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The AP/San Francisco Chronicle examines the “controversial” plan by fashion heiress Renu Mehta and Nobel Prize-winning economist James Mirrlees to raise money for developing nations by encouraging state governments to match private donations and increasing the amount of oversight wealthy donors have.

In Rwanda, the maternal mortality has been reduced by 30% since 2005, which puts the country ahead in the region, Richard Sezibera, the minister of health, said at the opening of a three day conference in Kigali, Rwanda, titled, “Preventing Maternal and Child Deaths: Towards the Millennium Development Goals,” the New Times/allAfrica.com reports.

Health officials recently held a regional consultation in Kenya to examine mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) services and pediatric HIV/AIDS care in nine Eastern and Southern African countries, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

DDT De-emphasis is ‘Victory For Politics Over Public Health’ The WHO’s recent decision to “quietly” go back on its 2006 endorsement of the widespread use of the insecticide DDT for malaria control is a “victory for politics over public health, and millions of the world’s poor will suffer as a result,” according…

The U.S. government on Friday announced it had placed orders for enough H1N1 (swine flu) vaccines to immunize 20 million people, the Washington Post reports.

Counterfeit Drugs Increasing Problem in Underdeveloped Countries, Report Finds Counterfeit and substandard drugs are becoming an increasing problem in underdeveloped countries, according to a new report (pdf) released by the International Policy Network, Public Agenda/AllAfrica.com reports. The report — sponsored by IMANI Center for Policy & Education — finds that…