AFRICA AP: AP Interview: South Africa to know true virus toll in weeks (Meldrum, 9/18). BBC: Coronavirus: South Africa eases strict lockdown as cases drop (9/17). Devex: Paying the price: Pandemic puts DRC’s fragile health system at risk (Mednick, 9/17). PRI: A new study on coronavirus songs in Africa looks…

Al Jazeera: Chronicles of a Pandemic (9/17). Devex: In COVID-19 response, make climate change priority (Cornish, 9/18). Devex: What do development advocates want from the U.K.’s integrated review? (Worley, 9/17). Borgen Magazine: Exploring Gender Inequality in Yemen (Jones, 9/18). The Lancet: Brazilian doctors condemn new rules on abortion (Alves, 9/19).…

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…

USAID: USAID Acting Administrator Barsa’s Meeting With British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, M.P. “…United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator John Barsa met [on Wednesday] with the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (U.K.), the Right Honourable Dominic Raab, M.P. … Acting…

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…

AP: E.U. wants better coordination on virus, announces summit “European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the bloc must rise above its fragmented approach on dealing with the coronavirus by centralizing more decision-making on health issues. She also told E.U. legislators that Italy will host a global…

The Telegraph: Call for more U.K. aid to go on basic health services in world’s poorest countries “The U.K. government is being urged to spend more aid money on basic health services in the world’s poorest countries as charities fear that vital goals such as reducing child and maternal mortality…

Xinhua: Members, partners of WHO Europe pledge solidarity in response to COVID-19 crisis “Health ministers, high-level representatives of all 53 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region and partner organizations as well as representatives from civil society gathered online on Monday to discuss major health issues, pledging…

AFRICA Xinhua: Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 1.35M: Africa CDC (9/15). ASIA BBC: Coronavirus: India faces oxygen scarcity as cases surge (Biswas, 9/14). NPR: At Least 25 Indian Lawmakers Test Positive For Coronavirus As Parliament Reopens (Frayer, 9/14). Thomson Reuters Foundation: Women grieve stillborn babies as COVID-19 hits maternity care…

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…