A new edition of the World Health Statistics series published by the World Health Organization provides a compilation of the latest health statistics and an analysis of the collected data, linking health-related indicators to the Sustainable Development Goals 2015–2030.

How NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Weill Cornell Medicine developed novel ICU care team models and redeployed physicians to staff an incremental 550 ICU beds within a 3-week period.

In Russia and around the world there is now an understanding that sustainable economic development is attainable only in a steadily developing society. Achieving growth without tackling social problems is impossible. In order to create an ecosystem of socially-oriented projects in Russia, we need funding channels, up-to-date regulations, technological innovations, and an effective information environment. The Roscongress Foundation’s social platform was created in order to provide a working environment for this social ecosystem.

The Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, with support from the Russian Direct Investment Fund and scientific advice from I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, have published the Russian version of the first handbook on coronavirus prevention and treatment. The Handbook was compiled by the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine according to clinical experience. The Roscongress Foundation analysts present a digest of the facts set out in the Handbook.