Devex: Opinion: Now is the time to prioritize mental health Kirsten Gelsdorf, professor of practice and director of global humanitarian policy at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and colleagues (5/15). Financial Times: Health systems worldwide receive wake-up call Brooke Masters, opinion and analysis editor at the Financial…

U.N. News: U.N. leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19 “Decades of neglect and underinvestment in addressing people’s mental health needs have been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. said on Thursday, in a call for ambitious commitments from countries in the…

CNBC: Coronavirus patients discharged from hospitals report ‘long struggle,’ some relapse, WHO says (Feuer, 5/11). Devex: Travel restrictions, funding gaps a bigger problem than PPE, humanitarian leaders say (Igoe, 5/12). Financial Times: FTfm: Responsible Investing (Multiple authors, 5/11). Fox News: Top scientist who battled COVID-19 says ‘we will never ……

Bloomberg: Hackers Target WHO by Posing as Think Tank, Broadcaster (Gallagher, 5/7). The BMJ: Covid-19: Health needs of sex workers are being sidelined, warn agencies (Howard, 5/7). CNN: These are the ’10 plain truths’ about the coronavirus pandemic, according to former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden (Kim/Watts, 5/6). Devex: Q&A:…

AP: Virus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science’s march (Woodward, 5/5). BBC: Locusts destroying food supplies in the Horn of Africa (Burgess, 5/4). CNBC: WHO says it will engage U.S. to make remdesivir coronavirus treatment more widely available (Feuer/Lovelace, 5/4). Devex: Exclusive: Coronavirus hits development pros’ livelihoods (Chadwick/Smith, 5/5). Devex:…

BMJ Opinion: Covid-19 vaccines: global access means having enough Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (4/30). Brookings: COVID-19 has revealed a flaw in public health systems. Here’s how to fix it. Stuti Khemani, senior economist with the Development Research Group at the World Bank (4/30). CMMB: A Moment…

The Atlantic: Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing (Yong, 4/29). CBS: Former Obama Ebola adviser calls for stronger global response to pandemics (Brennan/Micklas, 4/28) Devex: How to support displaced populations’ mental health during lockdown (Smith, 4/30). Devex: Around the world, migrants and refugees are stranded between closed borders (Root, 4/29).…

Borgen Magazine: Combatting Malnutrition in Cambodia (Cullen, 4/25). Devex: Q&A: Philanthropy can take ‘unique risks’ to combat COVID-19, Rajiv Shah says (Lieberman, 4/27). Devex: Should aid workers travel during the pandemic? (Root, 4/27). New York Times: As Coronavirus Strikes Prisons, Hundreds of Thousands Are Released (Londoño et al., 4/26). New…

BMJ Opinion: Covid-19 and addiction — a secret burden during this pandemic Rachel Bannister, co-founder of the campaign group Mental Health — Time for Action (4/21). World Economic Forum: This is why keeping global supply chains moving is key to overcoming COVID-19 Anabel González, non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson…

Devex: There is a better way to measure menstrual health, researcher says (Rogers, 3/17). Devex: Nigeria struggles with largest recorded Lassa fever outbreak (Unah, 3/18). The Guardian: Study: global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels (Greenfield/Makortoff, 3/18). The Guardian: Health workers targeted at least…