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Devex: How Germany failed to live up to its global health ambitions “Germany has spent the past decade positioning itself as a global health leader. … The problem, observers said, is that while Germany spent much of the past decade advancing its global health leadership, it did not coalesce around…

Devex: DFID budget at risk under ‘stealth review’ of U.K. aid, MP claims “All but 200 future programs to be run by the Department for International Development have been paused amid plans for a cut to the department’s budget, a politician has alleged. Sarah Champion, chair of the International Development…

New York Times: As Virus Infections Surge, Countries End Lockdowns “…[R]eady or not, much of India’s coronavirus lockdown has ended, as have those in other countries struggling to balance economic damage with coronavirus risk. In many places — India, Mexico, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan, among others — leaders have come…

Quartz Africa: The Covid-19 pandemic is changing China’s playbook in Africa “…At the beginning of April this year, as Nigeria was scrambling to track coronavirus cases and dealing with tanking oil prices, a rare spot of good economic news made headlines: A deep sea port project under construction in Lagos,…

POLITICO: The ‘hard slog’ of waiting for a coronavirus vaccine “What if all it took for the world to return to normal was a shot in the arm? Politicians are repeating the mantra that a coronavirus vaccine is the exit strategy. But getting there is neither simple nor even guaranteed.…

CNBC: WHO says ‘we can always do better’ following confusing comments on asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus “The World Health Organization’s top official said Wednesday that the agency ‘could always do better’ following confusing comments made Monday about asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus. Covid-19 is a new virus and the…

AFRICA AP: Zimbabwe names people who escaped filthy quarantine centers (Mutsaka, 6/10). Global Health NOW: In Liberia, Resources are Scarce — but Contact Tracing Is Second Nature (Winny, 6/10). NPR: Why Forecasters Can’t Make Up Their Mind About Africa And The Coronavirus (Peralta, 6/10). Reuters: Africa’s coronavirus ‘hotspots’ in South…

Bloomberg: HIV Boosts Coronavirus Death Risk Threefold, Data Show “People with HIV are almost three times more likely to die if they contract the coronavirus than those with no co-morbidities, irrespective of whether they are taking anti-AIDS drugs, an analysis of South African data shows…” (Sguazzin, 6/10). Devex: South Africa…

The Telegraph: Coronavirus exacerbates violence against health workers, researchers warn “Violent attacks and threats against health care workers and facilities reached a new high last year, with more than 1,200 reported incidents — and the situation has only worsened in the pandemic, according to new figures. The Safeguarding Health in…

CIDRAP News: COVID-19-linked syndrome in kids new, distinct, studies suggest (Van Beusekom, 6/9). Global Health NOW: Infertility as a Neglected Disease (Silberner, 6/10). New York Times: How Data Became One of the Most Powerful Tools to Fight an Epidemic (Johnson, 6/10). Reuters: Japan PM Abe: ‘Very regrettable’ that Taiwan was…