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The WHO on Thursday reported seven additional cases of H7N9 avian influenza in China. Reuters: WHO says China has seven more cases of new H7N9 bird flu “Seven more people in China have been found to be infected with a potentially deadly new strain of bird flu in the past…

News outlets continue to report on North America’s first H5N1 case, with the WHO confirming the fatality and releasing additional information on the victim. CIDRAP News: Exposure source in Canadian H5N1 case a mystery “It remained unclear today how the victim of the first H5N1 avian influenza infection in North…

News outlets examine aid to Haiti four years after the 2010 earthquake and the status of a lawsuit brought against the U.N. on behalf of the families of cholera victims. The Guardian DataBlog: Haiti earthquake: where is U.S. aid money going? Get the data “American companies and NGOs continue to…

News outlets report on recent U.S. congressional action on a farm bill that includes food aid provisions. Devex: A glimmer of hope for U.S. food aid reform “After years of lobbying by foreign aid advocates, NGO representatives, food security experts and U.S. government officials, lawmakers might be ready to open…

Agence France-Presse/GlobalPost: India celebrates polio success, but sad legacy remains “…On Monday, India will mark three years since its last polio case, leaving it on the cusp of being declared free of the ancient scourge in what is arguably its, and one of the world’s, biggest health success stories. But…

In a guest post in the ONE Blog, the CDC describes the work of two Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) field officers in Namibia, where they travel to rural communities to conduct HIV/AIDS counseling and testing. “Through this work they have established strong links between health facilities and…

Devex: Haiti’s recovery won’t happen overnight John Groarke, USAID Mission Director in Haiti since August 2013 “International donors — among them the U.S. Agency for International Development — have learned lessons along the way in Haiti in terms of how we can do better. As the country leaves behind the…

The Global Health Technologies Coalition’s “Breakthroughs” blog interviews volunteer physician Brian D’Cruz, who has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Congo Brazzaville and Central African Republic. D’Cruz discusses the “urgent need for USAID to support R&D for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like sleeping sickness,” and he says that with…

Huffington Post: A New Development Framework for Emerging Powers Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health “…[W]ith the Millennium Development Goals approaching their due date in 2015, important discussions are heating up…