U.N. News: Protect health workers to save patients, WHO reiterates on World Patient Safety Day “COVID-19 has reminded the world of the vital role health workers play in relieving suffering and saving lives, the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) has said, underlining the need to ensure their safety and protection.…

Infectious Diseases Society of America: Podcast: The Global Health Impact of COVID-19 (9/8). Infectious Diseases Society of America: Podcast: COVID-19 Saliva Testing (9/15). Infectious Diseases Society of America: IDSA Media Briefing (9/15).

AFRICA AP: South Africa says 12 million ‘probably’ had coronavirus (Imray et al., 9/16). The Guardian: Staple food prices rise by 50% in Sudan amid economic strife, floods and Covid (Salih, 9/17). The Guardian: ‘Confounding’: Covid may have already peaked in many African countries (McVeigh, 9/16). ASIA AP: As India’s…

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…

AFRICA Al Jazeera: TV replaces teachers for African children amid coronavirus curbs (9/15). BBC News: Coronavirus in Africa: Explaining the bogus ‘viral blockers’ worn by some politicians (Adegoke, 9/15). Borgen Magazine: COVID-19 in Liberia: Learning From the Ebola Virus (Wallace, 9/16). Xinhua: WHO’s COVID-19 health supplies reach Libya (9/16). ASIA…

CIDRAP News: Pandemic total passes 29 million as cases hit daily high (Schnirring, 9/14). Devex: Why nonstate armed groups allow access for health workers (Worley, 9/15). Nature: Stillbirth rate rises dramatically during pandemic (Watson, 9/15). New York Times: As U.N. Turns 75, the Celebration Is Muted by Calamity and Conflict…

Financial Times: Bill & Melinda Gates: Vaccine fairness will make us all safer Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (9/14). Global Health NOW: To Prepare for Pandemics, Invest in Surgical Care Kee Park, Paul Farmer global surgery scholar in the Program in Global Surgery…

KFF: Comparing Trump and Biden on COVID-19 This issue brief compares President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on their records, actions, and proposals related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes a general overview of their respective approaches, followed by a detailed side-by-side (9/11). KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker –…

AP: U.N. assembly approves pandemic resolution; U.S., Israel object “The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a wide-ranging resolution on tackling the coronavirus pandemic Friday over objections from the United States and Israel, which protested a successful last-minute Cuban amendment that strongly urged countries to oppose any unilateral economic, financial, or…

AFRICA AP: Ethiopia opens facility to make coronavirus test kits (Meseret, 9/14). ASIA Devex: Corruption allegations rock Philippine health insurance corporation amid COVID-19 (Ravelo, 9/14). Wall Street Journal: For Doctor in India, Coronavirus Waves Just Keep Coming (Agarwal, 9/13). Washington Post: In Japan, coronavirus discrimination proves almost as hard to…