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Kaiser Family Foundation/Center for Strategic and International Studies: August 10 Event — AIDS 2018: What Happened and What’s Next? Earlier today, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Global Health Policy Center of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a briefing to assess the major outcomes of the…

Axios: Congo trying to stem Ebola outbreak with experimental vaccine “The Democratic Republic of the Congo started using an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus [Wednesday] after identifying it as the virulent Zaire strain. The latest outbreak has spread to a conflict region and is suspected of killing at…

Devex: PEPFAR reauthorization bill introduced “Despite concerns earlier in the year, a simple PEPFAR reauthorization bill has been introduced by a bipartisan group in the U.S. House of Representatives. The three-and-a-half page, straightforward bill called the PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018, would extend the mandate of the U.S. President’s Emergency…

Open Society Foundations’ “Voices”: The Fight to End HIV Is Also a Fight for Women’s Rights Julia Greenberg, director of governance and financing at the Open Society Public Health Program, discusses the implications of decriminalizing sex work and the expanded Mexico City policy for HIV/AIDS efforts and the health and…

FIGO: Empowering Africa’s young women Jennifer Crago, director of communications, advocacy, and publications at FIGO, discusses the importance of investing in adolescent health in Africa. Crago writes, “Young people are sub-Saharan Africa’s greatest asset, but it is only through investing in their lives, including in their sexual and reproductive health…

IRIN: IRIN to increase reporting on locally driven humanitarian responses “IRIN is enhancing our coverage of indigenous and locally driven responses to humanitarian emergencies and disasters, an effort made possible with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…” (8/8). IRIN: From evacuee to humanitarian: aid goes local in…

Inter Press Service: The Legalization of Abortion in Argentina will Benefit Thousands of Women Nelly Minyersky, lawyer and family law specialist, writing for Amnesty International “…[In Argentina,] criminalization of abortion (Art. 86 of the Criminal Code of the Nation) constitutes a flagrant violation of a plethora of rights that are…

The Intercept: Trump Administration Siding with Former Obama Aide at U.N. to Protect Industry Profits “The Trump administration, fresh off its battle against breastfeeding at the United Nations, is once again pressuring countries to revise a U.N. public health resolution, this time focused on tuberculosis. The U.S. is seeking to…

Newsweek: Northwestern Syrian Offensive Could Displace 700,000 People, Health Agencies Warn “An expected Syrian government attack in the country’s northwestern Idlib province could displace over 700,000 people and lead to a dire humanitarian situation. The ‘Health Cluster Bulletin’ report, which is published by health-focused humanitarian groups and spearheaded by the…