AFRICA PRI: Coronavirus lockdown: A tale of two South Africas (Gikandi, 4/7). Science: South Africa hopes its battle with HIV and TB helped prepare it for COVID-19 (Nordling, 4/7). Thomson Reuters Foundation: Ethiopia taps army of women health workers to fight coronavirus (Wuilbercq, 4/7). ASIA Al Jazeera: Coronavirus lockdown complicates…

Devex: 4 ways to make WASH projects climate resilient “How do you ensure WASH projects can withstand extreme weather events? Devex speaks to water and sanitation experts to find out…” (Root, 3/25).

AFP/France 24: Hand-washing: a luxury millions of Yemenis can’t afford (3/24). The Atlantic: Why the Coronavirus Has Been So Successful (Yong, 3/20). Borgen Magazine: Ending Male Childhood Marriage (Smethers, 3/21). The Guardian: ‘Everyone will be contaminated’: prisons face strict coronavirus controls (Summers, 3/23). Reuters: Coronavirus sparks soul-searching over travel-heavy climate…

AFRICA Bloomberg: Africa Needs $100 Billion Stimulus to Combat Virus (Soto, 3/23). Reuters: African finance ministers call for $100 billion stimulus, debt holiday (Bavier, 3/23). ASIA Devex: To contain the spread of coronavirus, Manila grapples with lockdown (Ravelo, 3/24). New York Times: How South Korea Flattened the Curve (Fisher/Sang-Hun, 3/23).…

CNN: Around 10% of the world population can’t get clean water. Here’s how you can help on World Water Day “Right now, almost 780 million people live without access to clean water, and more than 2.5 billion need improved sanitation. That’s according to the World Health Organization. March 22 is…

International Atomic Energy Agency: World Water Day 2020: Water and Climate Change… and Isotopes Elodie Broussard with the IAEA Office of Public Information and Communication discusses how the IAEA helps countries mitigate the impacts of climate change on water resources (3/20). Oxfam: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 6: The…

CNN: Global food waste twice as high as previously estimated, study says (Erdman, 3/18). Devex: Meet Sarah Champion, the woman tasked with scrutinizing U.K. aid (Worley, 3/18). Guardian: ‘We have no options’: how water scarcity is changing south Iraq (Peyre-Costa, 3/19). The New Humanitarian: Violence and obstruction: Cameroon’s deepening aid…

CDC’s “Around the World”: World Water Day The latest issue of CDC’s “Around the World” newsletter highlights a collection of resources on water-related issues in recognition of the upcoming World Water Day on March 22 (3/17).

United Nations: Secretary-General Warns of Grave Water Crisis, Stressing ‘Every Drop Counts’ in Message for World Meteorological Day In a message for World Meteorological Day, which takes place on March 23, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says, “Climate and water are inextricably linked. … That is why, this year, World Meteorological…

Solidarités International: Water is in Crisis/es! Alain Boinet, founder of Solidarités International, discusses the release of the 6th edition of the 2020 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Barometer, which assesses the current situation of water, sanitation, and hygiene throughout the world and provides recommendations on ways to address the water crisis.…