Opinion Pieces Discuss Role Of Foreign-Born Health Care Professionals In Responding To COVID-19 Pandemic November 20, 2020 News Summary The BMJ: The neocoloniality of who cares: U.S. underinvestment in medical education exacerbates global inequities Eric Reinhart, PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, MD candidate at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and advanced candidate in adult psychoanalysis at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis;…
Health Officials Call For More Effort To Slow Coronavirus Spread; Mexico Passes 100K Deaths; India Marks 9M Infections; Middle East Faces 2nd Wave; New Zealand Avoids Lockdown Using Science-Based Approach November 20, 2020 News Summary CIDRAP News: Global officials urge more steps to drive down COVID spread “Health officials in different parts of the world urged people to double down on their individual actions to curb the spread of COVID-19 to avoid protracted lockdowns and to maintain and improve upon hard-fought gains against the virus…”…
Blog Posts, Releases Address Topics Related To COVID-19, Including Role Of Government In Public Health; Funding COVID-19 Recovery; Data Protection, Privacy Amid Pandemic November 20, 2020 News Summary CATO Institute: The COVID Vaccine Trials & the Role of Government in Public Health Terence Kealey, adjunct scholar at the CATO Institute and professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Buckingham (11/18). Center for Global Development: Realizing Savings from Better Procurement Today to Build Resilient Health Systems for Tomorrow…
White House Coronavirus Task Force Holds Briefing For First Time In Months, Urges Americans To Increase Mitigation Efforts; Fauci Discusses Pandemic Response In KHN Interview November 20, 2020 News Summary The Hill: Fauci, Birx urge Americans to take precautions against virus in rare White House appearance “Top Trump administration health officials made a rare appearance at the White House on Thursday to plead with Americans to redouble their efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. But — even with…
Blog Posts, Releases Address Various Global Health Topics, Including Gendered Impacts Of Disease Outbreaks; Reshaping Health, Food System Priorities; Antimicrobial Resistance November 20, 2020 News Summary BMJ Opinion: Strengthening pandemic preparedness and response begins with answering the question: where are the women? Clare Wenham, assistant professor of global health policy at the London School of Economics (LSE), and colleagues (11/20). Think Global Health: Tackling the World’s Most Vexing Diseases Through Data Lauren A. Do, research assistant…
‘Future Of An Entire Generation At Risk,’ UNICEF Warns In Report On Pandemic’s Impacts On Children November 20, 2020 News Summary New York Times: UNICEF warns of a ‘lost generation’ and finds school closures are ineffective “One of the small mercies of the coronavirus is that the risk of serious illness in children has so far been relatively small. But that does not mean that the toll has not been devastating.…
G20 Expected To Call On Private Lenders To Suspend Debt Repayments Amid Pandemic; China Extends $2.1B In Debt Relief To Poor Nations; Faith Leaders Provide Recommendations To G20 November 20, 2020 News Summary Devex: Faith leaders bring recommendations to G-20 “An international group of faith leaders and advocates this week delivered a series of recommendations to Saudi Arabia, which has the presidency of the G-20, ahead of the group’s high-level summit with world leaders beginning Nov. 20. The G20 Interfaith Forum brings together…
More COVID-19 & Global Health News November 20, 2020 News Summary Borgen Magazine: Gene Therapy to Possibly Cure Sickle Cell Disease in Africa (Shores, 11/20). Borgen Magazine: How World Organizations Fight the Health Crisis in African Countries (Kuzel, 11/19). Borgen Magazine: How Technology is Advancing Global Healthcare (Hudson, 11/19). Borgen Magazine: The United States’ Fight Against Locusts in East Africa (Scalora,…
Blog Posts, Release Recognize World Toilet Day, Discuss Role Of WASH In Addressing NTDs, Innovative Toilets November 20, 2020 News Summary Global Citizen: Why Access to Clean Water Is Essential in the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases Sarah El Gharib, freelance writer and French editor at Global Citizen (11/19). Water Science Policy: Who Wouldn’t Want a Bluetooth Toilet? Stephen Hilton, technical research assistant at Global Water 2020 (11/19). WHO: World Toilet…
USAID Participates In Global Health Security Agenda Ministerial Meeting November 20, 2020 News Summary USAID: USAID Participates In Global Health Security Agenda Ministerial, Calls On The Governments Of Member Countries To Make Commitments “From November 18 to 20, 2020, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be participating in the official United States Delegation to the Sixth Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)…