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Associated Press: U.N. adopts guidelines aimed at speeding aid to North Korea (Lederer, 8/6). Financial Times: Nigerian food sector commits to nutrient fortification (Pilling, 8/5). Reuters: Libyan cancer clinic relies on donors to treat patients (al-Sahli et al., 8/6). Thomson Reuters Foundation: Feature — DIY tests for HIV beat stigma…

Inter Press Service: Amidst Rising Heat Waves, U.N. says Cooling is a Human Right, not a Luxury “…Rachel Kyte, chief executive officer (CEO) and special representative to the United Nations Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), says that in a world facing continuously rising temperatures, access to cooling…

The Guardian: ‘We can’t let our guard down’ — as Paraguay eliminates malaria, regional outbreaks grow “…The campaign [to eliminate malaria from Paraguay] began in 1939, when [during] a grueling war with Bolivia, an outbreak of malaria infected 80,000 people out of a population of one million. … [The nation’s…

Agence France-Presse: DR Congo to begin Ebola vaccinations this week “The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday they would begin Ebola vaccinations later this week in the east of the country, where a new outbreak of the virus is [occurring]…” (8/6). Associated Press: Congo’s health ministry…

Hindustan Times: To save lives of children, diagnose and treat their social vulnerability Tracey Johnson, senior program officer for Integrated Delivery, User Experience and Innovation, and Nachiket Mor, director of the India Country Office, both at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “…Recent research has identified that the greatest danger…

Open Society Foundations’ “Voices”: Q&A: Yemen’s Humanitarian Catastrophe Demands Action Soheila Comninos, program officer with the Open Society Human Rights Initiative at the Open Society Foundations, interviews Radhya al-Mutawakel, chair of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, about the current state of Yemen’s humanitarian situation, as well as ways in…

FT Health: Climate change is a public health problem The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter discusses the impacts of heatwaves and climate change on health and features an interview with Pierre Meulien, director of the E.U. Innovative Medicines Initiative, in which he discusses the initiative’s…

Washington Post: Letters to the Editor: We must protect the Millennium Challenge Corporation Stahis Panagides, resident country director for the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Cape Verde from 2005 to 2011 “I was saddened to read … about the politicization of the Millennium Challenge Corporation by the Trump administration. … Millennium…

Reuters: Argentine abortion bill loses momentum after senator pulls support “Prospects faded over the weekend for a bill that would legalize abortion in Argentina, when an opposition senator said she had changed her mind and would vote against the measure when it is brought to the floor on Wednesday. ……