CIDRAP News: Officials watch for COVID-19 to stabilize in Europe; rapid growth shifts to other areas “Global COVID-19 cases continued their steady increase, with a glimmer of hope that activity may soon stabilize in some of Europe’s hot spots, but with growing worries about the threat of the pandemic virus…

AFRICA Daily Beast: Coronavirus Erupts in Africa — Along With Deadly Rumors and Fear (Obaji, 3/30). Fox News: Coronavirus measures in Africa escalate to violence as police, military enforce lockdowns (Sorace, 3/30). France 24: Millions enter lockdown in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, as Africa steps up virus fight (3/31). New Humanitarian: Coronavirus…

Africa Center for Strategic Studies: Managing Health and Economic Priorities as the COVID-19 Pandemic Spreads in Africa Shannon Smith, professor of practice and director of engagement at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (3/30). Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Leaders Bicker Amid COVID-19 Crisis (3/30). Oxfam: How to Confront the Coronavirus…

Wall Street Journal: The Real Cure for Coronavirus Editorial Board “Governments are frantically trying to contain and combat the coronavirus, and those efforts are important, but the world’s best hope is private innovation. Cutting-edge diagnostic tests and treatments are advancing, and government should encourage the trend. President Trump recently ordered…

AFRICA AP: In Zimbabwe, ‘you win coronavirus or you win starvation’ (Mutsaka, 3/30). AP: In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare (Guled/Nor, 3/29). Bloomberg: Africa Is Two to Three Weeks Away From Height of Virus Storm (Naidoo, 3/29). ASIA AP: City at center of China’s virus outbreak gradually…

Brookings Institution: COVID-19 | Does India have enough doctors? An analysis of growing COVID-19 patients and existing medical capacity Prachi Singh, associate fellow with Brookings India, and colleagues (3/27). ODI: The G20’s coronavirus action plan must help the poorest countries Dirk Willem te Velde, director of programme at the International…

The Lancet: COVID-19: learning from experience Editorial Board “…[M]any countries are still not following WHO’s clear recommendations on containment (widespread testing, quarantine of cases, contact tracing, and social distancing) and have instead implemented haphazard measures … Alongside the deep distress felt as many countries experience a peak in cases or…

Arms Control Association: Pandemic Reveals Misplaced Priorities Daryl G. Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association (April 2020). Human Rights Watch: Congo’s Ebola Fight Has Lessons for COVID-19 Ida Sawyer, deputy director for Africa at HRW (3/26). IntraHealth International’s “VITAL”: We’re Moving Fast to Help Health Workers Worldwide Combat…

AFRICA The Guardian: ‘We fear, but have to work’: isolation not an option for the poor of Nairobi (Moore, 3/27). The Hill: Kenya confirms first coronavirus death (Bowden, 3/26). NPR: South Africa Reports First COVID-19 Deaths, Goes Into 3-Week Lockdown (Neuman, 3/27). Reuters: Using lessons from Ebola, West Africa prepares…

New York Times: This Coronavirus Crisis Is the Time to Ease Sanctions on Iran Editorial Board “Iran is in terrible shape. It is among the countries worst hit by the coronavirus … Sanctions have choked its economy. … Does that mean the United States should tighten sanctions further in the…