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The Guardian: Immunization drive hailed as watershed for Africa as leaders target public health “In a double move hailed as a milestone for public health, African leaders have launched an agency to tackle global threats such as Ebola and pledged to make immunization available throughout the continent by 2020. Under…

Financial Times: Malaria superbugs threaten global health disaster “Drug-resistant malaria superbugs threaten a global public health disaster unless urgent action is taken to fight their spread in Southeast Asia, authors of new research have warned. The mosquito-borne uber-parasites have taken hold in parts of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia and could…

Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: 115th Congress and Global Health: House Energy and Commerce gets new Chair, new leader, and members for its Health Subcommittee Rabita Aziz, policy research coordinator for the Center for Global Health Policy, discusses the new leadership and members of the House Energy and…

U.N. News Centre: With more people sedentary, U.N. health agency urges everyone to get moving “Not enough exercise contributes to cancer, diabetes, depression, and other non-communicable diseases, according to the United Nations health agency, which is urging people to get up and get active. … WHO’s Global Action Plan for…

Washington Post: The Trump administration threatens to imperil women’s health worldwide Editorial Board “Some say the ‘Mexico City policy’ — a restriction on U.S. funds to international organizations that provide, advise, or discuss abortions — looks like a game of ping-pong. Republican administrations implement the rule, and Democratic ones volley…

WHO: Bulletin of the World Health Organization The February 2017 WHO Bulletin includes editorials, news, and research and policy articles on various topics, including an editorial on breaking down barriers to universal health coverage co-authored by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan and a policy article on the building and maintenance of…

Washington Post: It will take 170 years for women to be equal to men — unless some things change, study says “It’s getting harder to be a woman. That’s the conclusion of a new study on the Global Gender Gap from the World Economic Forum. The annual review looks at…

Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published Issue 304 of the “Global Fund Observer.” The newsletter features articles on various topics, including an analysis of the Global Fund’s investment in women and girls, an announcement that the number…

Overseas Development Institute: Trump’s global gag rule means more women and girls will die Lisa Denney, research associate in the Politics and Governance Program at ODI, discusses the potential consequences of U.S. President Trump’s reinstatement and expansion of the Mexico City policy, writing, “The return and expansion of the global…