my latest for NPR: where the standard COVID-19 playbook won& #39;t work, some solutions to fight the disease

1. fly in medical gear
2. get out of the city
3. create safe havens
4. get the police involved
5. reinvent factories
6. set up handwashing stations https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/26/844207862/6-solutions-to-beat-covid-19-in-countries-where-the-usual-advice-just-wont-work">https://www.npr.org/sections/...

other solutions i wanted to add in but didn& #39;t get a chance to:

- use cash aid to incentivize people in the informal economy to stay in their homes. this social welfare program in pakistan wasn& #39;t exactly for this but programs like it can help, say experts https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/14/831753354/pakistan-has-a-plan-to-keep-millions-from-going-hungry-during-shutdown-will-it-w">https://www.npr.org/sections/...

redistribute medical aid from international aid groups so that it& #39;s closer to countries in need. @unicef is doing this now by moving critical gear from its mega warehouse in copenhagen to other warehouses in global south https://www.unicef.org/eap/press-releases/despite-challenges-unicef-continues-ship-vital-supplies-affected-countries-amid">https://www.unicef.org/eap/press...

i also didn& #39;t get a chance to include this, but a paper from @CGDev recommends prioritizing lo-fi treatments to COVID-19 such as oxygen therapy vs ventilators which requires trained staff, electricity. @msf_usa is already doing this https://www.cgdev.org/blog/strengthening-basics-approaches-covid-19-care-low-resource-settings">https://www.cgdev.org/blog/stre...

any other solutions you& #39;ve been seeing in low-resource settings? feel free to add it to this thread, maybe I can add them in the next roundup!