• COVID-19 could cause acute food insecurity for 250 million people, say UN agencies
• Massive floods in DRC’s South Kivu impact 80,000 people, kill dozens
• Iron deficiency guidelines unveiled for pregnant women and infants

Young, creative and bold minds, who are helping redefine their own areas of expertise, are highlighted every year by the US business publication, Forbes. This year, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) youthful health economist Swathi Bhargav Iyengar, made the “30 under 30” list, for developing the WHO’s MedMon mobile application.

In an interview with Mehboob Khan from the UN News Hindi service, the young economist explains how she started developing the tool and the impact it’s had on lives so far.

• Ceasefire needed to protect 250 million children: UNICEF chief
• Recession will likely cause hundreds of thousands of child deaths
• World has enough food to withstand COVID crisis, says UN agency

Facemasks – a million of them - are just some of the precious cargo being dispatched to all corners of Africa by the UN, as the continent braces for the spread of COVID-19. Managing this huge task is Amer Daoudi, Senior Director of Operations for the World Food Programme.

In an online interview with UN News’s Daniel Johnson, Jordanian national, Mr. Daoudi, takes us behind the scenes at the agency’s humanitarian hub in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where a UN-wide supply chain operation is now in full swing.