EARLY RELEASE: Serial Laboratory Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Incarcerated and Detained Persons in a Correctional and Detention Facility - Louisiana, April-May 2020

Published on June 29, 2020

This report describes the findings of testing among quarantined contacts of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in a Louisiana correctional and detention facility.

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Virtual Roundtable on Scaling up Access to Antiretroviral Therapy

June 29, 2020
The panel will discuss how the Medicines Patent Pool model has changed the HIV landscape, and reflect on how the lessons learned can be applied to the fight against COVID-19. Medicines Patent Pool Date: June 30 2020Time: 2 PM CEST

Lost in translation: Language barriers and the Rohingya response

June 30, 2020
About half of 56 Rohingya surveyed immediately after visiting health centres reported negative or neutral experiences. Rohingya are now making far fewer visits to health centres: consultations have dropped by more than half since the pandemic began in March. Researchers say it is driven in part by rumours and the perception that clinics won’t provide proper treatment. The New Humanitarian