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Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: A look back at AIDS 2018 John McMannis, program research and impact manager at Friends of the Global Fight, discusses key issues from the 2018 International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, including financing efforts; a focus on youth, women, and girls;…

CIDRAP News: DRC confirms new Ebola cluster days after outbreak declared over “[Wednesday] the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said four people in the Eastern part of the country tested positive for Ebola virus, one week after the country declared an 11-week outbreak in the Western region over. The…

WHO: Bulletin of the World Health Organization The August 2018 WHO Bulletin features articles on various issues, including an editorial on increasing motorcycle helmet use to reduce road traffic deaths in Thailand; a research article on patient-led active tuberculosis case-finding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and a perspective…

USAID/Medium: 7 Ways USAID Supports Breastfeeding Kate Consavage, nutrition communications and knowledge management adviser in USAID’s Global Health Bureau, recognizes World Breastfeeding Week and discusses ways in which USAID supports the practice globally, including “1. Teaching families the benefits of breastfeeding … 2. Partnering with governments for long-term economic growth…

PLOS Medicine: Climate change and health: Moving from theory to practice Jonathan A. Patz, director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Washington-Madison and professor and John P. Holton chair in health and the environment with appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of…

The Lancet: The drugs don’t work: WHO’s role in advancing new antibiotics Peter Beyer, senior adviser in the Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products at the WHO, and colleagues “…With its research and development blueprint for action to prevent epidemics, WHO has set out how to identify priority pathogens,…

Foreign Affairs: Climate Extremes and Global Health Veerabhadran Ramanathan, professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego and council member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and colleagues “…[T]oday there is an opportunity to shift the politics around…

Nature: The wait is over: Trump taps meteorologist as White House science adviser “U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier as his government’s top scientist. If confirmed by the Senate, Droegemeier would lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Trump, who took office 19…

NPR: Price Of HIV Test Falls, Raising Hopes In Global AIDS Fight “…The Clinton Health Access Initiative, along with several other development agencies, has brokered an agreement to make routine HIV tests more accessible. They’re aiming to make HIV viral load tests available for $12 a piece, slashing the price…