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New York Times: Melinda Gates: Eliminating Bias in Family Planning Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “…As the largest generation in history enters its reproductive years, the evidence tells us that bias is one of the biggest barriers standing between these 1.8 billion young people and…

The Guardian: The Guardian view on Argentina and abortion: a setback, but not the end Editorial Board “The Argentinian senate’s rejection of a bill legalizing abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy is a cruel disappointment for millions of its citizens. … According to the World Health Organization, 25…

The Daily: Global health security experts meet in Kane Hall to save the world “[University of Washington] Provost Mark Richards joined Sen. Patty Murray [D-Wash.] and seven global health security experts in Kane Hall on Monday morning to discuss the future of global health in a violent world. The event…

Financial Times: China drug scandals highlight risks to global supply chain “Drug safety scandals in recent weeks have underlined the risks to international consumers posed by weak oversight in China, the world’s largest supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients…” (Hancock/Xueqiao, 8/6).

Center for Global Development: Targeted Development with Sarah Bermeo – CGD Podcast In this podcast, Erin Collinson, director of policy outreach at CGD, speaks with Sarah Bermeo, political economist and professor of public policy and political science at Duke University, about “trends in targeted development, its pros and cons, and…

Center for Strategic & International Studies’ “Take as Directed”: Reflections on the 2018 International AIDS Conference — and Looking Ahead to 2020 In this podcast, J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice president and director of the Global Health Policy Center at CSIS, speaks with Owen Ryan, outgoing executive director of the…

Center for Global Development: PEPFAR’s New Targets for Local Implementation: Commendable in Theory, Complicated in Practice Rachel Silverman, senior policy analyst and assistant director of global health policy, and Sarah Rose, policy fellow, both at CGD, discuss recently announced PEPFAR targets for the funding of local implementation of HIV/AIDS efforts.…

CIDRAP News: WHO highlights ongoing hospital MERS outbreak threat (Schnirring, 8/8). Devex: Doing it for the kids: Engaging youth to help lift burden of NCDs (Politzer, 8/10). Fortune: Why Measles Is Back in the Americas (Laursen, 8/9). The Guardian: Salt not as damaging to health as previously thought, says study…

BBC News: China hints at three-child policy with ‘happy family’ stamps “Postage stamps unveiled earlier this week to mark the incoming Year of the Pig in February 2019 have led many social media users to question whether a loosening of family planning restrictions could be imminent. The stamps show a…

The Guardian: Latin America’s fight to legalize abortion: the key battlegrounds “An estimated 6.5 million abortions take place across Latin America each year. Three-quarters of these procedures are unlawful, often performed in unsafe illegal clinics or at home. Of 33 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, only Cuba, Uruguay,…