Opinion Pieces Discuss Role, Strengthening Of Global Cooperation September 29, 2020 News Summary Devex: Opinion: 6 steps to save the G-20 from becoming irrelevant Rahaf Al Sanosi and Osamah Alhenaki, co-chair of the International Financial Architecture Working Group in 2020, both co-sherpas of the Civil Society Engagement Group and directors for policy design and advocacy at the King Khalid Foundation (9/29). Project Syndicate:…
Blog Posts, Releases, Other Resources Address Various Aspects Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Including Vaccine Distribution; Rapid Test Provision In LMICs; Implications For WASH, Child Labor, Cardiovascular Disease September 29, 2020 News Summary American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene: What COVID-19 Reveals about the Neglect of WASH within Infection Prevention in Low-Resource Healthcare Facilities (McGriff/Denny, 9/28). Global Citizen: COVID-19 Has Led to a Dramatic Rise in Child Labor Worldwide Joe McCarthy, staff writer at Global Citizen (9/28). WHO: Global partnership to make…
KFF Provides Resources On Global, Domestic Aspects Of COVID-19 Pandemic September 29, 2020 News Summary KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as of September 29, 2020 Data on country government actions in response to COVID-19 are included in the tracker (9/29). Additional KFF COVID-19 resources on the global situation, as well as those focused on the response and impact within the U.S., are available here. KFF’s…
Media Outlets Examine U.S. Coronavirus Response, Role Of CDC September 29, 2020 News Summary AP: Feds to ship millions of tests in bid to reopen K-12 schools (Perrone/Freking, 9/28). Homeland Preparedness News: Sens. Menendez, Collins seek to create COVID-19 Commission (Clark, 9/25). New York Times: Behind the White House Effort to Pressure the CDC on School Openings (Mazzetti et al., 9/28). New York Times:…
Head Of MSF ‘s Task Force On Safe Abortion Care Marks International Day, Discusses U.S. Mexico City Policy September 29, 2020 News Summary Médecins Sans Frontières: Proposed changes to U.S. Global Gag Rule threaten wider harm “The United States policy known as the Global Gag Rule [Mexico City policy] has had a devastating impact on women’s access to sexual and reproductive health care since it was reinstated and greatly expanded by the Trump…
Women, Children Face Violence, Poverty, Exploitation, Other Challenges Amid COVID-19 September 29, 2020 News Summary The Guardian: Most countries failing women and girls with Covid response, U.N. finds “Most countries are failing to adequately protect women and girls during the fallout from Covid-19, according to a new U.N. database that tracks government responses to the pandemic. The global gender tracker has looked at how 206…
More COVID-19 & Global Health News September 29, 2020 News Summary AP: Aid group warns that 700,000 children in Syria risk hunger (Mroue, 9/29). AP: Child poverty likely to increase in E.U. amid virus pandemic (Petrequin, 9/29). Devex: More new IDPs in first half of 2020 than all of 2019 (Root, 9/29). Devex: Markets play a role in food waste and…
WHO Announces Partnerships, Plan To Provide 120M Rapid Coronavirus Tests To LMICs September 29, 2020 News Summary AP: WHO, partners roll out faster COVID tests for poorer nations “The World Health Organization announced Monday that it and leading partners have agreed to a plan to roll out 120 million rapid-diagnostic tests for the coronavirus to help lower- and middle-income countries make up ground in a testing gap…
China’s Foreign Ministry Criticizes U.S. Environmental Policy Record After Critical State Department Remarks September 29, 2020 News Summary The Hill: China slams U.S. environmental record after critical State Dept report “China’s foreign ministry knocked the U.S. on Monday in response to a statements from the State Department criticizing Beijing’s record on environmental policy. The Associated Press reported that a statement from Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s foreign ministry,…
Devex Examines Roles Of Innovative Financing, Social Entrepreneurs In Development Sector Amid COVID-19 September 29, 2020 News Summary Devex: Accelerating impact: COVID-19 and the future of outcomes-based financing “Development and aid contracts need to be reformed in the pandemic era to allow for crisis-related contingencies after COVID-19 forced numerous development projects to adopt remote and virtual approaches, experts said at an event co-hosted by Devex and UBS Optimus…