BMJ Opinion: The impact of covid-19 on health delivery and research in South Asia Buddha Basnyat, director at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Nepal, and colleagues (9/23). BMJ Opinion: Delivering for women, children, and adolescents during and after covid-19 Jennifer Requejo, senior adviser for health and HIV at the Division of…

Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has published Issue 386 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter includes an analysis on the impact of school closures on the risk of unwanted pregnancy and HIV among adolescent girls and…

CNBC: At least 24 million students could drop out of school due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.N. says “The disruption to schools caused by the coronavirus pandemic constitutes a ‘global education emergency’ that threatens to derail the education of at least 24 million students projected to drop out of school…

Médecins Sans Frontières: Meeting regular health needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan (9/8). ONE Campaign: How COVID-19 is threatening girls’ education Arielle Witter, social and editorial coordinator at the ONE Campaign (9/10). ONE Campaign: ‘There’s a deficit in leadership’ in response to COVID-19 (9/10). Science: An ethical framework for…

The Guardian: Why Covid school closures are making girls marry early “…In a rapid reaction study by VSO in four rural districts where Sisters for Sisters are active [in Nepal], girls were asked about changes in their life since the coronavirus lockdown. A huge majority — 89% — reported increased…

World Economic Forum: We must harness the power of youth to reset health inequalities Nupur Ruchika Kohli, curator at the Amsterdam Hub, and David Alexander Walcott, community champion at the Kingston Hub, discuss the role of youth in addressing social determinants of and inequalities in health (9/8).

AP: Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month “…All around the world, the coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge, cutting off meager farms from markets and isolating villages from food and medical aid. Virus-linked hunger is leading to the deaths of 10,000…

The Telegraph: Almost 10m children may never return to school following the pandemic “Almost 10 million children may never return to school following the coronavirus pandemic due to funding cuts and rising poverty, Save the Children has warned. A ‘hidden education emergency’ is facing the world’s poorest children as a…

AFRICA New Humanitarian: Kenya’s teen pregnancy crisis: More than COVID-19 is to blame (Wadekar, 7/13). NPR: South Africa Introduces Alcohol Ban And Curfew As Coronavirus Surges (Peralta, 7/13). Reuters: Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track COVID-19 (Paravicini et al., 7/13). Xinhua: Uganda says COVID-19 erodes gains in achieving…

CNN: How to decide who gets the Covid-19 vaccine first Andrew Peterson, assistant professor and Greenwall faculty scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University (7/10). Devex: COVID-19 calls for disrupting the way we communicate in a crisis Andrew Bredenkamp, board chair of Translators without…