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D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

D2R | DNA to RNA is launching the International Partnerships Program (IPP) to strengthen large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations with leading global organizations. This strategic funding program supports partnerships that align with D2R鈥檚 mission, offer complementary expertise, and provide enriched, multidisciplinary training environments. The program will prioritize initiatives with strong institutional commitment, alignment with D2R鈥檚 research priorities, and potential for high global impact.

96 Global Health NOW: Global Surgery Unit Imperiled; A New World, Crises, and Opportunities Ahead of World Mosquito Day; and Out of Hibernation August 14, 2025 Volodymyr Horbachevskyi, a hospital medical director, looks into the window of an underground operating room where surgeons labor despite nearby Russian artillery fire on May 28 in Kherson, Ukraine. Ivan Antypenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Global Surgery Unit Imperiled
A major UK-led initiative to improve and expand surgery worldwide may be shuttered by June 2026 due to projected UK government aid cuts鈥攋eopardizing critical progress in regions where lack of surgical access leads to millions of preventable deaths every year. 

Background: The Global Surgery Unit (GSU), launched in 2017, comprises 40,000 surgeons in 120 countries who conduct large-scale trials and tailor country-specific protocols to address surgical access, infection prevention, and antimicrobial resistance. 

• It has led to landmark studies like the trial, which improved infection prevention worldwide through improved sanitation, and the which advanced colorectal surgery outcomes.

The deep need for surgery: 4 million+ people die every year from conditions that could be treated by surgery; and such medical issues鈥攊ncluding obstetric problems, trauma wounds, infections, and blindness鈥攎ake up ~28% of the global disease burden.   

• 鈥淕lobal surgical care is probably the greatest world health challenge today and the one that we are currently failing to meet,鈥� said Dion Morton, GSU co-lead. 

Looming cuts: The UK鈥檚 Labour party has decided to cut its overseas aid budget by ~拢6 billion, including a 4% drop in health-related spending. 

  EDITOR'S NOTE No GHN Next Week: See You August 25!
GHN will be taking our annual summer publishing pause next week (August 18鈥�21) to rest and recharge鈥攂ut, as promised, we鈥檝e collected some suggestions of long reads and books to tide you over鈥攃ourtesy of a handful of GHN super readers. We asked, and you did not disappoint! Check them out at the end of this newsletter, just above the Quick Hits.

Thanks for reading, and we鈥檒l be back on Monday, August 25! 鈥�Dayna GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Atrocities at Myanmar鈥檚 detention facilities include 鈥渟ystematic torture鈥� and sexual assault, UN-mandated independent investigators have ; the violence at the military-run facilities has intensified nationwide, and includes beatings, electric shocks, strangulations, and gang rape.

Sudan launched a cholera vaccination campaign in Khartoum in an effort to stem a rapidly spreading outbreak; 83,000+ cholera cases and 2,100+ deaths have been reported amidst the country鈥檚 civil war and health care system collapse. 

The only COVID-19 vaccine for all children aged six months to four years may not receive reauthorization from the FDA, CDC emails reveal; the removal of the Pfizer vaccine could limit available vaccine supplies for the youngest children.

Quitting smoking is linked to 30% greater odds of recovery from other substance use disorders, that followed 2,600+ people over four years. U.S. and Global Health Policy News Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities 鈥�

Trump鈥檚 efforts to defund Planned Parenthood threatens US healthcare system, study suggests 鈥�

How HIV funding cuts are undermining years of progress in Zimbabwe 鈥�

President Trump can continue to withhold billions in foreign aid, court rules 鈥嬧�嬧��

Judge tells NSF to reinstate suspended UCLA grants 鈥�

Before Trump's efforts to make kids healthier, there was Michelle Obama 鈥� GHN EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY A resting female Aedes aegypti mosquito. CDC/ Amy E. Lockwood, MS World Mosquito Day 2025: A New World, Crises, and Opportunities
Since 1897, when Ronald Ross discovered that malaria is transmitted by the 鈥渄apple-winged mosquito鈥� and not miasmatic 鈥渂ad air,鈥� efforts against the Anopheles malaria vectors have saved millions of lives鈥攁lbeit with recent gains threatened due to U.S. foreign aid cuts.
 
And now, another type of mosquito鈥�Aedes aegypti, the vector for dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika鈥攊s rapidly expanding, eclipsing Anopheles as our greatest mosquito challenge, ahead of World Mosquito Day (August 20).
 
While malaria still packs a major punch (~263 million malaria cases and 597,000 malaria deaths in 2023, per the WHO)鈥�Aedes mosquitoes exact a heavy, and growing, toll:

• 6.5 million+ dengue cases and 7,300 global deaths in 2023


• 14 million dengue cases and 10,000 deaths in 2024

Yet, unlike malaria, Aedes-borne viruses attract little funding鈥攚ith no Global Fund, no Presidential Initiative, and very little support from private foundations.
 
Cause for optimism: Better dengue surveillance, prevention, treatment, case management, and control efforts (recently described in an Asia Dengue Voice and Action Policy Working Group paper, ).
 
A key need: An all-society, bottom-up approach to guide malaria and dengue control efforts, led by a new generation of public health field entomologists grounded in new technologies as well as ecology, biology, and community engagement.

Related:

Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade', as disease kills 18 people 鈥�
 
WHO recommends spatial emanators for malaria vector control and prequalifies first two products 鈥�
 

Malaria control in emergencies: field manual 鈥� 

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES VIOLENCE Deadly Virality    Violence and femicide, such as the 2023 murder of Nizama Hecimovic, a Bosnian woman whose death was livestreamed, are part of an increasing trend of viral brutality against women.

Weaponizing online content to intimidate or silence women has become increasingly common, especially in areas like Afghanistan, where women鈥檚 rights are restricted.

• 73% of Gen Z social media users report seeing misogynistic media online.

An algorithmic issue: Platforms like Meta have AI and human moderators capable of removing violent content. Yet this content often remains due to algorithms that prioritize engagement. 
 
ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION Out of Hibernation 
Summer鈥檚 end is always a rude awakening鈥攐r several rude awakenings, depending on how many times you hit snooze. 

Slightly less rude, infinitely more cute, and much too squirrely to be snoozed: The early birds (and mammals) who have taken the wake-up task into their own claws, including: 

• The Brazilian cockatiel who recently went viral for of an iPhone alarm tune, . 


• Chico the rooster, who takes the Sisyphean quest of waking a teen , .


• The who smother their sleeping person in snuggles and a baffling number of shoes, . 

While GHN will be off next week, its own faithful, furry wake-up squad (Wolfie, Anoushka, and Greta), will be back on duty August 25. SUMMER READING RECS Tips from GHN Readers
Thanks to all the GHN readers who shared these excellent suggestions!
 
Dismissed: Tackling the Biases that Undermine Our Health Care by Angela Marshall
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright
鈥擟ourtesy of Hannah Schoon, Utah, USA
 
The Education of an Idealist and A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, both by Samantha Power
鈥�Courtesy of Lorina McAdam, Auradou, France
 
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag
鈥�Courtesy of Lorenn Walker, Waialu, Hawaii, USA

Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
鈥擟ourtesy of Michael Kowolik, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
 
Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad by Mary Kay Ricks
鈥擟ourtesy of Stephan Gilbert, Bowie, Maryland, USA
 
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
鈥擟ourtesy of Caitlin Lavigne, Philadelphia, USA

And, to close us out, here are a few audio books on the free app Libby, suggested by Peter Kilmarx, of Bethesda, Maryland, USA: 
 
On Call by Tony Fauci (He narrates the book with his Brooklyn accent, which is wonderful. 鈥淕o figure.鈥�)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Happy reading, all! We'll see you on Monday, August 25. QUICK HITS Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 鈥�

Multidrug-resistant bacteria amid health-system collapse in Gaza 鈥�

Mines, Memory, and Migration on Bosnia鈥檚 Perilous Border 鈥�

Unsafe and substandard. Is that what public healthcare in SA looks like? 鈥�

Racial bias in clinician assessment of patient credibility: Evidence from electronic health records 鈥�

In Nigeria, Male Victims of Abuse Face Stigma and Silence 鈥�

How to thrive as a Latin American researcher abroad 鈥� Issue No. 2775
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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96 Global Health NOW: Renewed Outrage Over FGM in The Gambia; Burma鈥檚 Junta Restricts ART Access; and South Sudan鈥檚 Fragile Psychological Care System August 13, 2025 Protesters hold placards outside the National Assembly in Banjul, Gambia, while lawmakers inside debated a bill seeking to lift the ban on FGM. March 18, 2024. Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP via Getty Renewed Outrage Over FGM in The Gambia
A 1-month-old girl in Gambia died from severe bleeding after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), sparking national and international outrage about the practice, . 

Details: The baby girl was pronounced dead upon arrival at a hospital in Banjul after being 鈥渁llegedly subjected to circumcision,鈥� . Two women have been arrested in connection with the case.

Background: FGM鈥攖he cultural practice of deliberately removing external female genitalia to preserve so-called 鈥減urity鈥濃�攈as been banned in Gambia since 2015, but enforcement remains weak. 

• FGM rates in Gambia are among the highest in the world, with 73% of Gambian women and girls having undergone the practice鈥攎any before age 6, .

Progress threatened: And leaders in the country have continued efforts to overturn the ban over the past year, sparking condemnation from activists: 

• 鈥淐ulture is no excuse, tradition is no shield, this is violence, pure and simple,鈥� said Gambian advocacy organization Women In Leadership and Liberation.

Global impact: FGM affects millions worldwide鈥攊ncluding 42 million+ girls in Eastern and Southern Africa, where rates are highest, . 

• Experts warn that more girls may die without stronger enforcement and international support鈥攂ut that support has flagged as cuts to global aid have directly hit FGM-prevention programs. 

EDITOR'S NOTE GHN鈥檚 Summer Break
We鈥檒l be taking a weeklong publishing pause next week (August 18鈥�21) to give our team a chance to rest and gear up for the start of the school year.

Tomorrow, we鈥檒l share some suggestions of long reads and books to tide you over. Have you read (or listened to) any interesting books lately? If you have a good one to share with the GHN community, we鈥檇 love to hear from you鈥�please send me your suggestions before Thursday morning! 

As always, thanks for reading. 鈥挤补测苍补 GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Women and girls are disproportionately affected by near-famine conditions in several parts of Sudan, where they make up about half of the population in need, , which also found that female-headed households are 3X times more likely to be food-insecure than male-led households.

Wildfires in Greece have spread as the region endures a staggering heatwave; 152+ new fires have broken out across the country in the last 24 hours alone, prompting thousands of evacuations.

U.S. drinking rates have fallen to a record low of 54%; the shift comes as the majority of Americans say for the first time that drinking one or two drinks a day is bad for one鈥檚 health.

A parasitic worm can suppress pain signals in the human body, allowing it to invade without triggering the immune system, ; the findings about the worm, Schistosoma mansoni, and its tactics for blocking neural pathways could lead to breakthroughs in pain management. U.S. and Global Health Policy News Gavin Yamey and Chris Beyrer: The dismantling of the U.S. vaccine regulatory framework 鈥�

Ghana approves breakthrough malaria drug for babies 鈥� but research is 鈥榦n ice鈥� amid US funding cuts 鈥�

Losing protection: The United States helped beat back malaria in Guinea. Now, the disease is set to soar 鈥�

MAGA rails against "pothead" culture as Trump weighs weed reform 鈥� HIV/AIDS Burma鈥檚 Junta Restricts ART Access
The junta-run health ministry in Burma is restricting the distribution of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people with HIV/AIDS, ending NGO involvement and further limiting treatment access amid the country鈥檚 ongoing civil war. 

Background: Previously, ART was widely distributed to Burma鈥檚 ~280,000 HIV-positive residents through NGOs. 

• The junta said the sudden clampdown is a response to resistance-led seizure of vehicles transporting ART medicine. 

Immediate impact: The new policy will severely limit access to the medication in resistance-controlled areas.

• And it will force patients to receive care only in government-controlled hospitals鈥攋eopardizing privacy and potentially leading to overcrowded facilities. 

Related: Fiji: Why a tropical paradise has the world鈥檚 fastest growing HIV epidemic 鈥� GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES MENTAL HEALTH South Sudan鈥檚 Fragile Psychological Care System
As renewed violence and displacement in South Sudan exacerbate mental health crises across the country, funding shortfalls are endangering the few mental health resources in place, advocates say. 

Gaps in care: 鈥淢ental health issues are a huge obstacle to the development of South Sudan,鈥� said Jacopo Rovarini, an official with Amref Health Africa鈥攚hich found that over a third of people screened showed psychological distress or mental health disorders.

• The country has one of Africa鈥檚 highest suicide rates, with internally displaced people most affected.

Few and shrinking resources: The few mental health services that exist are almost totally reliant on foreign aid鈥攁nd as more countries announce funding cuts, those services are imperiled.  

OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS In Darfur, Sudan, kidnapping is now a weapon of war 鈥�

Doctors Step Up Against the Climate Health Emergency 鈥�

FDA grants priority review for new oral gonorrhea antibiotic 鈥�

I just packed Narcan for my daughter鈥檚 dorm room. Public health made it possible 鈥�

How lithium went from 7Up to treatment for mental illness 鈥� and maybe Alzheimer鈥檚 鈥�

As Trust in Public Health Craters, Idaho Charts a New Path 鈥�

How a Jamaican student invented a self-disinfecting door handle for hospitals: 鈥楧esign that fits reality鈥� 鈥�

Cleaner kitchens, healthier lives: Ghana鈥檚 cookstove revolution gains ground 鈥� Issue No. 2774
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .

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