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"After a year of dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO), and reducing foreign assistance for health, the Trump administration is finalizing bilateral arrangements that will define the next era of U.S. global health engagement."

• Think Global Health

"Health experts have condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest move to direct childhood vaccinations via a decree rather than a scientific process. Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccinations on Monday, which he claims will align the US with the “best practices from peer, developed countries”."

• Health Policy Watch

"How can global south countries mobilize funding for health in the wake of aid cuts and debt servicing? Plus, the latest leadership team changes at the World Health Organization."

• devex

"Efforts to develop a vaccine to help stem the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo are intensifying as it becomes the world’s second-largest on record and the fastest-spreading. Aurélia Nguyen, deputy CEO of Cepi, one of the non-profits leading the push, appears nonetheless optimistic."

• Geneva Solutions

"Vertreibung, beschädigte Infrastruktur und Nachbeben treffen die Verletzlichsten besonders stark, während die Gemeinden sich von der tödlichen Katastrophe erholen."

• UNICEF

"ISLAMABAD – Pakistan was once considered a low-prevalence country for HIV, but a series of outbreaks has infected hundreds of children and exposed fundamental weaknesses in its healthcare system."

• Health Policy Watch

"It’s the largest allocation of global health aid to faith-based organizations in over two decades."

• devex

"Religious actors can help reduce the fear and mistrust surrounding the Ebola outbreak, and deliver health-care services directly"

"United Nations member states are almost certain to break the silence on the final draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) that was sent to them recently– but likely for all the wrong reasons."

• Health Policy Watch

"Erika Castellanos has beaten the life expectancy of 35 for a transgender woman in the region, but warns aid cuts and a rollback in human rights risk reversing efforts to end Aids"

• The Guardian

"Over 4,000 Ebola Bundibugyo cases and 1,800 deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – numbers so alarming that health experts intend to research whether the virus is mutating to become more infectious."

• Health Policy Watch

"As global health financing shifts toward country self-reliance, emphasis on principles like measurement and accountability can guide implementation"

• Think Global Health

"The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with stronger early detection, contact follow up, access to care, support for frontline health workers and faster delivery of resources to affected communities. "

• World Health Organization

"Opinion: Malaria is masking the extent of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.S. Congress has funds available and should put them to use for mass drug administration."

• devex

"Policy failures in Bangladesh dismantled decades of progress toward eliminating measles, creating the conditions for the explosive 2026 outbreak"

• Think Global Health