Health workers on the Covid-19 firing line - notes from an Ugandan emergency room doctor. But six months into the pandemic, many hospitals remain unprepared. Doctors and nurses lack adequate personal protective gear (PPE) and there is a shortage of isolation wards to separate suspected Covid-19 cases from regular patients. Call it a desperate story - but it is also one of hope and courage. Everywhere in the world, health workers know what they need to protect themselves, their families and communities from the pandemic. What they need are simple, and largely affordable, tools - and they are demanding them.

A Panorama of Swiss Society 2020: Migration—Integration—Participation. In Switzerland, migrant households earn less than families without a migration background, although salaries of migrant women are 20% higher than those of non-migrant women, concludes a new report by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

N.B.A. Postpones Playoff Games After Milwaukee Bucks Boycott. The Milwaukee Bucks responded to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Wisconsin, by refusing to take the court Wednesday afternoon for their N.B.A. playoff game against the Orlando Magic. An hour later, the N.B.A. postponed two other playoff games scheduled for Wednesday night.

«I have the right not to testify against myself» Nobel Prize-winning author and Belarusian opposition activist Svetlana Alexievich refused to answer questions Wednesday after Belarusian investigators summoned her for questioning over allegations of criminal activities committed by a newly formed opposition group with which she is associated.

Population panic lets rich people off the hook for the climate crisis they are fuelling. Rising consumption by the affluent has a far greater environmental impact than the birth rate in poorer nations, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot.

Crowded market scene in Kampala, Uganda – some people wear masks and others do not. Samson Wamani.

Social distancing is one of the key preventative measures that has been “prescribed” by WHO. But it’s a huge challenge in many places, such as this crowded market in Kampala, Uganda. Lax enforcement of basic preventive measures is yet another, in this case masks - which some vendors and shoppers don - and others discard. Source: Samson Wamani.

27 August (8:00 pm CET) | Global Health Research Needs A Makeover. Join an uncommon discussion of how global health - in the post-colonial world - is neither global nor diverse. Addressing this is critical to ensuring a more equitable, diverse, and impactful global health landscape. This event marks the first webinar of the “Decolonization of Global Health” Seminar Series, led by Madhukar Pai, director of the McGill International TB Centre.

1 September (5:00 pm CET) | The World Wasn't Ready for a Pandemic—But It Could Be. How can the world prepare for the next pandemic? Join experts from Resolve To Save Lives, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, to find out.

2-3 September (8:15 - 1:15 pm CET) | Swiss Public Health Conference: From Evidence to Public Health Policy and Practice. Leading players in public health politics, practice, and research will examine how public health in Switzerland can be strengthened by integrating evidence-based solutions into national health care systems

3 September (3:00 - 5:30 pm CET) | Covid-19 therapeutics: innovation, trials and access. Chief executives from big pharma - including Eli Lilly and Company, Gilead, MSD, Pfizer, Roche Group and the IFPMA - will provide a snapshot of the Covid-19 therapeutics pipeline, and explain how they’re collaborating to develop and deploy safe and effective treatments at scale without leaving anyone behind.