U.S. Announces Approximately $980M In New Humanitarian Assistance To Several Countries Including Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, South Sudan, Syria September 25, 2020 News Summary USAID: United States Announces Nearly $152 Million in New Humanitarian Assistance in the Central Sahel Countries of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania (9/24). USAID: United States Announces Nearly $108 Million in New Humanitarian Assistance to Help the People of South Sudan (9/24). USAID: The United States Announces More Than…
At U.N., China, Russia, U.S. Spar Over Pandemic Responses; African Nations Call For Fiscal Support; Guterres Urges Nations To Cooperate On COVID-19, Climate Change September 25, 2020 News Summary AP: At U.N., China, Russia and U.S. clash over pandemic responses “The United States butted heads with China and Russia at the United Nations on Thursday over responsibility for the pandemic that has interrupted the world, trading allegations about who mishandled and politicized the virus in one of the few…
Actual COVID-19 Death Toll Could Be Closer To 2M, Academics Say; POLITICO Interviews Experts About How Pandemic Might End September 25, 2020 News Summary Bloomberg: Covid Death Toll Nears 1 Million, But Real Number May Be Double “The world will officially record 1 million deaths from Covid-19 in the next few days, but the real tally might be almost double that. Actual fatalities from the worst pandemic in a century may be closer to…
Emails Show Industry Influence Over U.S. Position In International Talks Related To Drug-Resistant Infections September 25, 2020 News Summary New York Times: Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks “The emails, from a pesticide industry lobbyist to employees at the Department of Agriculture, expressed alarm over proposed guidelines issued by a United Nations task force working to combat the rise of drug-resistant infections that kill…
Asia-Pacific Region Hardest-Hit By COVID-19, Climate-Related Disasters; Crisis On Venezuela-Colombia Border; Iraqi Doctors Face Threats; Mexico Has 4th Highest Death Toll September 24, 2020 News Summary AFRICA Health-e News: Gates foundation honors Africa CDC’s John Nkengasong for fight against Covid-19 pandemic (Mukwevho, 9/23). The Lancet Infectious Diseases: COVID-19 in Africa: half a year later (Makoni, October 2020). Washington Post: Economic fallout from coronavirus leads to surge in Tunisians leaving for Europe (Parker, 9/24). ASIA Al Jazeera:…
U.N. Cuts Aid To 300 Health Centers In Yemen Due To Lack Of Funding, Warns Of Further Cuts September 24, 2020 News Summary Al Jazeera: U.N. slashes healthcare in Yemen due to lack of funding “The United Nations said on Wednesday that critical aid was cut at 300 health centers across war-ravaged Yemen because of a lack of funding, with lifesaving food distribution also reduced. Between April and August, more than one-third of…
Public Sector Funds Contributed Up To 5 Times More Than J&J In Developing New TB Drug, Analysis Finds September 24, 2020 News Summary STAT: Public funding underwrote much of the development of J&J’s drug for TB, analysis finds “Amid ongoing debate over taxpayer dollars used to generate medicines, a new analysis contends that public investments contributed up to five times more than what Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) spent to develop Sirturo, its groundbreaking…
World Leaders At UNGA Plead For Accessible, Affordable COVID-19 Vaccine, Discuss Pandemic Impacts September 24, 2020 News Summary AP: ‘Are people to be left to die?’ Vaccine pleas fill U.N. summit “…Many world leaders at this week’s virtual U.N. summit hope [there] will be a vaccine made available and affordable to all countries, rich and poor. But with the U.S., China, and Russia opting out of a collaborative…
Women’s Participation Missing At UNGA, In COVID-19 Reporting, Observers, Report Say September 24, 2020 News Summary Devex: Observers are wondering during UNGA week: Where are all the women? “…The virtual transformation of the U.N. General Assembly’s opening 75th session has, in some ways, made the forums more accessible and inclusive. Without having to worry about traveling to New York for the action-packed week, many more people…