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KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as of June 24, 2020 Data on country government actions in response to COVID-19 are included in the tracker (6/24). Additional KFF COVID-19 resources on the global situation, as well as those focused on the response and impact within the U.S., are available here.…

Borgen Magazine: Global Vaccine Summit Unites Countries for Gavi’s Vaccination Work (Marabito, 6/23). CEO Magazine: Bill Gates: who will get a coronavirus vaccine first (Horswill, 6/24). Devex: Can women’s health clinics regain ground after ‘the most disruptive interruption’? (Lieberman, 6/24). Devex: Q&A: The role of faith-based organizations amid COVID-19 (Root,…

Devex: New partnership aims to increase antimicrobial resistance data in 4 African nations “Drug-resistant infections are viewed by global health experts as one of the biggest threats to human health, with the United Nations estimating that antimicrobial resistance could lead to 10 million deaths each year by 2050 if no…

AFRICA Reuters: All African countries now have coronavirus lab testing capacity — WHO chief (Paravicini, 6/24). U.N. News: Devastating South Sudan coronavirus deaths,’a tragedy that can be prevented,’ Security Council hears (6/23). ASIA Al Jazeera: Indonesia children at risk as COVID-19 disrupts vaccination drive (Washington, 6/23). CNN: The country where…

The Telegraph: Fight against malaria, TB and HIV hit as resources diverted to Covid-19, survey shows “The fight against malaria, HIV, and TB has been severely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, risking a huge rise in the number of deaths and infections. A survey of the 106 countries where the…

RCI: Canada announces $93.7M funding for sexual and reproductive health “Aid groups are praising Ottawa’s pledge to allocate $93.7 million to fund projects supporting sexual and reproductive health and rights for millions of women and girls in developing countries whose access to these services has been severely curtailed as a…

Devex: DFID merger causes ‘serious transparency challenge’ for U.K. aid “Research shows a vast discrepancy in the transparency of aid spending by the U.K.’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development. The ‘2020 Aid Transparency Index,’ published Wednesday by the Publish What You Fund campaign, found that DFID…

Devex: Minorities less likely to get promoted in USAID civil service, watchdog finds “Promotion rates in the U.S. Agency for International Development’s civil service are significantly higher for white employees than for racial and ethnic minorities, according to a report released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office. GAO found that…

AP: Scarce medical oxygen worldwide leaves many gasping for life “Soaring demand for oxygen prompted by the coronavirus is bringing out a stark global truth: Even the right to breathe depends on money. … [I]n poor countries, from Peru to Bangladesh, it is in lethally short supply. Across sub-Saharan Africa,…

Devex: The hydroxychloroquine conundrum “The World Health Organization’s decision to stop the hydroxychloroquine arm of a large-scale clinical trial, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s revocation of the drug’s emergency use authorization has cast doubts over the drug’s potential to treat COVID-19 patients. But experts are divided on whether…