A Barcelone, un sommet aux accents ouvertement anti-Trump, dans le sillage de Pedro Sanchez Le premier ministre espagnol, Pedro Sanchez, a réuni samedi une douzaine de dirigeants de gauche pour « défendre la démocratie », sur fond de contestation assumée de la politique menée par Washington.

www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Austerity is good… and this is why I joined the #EndAusterity campaign - .End Austerity. Austerity is a virtue, but so-called "austerity policies" only force the poor to tighten their belts while helping billonaires to acquire more wealth.

R Bissio: endausterity.org/austerity-is...

Via TWN: www.twn.my/title2/healt...

Revealed: Scientists tell Colombia fossil-fuel transition summit to ‘halt new expansion’ - Carbon Brief Around 50 nations will gather in Colombia to debate ways to “transition away” from fossil fuels, in the face of worsening climate change and high oil prices

Via Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-sci...

Africa CDC, WHO and Partners Review Progress on Mpox Response – Africa CDC Addis Ababa, 17 April 2026 – Africa is strengthening its response to disease outbreaks through faster, more coordinated and more predictable action, building on lessons from the continental Incident M...

Via Africa CDC: africacdc.org/news-item/af...

Time running out on development goals as finance dries up, UN warns Rising conflicts, the climate crisis and shrinking development finance are putting growing pressure on the poorest and most vulnerable countries – pushing development goals further off track.

Via UN News: news.un.org/en/story/202...

Ignorance is power: the antiepistemology of international order International orders need shared knowledge, but they also depend equally on what remains systematically unknown. This article shows how recognizing ignoran

Via International Affairs: academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a... Interesting paper by K El Taki.

Lyme disease cases quadruple in Michigan as tick populations explode Lyme disease cases in Michigan nearly quadrupled between 2022 and 2025 as the state's tick population surges.

Ironic that global heating is taking away our ability to wear shorts and t shirts without a care in summer

AU and EU reinforce their Health Partnership | Launch of three new initiatives at Africa CDC – Africa CDC Keynote speakers: Director General of Africa CDC, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Minister of Health of Ethiopia INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA What: A launch...

Via Africa CDC (tomorrow): africacdc.org/news-item/au...

China's Health Silk Road and Soft Power | Think Global Health Understanding China's previous engagement on health development can inform its future strategy as the United States pulls back

Via TGH: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/chin...

Trump administration warms to IMF and World Bank, in rare nod to global bodies A year after harshly criticizing these pillars of globalism, the Trump administration has found them valuable to U.S. interests.

Via the Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Striking a Balance: Standardization and Flexibility in Pandemic Contracts Newsletter Edition #158 [Treaty Talks] Subscribe Now! Readers, Making decisions based on incomplete information is a quotidian reality for policymakers. But it is totally unwholesome to those taske...

Striking a Balance: Standardization and Flexibility in Pandemic Contracts

Guest Analysis by Adam Strobeyko, Global Health Centre @gvagrad.bsky.social

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How to Prevent 9 Million Deaths Rich countries must understand foreign aid can actually be popular—if people see the results.

Via FP: foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/13/i... by the Rockefeller's R J Shah & totally useless, as long as people like him continue to to talk about 'rich countries' (instead of filthy rich people). The 'high-level development community' 's equivalent of China's neverending 'developing country' status.

Inside the CDC’s leadership vacuum: work at a ‘standstill’ and low morale as 80% of top posts remain vacant Current and ex-officials at the CDC warn Americans’ health security in danger under RFK Jr’s direction

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Severe malaria may affect children’s cognitive abilities more than a decade later | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Given how former 'Global health champion' Jens Spahn has 'evolved' the past few years, the position of Germany in the PABS discussion and the total uselessness of Merz, i'm not sure that's such a bad thing : ) Though i still hope they could be in the EB, as a rather important EU country.

New PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V.

Credited with saving 26 million lives, PEPFAR suffered big blows to its impact after the Trump administration’s abrupt stop and restart of its activities last year, according to the first tranche of data from the program since 2024.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Can “America First” bring Burundians together? The introduction of the “America First” strategy in Burundi has not received much attention in Burundian media. Even media in exile, which are less concerned by Burundian authorities’ control and ther...

Can “America First” bring Burundians together? www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... New IHP Feat article by Antea Paviotti (ITM).

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Media coverage of violence against women reaches ‘dismal’ low, report finds Analysis finds stories citing terms of misogynistic abuse fell to 1.3% of global online news in 2025

Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Jaja, gisteren. Ik neem aan dat je eega daar niet ongelukkig om was :)

Offline: Reinvigorating One Health—merci! One lament you will often hear from global health activists is the lack of commitment, even interest, shown by high-income country political leaders towards health and health equity. There have been e...

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Horton, in the Lancet, coming back on the One Health summit last week in Lyon. I'm afraid i don't share his rosy view on Macron, though. Let's hope next year we don't get "confronted" to another one of his 'legacies', in France.

Trump to Nominate Doctor Who Has Publicly Supported Vaccines as C.D.C. Director

Via the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/h...

‘He’d gaze at the stars and go: I’m gonna be up there one day’: Prince by those who knew him best, 10 years after his death From lurid pranks and late-night drives, to why playing in the Revolution was like joining the marines – Prince’s friends and collaborators recount their memories of one of the music world’s most maje...

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a... Is it ten years already? Time goes fast...

A new coalition maps development cooperation for a ‘hostile’ world The Future of Development Cooperation Coalition held its first meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.

Via Devex Pro (gated): www.devex.com/news/a-new-c...

The Epstein files: Rights experts demand accountability, call for probe into trafficking allegations UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for justice and accountability for young women and girls who were trafficked systematically as part of allegations contained in the so-called Eps...

Via UN News: news.un.org/en/story/202...

Lower-income countries investing record amount in immunisation programmes Against a backdrop of aid cuts, lower-income countries contributed a record US$ 302 million towards Gavi-supported vaccines for 2025.

Via GAVI: www.gavi.org/news/media-r...

Political economy of adolescent mental health and well-being globally - Health Research Policy and Systems Background The current generation of 1.3 billion adolescents (10–19-year-olds), most of whom live in low- and middle-income countries, face large and growing mental health problems. Collective action ...

link.springer.com/article/10.1... by Olivia Biermann et al.

It's indeed about "... restoring a basic social principle: that those with the most should contribute their fair share so that everyone can live with dignity. The idea that billionaires should pay higher tax rates than working people is not radical. "

Via UNAIDS: www.unaids.org/en/resources... "UNAIDS urges immediate acceleration of technology transfer, clear production timelines, and expansion of licensing to additional manufacturers—particularly in Africa—to ensure sustainable and affordable supply at scale."