Thread by @MalakaGharib, my latest for NPR: where the standard COVID-19 playbook won't work, some [...]

my latest for NPR: where the standard COVID-19 playbook won'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

6 Solutions To Beat COVID-19 In Countries Where The Usual Advice Just Won't Work

The advice for keeping the virus at bay in wealthy countries won't necessarily work in low-income countries and in poor communities. So what might help?

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

other solutions i wanted to add in but didn'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'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

Pakistan Has A Plan To Keep Millions From Going Hungry During Shutdown. Will It Work?

As incomes dry up for low-paid Pakistanis during the COVID-19 crisis, the government is massively expanding a program that gives cash to the out-of-work. But concerns are being raised about its reach.

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

redistribute medical aid from international aid groups so that it'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

Despite challenges, UNICEF continues to ship vital supplies to affected countries amid soaring...

https://www.unicef.org/eap/press-releases/despite-challenges-unicef-continues-ship-vital-supplies-affected-countries-amid

i also didn'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

Strengthening the Basics: Approaches to COVID-19 Care in Low-Resource

This blog focuses on hospital treatment for COVID-19 patients in low-resource-settings, considering what we know about the spectrum of COVID-19 illness and what this tells us about where resources

https://www.cgdev.org/blog/strengthening-basics-approaches-covid-19-care-low-resource-settings

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

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