’ as the…

U.S. Government Accountability Office: Humanitarian Assistance: USAID Should Improve Information Collection and Communication to Help Mitigate Implementers’ Banking Challenges “U.S. agencies partner with nonprofit organizations to deliver humanitarian assistance around the world. Unstable or high-conflict areas, where aid is often needed, have a higher risk of financial crimes such as…

Associated Press: Rumors, conflict challenge Ebola response in eastern Congo “The latest Ebola outbreak in Congo presents complex challenges as the virus spreads for the first time in an area where long-running conflict is hampering aid efforts, the regional Africa chief for the International Federation of the Red Cross said…

Brookings Institution’s “Future Development”: What panel data tell us about toilets in India Indermit Gill, director of the Duke Center for International Development at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, and Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, professor of public policy and environmental economics at Duke University and faculty director of the…

Global Health NOW: Do We Have a Right to Surgery? The Case for Access to All Rolvix Patterson, medical and public health student at Tufts University School of Medicine and research associate at Harvard’s Program for Global Surgery and Social Change, and Jacquelyn Corley, neurological surgery resident at Duke University…