Associated Press: Yemeni rebels accused of banning U.N. agencies, aid groups (Michael, 1/24).

CIDRAP News: $1 billion reward proposed for new antibiotics (Dall, 1/24).

CIDRAP News: Yellow fever case counts jump in Brazil (Soucheray, 1/24).

Devex: DRC health minister: Alignment, focus on results, and private sector are critical (Saldinger, 1/25).

HuffPost: Poor Women Of Color Bear The Brunt Of Zika Burden In Brazil (Fernandes et al., 1/24).

Intellectual Property Watch: WHO Members Set To Debate Transparency Of R&D Costs (Saez, 1/24).

Pakistan Today: Bill Gates appreciates Pakistan’s polio eradication efforts (1/24).

SciDev.Net: Lack of water and sanitation in hospitals mars SDG progress (Vesper, 1/25).

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Aging Gambians race for justice over ex-leader’s fake AIDS cure (Peyton, 1/24).

U.N. News Centre: Central African Republic: U.N., partners seek $515 million in humanitarian aid for 2018 (1/24).

Xinhua News: Mother-to-child HIV infections in Rwanda significantly down: official (1/25).