WHO
Estimating mortality from COVID-19 – Scientific Brief (4 August 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/estimating-mortality-from-covid-19
UN News
Global cooperation is our only choice against COVID-19, says WHO chief (6 August 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/08/1069702
Cross-border links between terrorists, organized crime, underscore need for coherent global response (6 August 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/08/1069672
New humanitarian air service boosts COVID-19 response in the Pacific (6 August 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/08/1069662
South Africa: UN health agency sends experts to help battle against COVID-19 (5 August 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/08/1069582
DGC
UN poverty expert: Promotion of equality must be our priority (6 August 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/un-poverty-expert-promotion-equality-must-be-our-priority
DESA
A day to recognize the resilience of indigenous peoples (5 August 2020): https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/social/worlds-indigenous-peoples-day-2020.html
FAO
Global food prices rise in July (6 August 2020): http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1301605/icode/
ILO
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace – A universal commitment to end child labour (6 August 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/institutional-videos/WCMS_747627/lang–en/index.htm
IMF
COVID-19 Response in Emerging Market Economies: Conventional Policies and Beyond (6 August 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/08/06/covid-19-response-in-emerging-market-economies-conventional-policies-and-beyond/
IOM
USD 84 Million Dollar Appeal to Assist African Migrants Affected by COVID-19 Launched by IOM and 27 Partners and Governments Across Horn of Africa and Yemen (6 August 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/usd-84-million-dollar-appeal-assist-african-migrants-affected-covid-19-launched-iom-and–27
ITU
New UN report shows closing the gender divide can save lives in emergencies, including pandemics (6 August 2020): https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/pr14-2020-Women-ICT-and-Emergency-Telecommunications-report-from-ITU-and-ETC.aspx
Report: Women, ICT and Emergency Telecommunications: Opportunities and Constraints: https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Emergency-Telecommunications/Pages/Women-ICT-and-Emergency-Telecommunications.aspx
Unlocking the full power of gender equality in disaster risk management (6 August 2020): https://news.itu.int/unlocking-full-power-gender-equality-disaster-risk-management/
UN-Habitat
Decongestion of IDP settlements as a prevention and control measure for COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia (6 August 2020): https://unhabitat.org/decongestion-of-idp-settlements-as-a-prevention-and-control-measure-for-covid-19-pandemic-in
UNCTAD
Nations to meet in Barbados to chart new path for post-coronavirus economic recovery (5 August 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2446
UNEP
Cities – where the fight for a green recovery will be won or lost (6 August 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/cities-where-fight-green-recovery-will-be-won-or-lost
UNESCO
UN Secretary-General warns of education catastrophe, pointing to UNESCO estimate of 24 million learners at risk of dropping out (6 August 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/secretary-general-warns-education-catastrophe-pointing-unesco-estimate-24-million-learners-0
Journalism in a pandemic: reinstating the paramount importance of facts (6 August 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/journalism-pandemic-reinstating-paramount-importance-facts
African Voices – UNESCO’s indigenous partner in Africa (5 August 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/african-voices-unescos-indigenous-partner-africa
Indigenous Peoples and the COVID-19 pandemic (4 August 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/indigenous-peoples-and-covid-19-pandemic
UNV
Engaging Gambian communities to stop the spread of COVID-19 (6 August 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/Engaging-Gambian-communities-stop-spread-COVID-19
Building back better: why volunteering matters for the post-COVID world (6 August 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/Building-back-better-why-volunteering-matters-post-COVID-world
WFP
Delivering vital medical supplies, humanitarian air service boosts Covid-19 response efforts in the Pacific (6 August 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/delivering-vital-medical-supplies-humanitarian-air-service-boosts-covid-19-response-efforts
WORLD BANK
Beyond the Pandemic: Harnessing the Digital Revolution to Set Food Systems on a Better Course (6 August 2020): https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-story/2020/08/06/beyond-the-pandemic-harnessing-the-digital-revolution-to-set-food-systems-on-a-better-course
COVID-19 Pandemic May Result in a Long-term Human Development Crisis in Central Asia, Warn World Bank Experts (5 August 2020): https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2020/08/05/covid-19-pandemic-may-result-in-long-term-human-development-crisis-in-central-asia-warn-world-bank-experts
BRIEF- Profiles of the new poor due to the COVID-19 pandemic (6 August 2020): https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/Profiles-of-the-new-poor-due-to-the-COVID-19-pandemic