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Epidemics can strike anywhere. But it’s often the weakest part of the health system, where people are not being reached by health services, is often where outbreaks grow unchecked. We can all be protected from outbreaks and pandemics only if every single person is covered by health services—which is the foundation of UHC. Read more:

Lack of Health Care is a Waste of Human Capital: 5 Ways to Achieve Universal Health Coverage By 2030 Denial of health care is not only unjust, it is also a waste of human potential and a country’s human capital.

School re-opening is currently at the top of the agenda of Governments and Ministries of Education around the globe. It is also the major concern of students and their parents, teachers and other education personnel. Given the uncertainty over the nature and evolution of COVID-19, decisions are pending, flipping between concerns over health and safety, as thousands of people are effected every day, and concerns over learning loss and other risks entailed in prolonged school closures, especially for the most vulnerable segments of the population, as inequalities in learning and access to health and social services, thorough schools, breeds wider social inequalities. Read more:

New UNESCO resource paper on school re-opening during COVID-19 Share this article School re-opening is currently at the top of the agenda of Governments and Ministries of Education around the globe. It is also the major concern of students and their parents, teachers and other education personnel. Given the uncertainty over the nature and evolution of COVID-19,...

As COVID-19 ravages the world, the fight against HIV, TB and malaria is acutely at risk. That fight is not merely at risk of getting knocked off course – it can be derailed entirely. If health systems collapse, or treatment and prevention services are interrupted, the death toll from these three diseases (and others) will massively outweigh deaths from COVID-19 itself. Millions more lives will be lost. Read more:

COVID-19 Threatens to Derail Fight Against HIV, TB and Malaria As COVID-19 ravages the world, the fight against HIV, TB and malaria is acutely at risk. That fight is not merely at risk of getting knocked off course – it can be derailed entirely.

The global provision of schooling is facing unprecedented challenges as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. In the context of COVID-19 school closures, paper-based and digital distance education platforms have become essential to the continued provision of education for all. Without adequate information and communication technology (ICT) devices, internet/mobile network access, educational resources and teachers’ training, students simply cannot partake in distance education to continue on their learning trajectories. Read more:

The Importance of Monitoring and Improving ICT Use in Education Post-Confinement Monitoring ICT use at home and at school

Delays in obtaining pesticides, helicopters, and other vital supplies have set back efforts to combat East Africa’s worst desert locust outbreak in decades. And now a second generation of the pest is forming swarms just as a new crop season gets underway, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people. The problems began before COVID-19 restrictions took effect.

Coronavirus hampers response as locust outbreak builds in East Africa A second generation of the crop-eating insect is forming swarms just as a new planting season begins. Millions could go hungry.