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CIDRAP News: DRC Ebola total grows by 2; use of new antiviral weighed “…[I]nitial talks are under way about possibly using experimental antivirals for treating sick patients, and new information about the initial outbreak cluster and the tough conditions responders face were revealed in a situation report [Monday] from the…

Healio: WHO releases first ‘Essential Diagnostics List’ “WHO published its first-ever list of essential diagnostic tests [Tuesday] to address the prevalence of late or incorrect diagnoses and improve treatment outcomes globally…” (Ghizzone, 5/15). Intellectual Property Watch: WHO Issues First-Ever List Of Essential Diagnostic Tests “… ‘For each category of test,…

New York Times: Aid Agency Chief Reports ‘Tremendous Sense of Optimism’ in North Korea “North Korean officials have a ‘tremendous sense of optimism’ about their country’s recent turn toward diplomacy and have promised to work more openly with humanitarian aid groups, according to the head of the World Food Programme,…

Global Health NOW: 8 Things to Watch at This Year’s World Health Assembly — #WHA71 “When global health leaders convene in Geneva next week for the 71st World Health Assembly, they’ll gather under one banner: universal health coverage. … But there will be plenty of other pressing topics to be…

IRIN: Emergency aid funding fell in 2017, even as Syria/Yemen wars drove needs higher “The numbers are in: 2017 was another costly year for humanitarian aid donors, but despite huge needs in Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, and elsewhere, funding levels have stagnated. In 2017, preliminary U.N. figures show a drop…

CNN: Gender discrimination kills 239,000 girls in India each year, study finds (George, 5/15). The Guardian: South Koreans more worried about air pollution than Kim’s nukes (Haas, 5/15). The Guardian: ‘They were dying of hunger’: the doctor fighting for Ecuador’s poor — podcast (Lamble/Stephens, 5/16). Mosaic Science: Wherever you are…

PEPFAR: PEPFAR Now Reaches Over 14 Million People Globally with Lifesaving HIV Treatment “Fifteen years ago, when the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was created, only 50,000 people in Africa were on lifesaving HIV treatment. New results released today show that the program now supports over 14…

USAID: The United States Announces Humanitarian Assistance for Rohingya and Other Vulnerable People in Burma and Bangladesh “[Tuesday], the United States announced more than $44 million in additional humanitarian assistance to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and people affected by violence and conflict in Burma. This…

New York Times: Misogyny, Femicide and an Unexpected Abortion Debate Jordana Timerman, journalist and editor of the Latin American Daily Briefing “…Lawmakers [in Argentina] are preparing to debate several bills that would legalize abortion within the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. The lower chamber of Congress is expected to vote…