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World Health Organization Aims To Roll Out 120 Million COVID-19 Rapid Tests in Lower Income Countries – As COVID-19 Deaths Cross The 1 Million Mark

Audio Interview: Eight Months of Action and Inaction against Covid-19

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update

Latest Covid-19 Statistics from African Countries

Is the Worst of Africa’s Covid-19 Outbreak Over?

Data suggests the pandemic is playing out differently in Africa

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Health Service Delivery Systems in Uganda by Zziwa Joshua and Bukenya Denis Joseph

Politics and the Myths Around COVID-19 Pandemic Affecting the Right to Health by Bukenya Denis Joseph and Zziwa Joshua

MSF submission to APPG on Coronavirus Inquiry into the UK Government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak

New malaria mosquito threatens mass outbreaks in Africa

Meals As Medicine: Feed The Hungry To Treat The Tuberculosis Pandemic

Most Countries Still Have ‘Long Way To Go’ On Tobacco Control In Public Places & Taxation

From genetics to bariatric surgery and soda taxes: Using all the tools to curb the rising tide of obesity

The Medicines Patent Pool and the World Heart Federation join hands to improve access to affordable cardiovascular disease medicines; bring fresh hope on World Heart Day

Study Identifies Shortcomings in FDA Evaluations for New Opioid Drug Approvals Over Two Decades

Regulation of the for-profit private healthcare sector in India: Whose voices are being heard in policy making?

Meet America’s most and least transparent clinical trial sponsors

Clinical trial reporting by European universities – best and worst performers

More new IDPs in first half of 2020 than all of 2019

Illegal money flows from Africa near $90 billion, U.N. study says

Human Rights Reader 546

Global maps of travel time to healthcare facilities

Less Food Loss and Waste, More Right to Food

Handling soil with care: Conservation Agriculture’s role in post-2020 CAP

The Climate Finance Challenge

Philanthropy Isn’t Spending Enough on Climate Change, and it’s Missing Big Opportunities