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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…

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: 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…

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…

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: How to make the DFID merger work Simon Gill, managing director of the Overseas Development Institute (6/23). Devex: Who killed DFID? Phil Mason, former member of the U.K. Overseas Development Administration and Department for International Development (6/24). Devex: 6 ways to work with tech companies to advance gender data…

Barron’s: A Covid-19 Vaccine Should Be a Public Good. Here’s How to Make That Happen Kendall Hoyt, assistant professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and author (6/24). The Conversation: In many countries the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, not slowing Adam Kamradt-Scott, associate professor at the University of…

NIH: Experts identify steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response “More than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry, and academia published a report of their conclusions and recommendations on COVID-19 serology studies online in Immunity. The group gathered for an online workshop in May…

U.S. Department of State: United States Provides Additional U.S. Foreign Assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras In a press statement, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discusses additional U.S. foreign assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, noting, “These additional funds will assist in making these countries more secure…

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.…