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Devex: Redesigning USAID’s food aid bags could prevent 10,000 tons from going bad and save $15m a year “Researchers are experimenting with new ways of packaging U.S. food aid in a bid to ensure as much of the food as possible feeds the hungry in developing countries and humanitarian crises.…

The Guardian: Aung San Suu Kyi launches campaign to tackle widespread stunting in Myanmar “Aung San Suu Kyi has launched Myanmar’s first national government initiative on nutrition in an attempt to tackle some of the world’s highest malnourishment rates among young children. The country’s leader traveled to the central dry…

PMI: President’s Malaria Initiative Newsletter: January 2017 This newsletter contains announcements, news articles, and publications from or featured by PMI, including former U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator Admiral Tim Ziemer’s farewell message and the release of the WHO’s 2016 World Malaria Report (January 2017).

New York Times: Duterte’s Free Birth Control Order Is Latest Skirmish With Catholic Church “…The Philippines president, Rodrigo Duterte, signed an executive order this month calling for the full and immediate enforcement of a 2012 law that would give six million women … free government-distributed contraception and reproductive health services.…

Center for Global Development’s “Global Health Policy Blog”: Health Results Innovation Trust Fund at 10: What Have We Learned So Far? Sebastian Bauhoff, research fellow, and Amanda Glassman, chief operating officer and senior fellow, both at CGD, discuss the World Bank-established, multi-donor Health Results Innovation Trust Fund (HRITF), and through…

Bloomberg: Bill Gates and Warren Buffett: Charlie Rose “Bill Gates and Warren Buffett join us for the hour. Gates is the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The philanthropy focuses on education, poverty, and global health. Buffett is chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway. The company…

STAT: Can the WHO end its money crunch before it gets worse? “It’s anyone’s guess which of the three candidates still in the race to become the next director general of the World Health Organization will emerge victorious when WHO’s 194 member states vote in May. But ask anyone what…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: African leaders hailed for progress in fight against malaria “Some of Africa’s poorest countries won an award on Monday for the progress they have made towards eliminating malaria, a disease that still kills a child on the continent every two minutes. Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, Democratic Republic…

HealthDay News: Smoking Costs World $1.4 Trillion a Year in Disease, Lost Productivity “Nearly six percent of the world’s health care spending is tied to smoking, a new study reports. That amounted to $1.4 trillion worldwide in 2012, with developing nations shouldering 40 percent of the burden, the researchers said.…