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HHS Blog: National Biodefense Strategy: Protect the Nation Against all Biological Threats HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Robert P. Kadlec discusses the Trump administration’s new National Biodefense Strategy, which includes a “range of coordinated actions to counter biothreats, reduce risks, and prepare for, respond to, and recover from…

Business Insider: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says there’s opportunity in these 13 areas to make the world better “…The second annual [Goalkeepers Report], released Tuesday, focuses on the ‘formidable challenge’ of improving the lives of people in low-income countries, from reducing poverty to increasing access to safe sanitation,…

Quartz: Countries where men hold the power are really bad for men’s health “On average, men die younger than women. Men are also more likely than women to die prematurely, from causes ranging from alcoholism to heart disease to suicide. But a new report from the World Health Organization finds…

Toronto Star: Canada must take the lead in fighting spread of TB, here and abroad Joe Belliveau, executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada, and Jason Nickerson, humanitarian affairs adviser at MSF Canada “…[W]orld leaders will gather in New York [at the first-ever High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis…

Devex: Opinion: TB, NCDs, and resilient health systems for all Mandy Slutsker, policy and advocacy manager for ACTION at RESULTS and co-chair of the TB High-Level Meeting Civil Society and Affected Communities Advisory Panel, and Aaron Emmel, manager of global health advocacy initiatives for the American Academy of Pediatrics and…

Devex: Opinion: Unlocking the potential of African food businesses to tackle malnutrition Lawrence Haddad, executive director of GAIN, and Fokko Wientjes, vice president of nutrition in emerging markets and public-private partnerships at Royal DSM NV “…[T]here is a central role for business — namely [micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)]…

Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: The Global Fund as a Model of Development Assistance Mark P. Lagon, chief policy officer at Friends of the Global Fight, discusses how the Global Fund can serve as a model for other development programs and institutions, writing, “The Global…

IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: Guide gives direction to the last 90 In a guest post, Sharon Weir of MEASURE Evaluation discusses “a tool — just published by MEASURE Evaluation, funded by the United States Agency for International Development and the U.S. President’s Plan for AIDS Relief — to help public health…

Devex: USAID adopts a hard line on China’s development approach “Trump administration development leaders are not mincing words when it comes to positioning the United States Agency for International Development as a key player in the battle with China for influence in developing countries and emerging markets. … Three years…