
The forgotten crisis
COVID-19 will nearly double acute hunger to 265 million people in six months, yet this crisis remains invisible because it's happening far from view.
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COVID-19 will nearly double acute hunger to 265 million people in six months, yet this crisis remains invisible because it's happening far from view.
COVID-19 won't end until the poorest countries are protected—closed borders and self-sufficiency won't save us when 7 billion people need vaccination.

Vietnam—a developing country with 100M people, $3k GDP per capita, and 900 miles bordering China—had <300 COVID cases and zero deaths by April. Here's what worked.
I listened to the WHO team leader who witnessed China's COVID response firsthand, and his lessons on speed, free testing, and isolating mild cases could have saved us months.

I've found the most critical COVID-19 data sources you need: cases are doubling every 7 days globally, and these charts reveal which countries are in the most danger right now.
Kevin Rudd and a leading China economist cut through the noise to explain what Covid-19 really means for China's economy and reform agenda—with insights you won't find elsewhere.