Dear Colleagues,

As promised, though a bit earlier than foreseen, here’s a catch-up issue on the past two weeks in global health. I’ve been spending among others some time in Basel (family visit), also the home of a few big pharmaceutical companies with rather flashy headquarters (you probably know what I think of pharmaceutical companies that can afford shiny ‘towers’ – and no, it’s not that the World Health Summit organizers should *really* invite their CEOs to the opening plenary/ceremony : ) ).

This issue features updates on the Ebola emergency, 100 days into the outbreak (or at least declared a PHEIC), the WHO DG race (and related staff movements – with among others Bruce Aylward still on a neverending Rolling Stones-style farewell tour : ) ), the WHO Afro regional meeting in Addis, a bunch of new journal articles, and much more.

Enjoy your reading.

Kristof Decoster