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- Africa may see millions of coronavirus cases, tentative WHO forecast shows
Reuters – 16 April 2020
- Manica Balasegaram: «Les bactéries multi-résistantes sont tout aussi menaçantes»
Le Temps – 16 avril 2020
- OECD and donor countries working to focus development efforts on Covid-19 crisis, building on a rise in official aid in 2019
OECD – 16 April 2020
- Quand les personnages du « Bureau des légendes » violent les droits humanitaires…
L’Obs / Croix-Rouge française – 6 avril 2020
- Federal Council to gradually ease measures against the new coronavirus
Confédération Suisse – 16 avril 2020
- Antoine Flahault: «Les États n’ont pas donné les moyens nécessaires à l’OMS pour affronter la pandémie»
Swissinfo – 9 avril 2020
- IOM Launches USD 499 Million Expanded COVID-19 Response Plan to Help Address Critical Socio-Economic Impacts of Pandemic
IOM – 15 April 2020
- UNECE launches platform to help National Statistical Offices navigate challenges for official statistics during COVID-19 crisis
UNECE – 15 April 2020
- Call for participation for the 2020 Humanitarian Visa d'Or Award
“The theme of this year's photo contest is urban war and the consequences for people forced to hide or flee.”
ICRC – 15 April 2020 - Now is ‘not the time’ to reduce funding for the World Health Organization in COVID-19 fight, urges Guterres
UN News – 14 April 2020
- First UN solidarity flight departs Addis Ababa carrying vital COVID-19 medical supplies to all African nations
Joint AU-WFP-WHO News Release
WHO – 14 April 2020
- Confronting COVID-19 In A World Without WHO – Seriously?
By Frederick M. Abbott
Health Policy Watch – 14 April 2020
- GlaxoSmithKline & Sanofi Team Up To Develop COVID-19 Vaccine
Health Policy Watch – 14 April 2020
- Guy Ryder, directeur général de l'Organisation Internationale du Travail
RTS / La Matinale – 15 avril 2020 (audio)
- [Live discussion summary] - (Cyber)Security and the shift to online
DiploFoundation – 14 April 2020