October 2020 Issue Of WHO AFRO SRHR Initiative Newsletter Showcases Sexual, Reproductive Health, Family Planning Efforts In Benin, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, South Africa November 10, 2020 News Summary WHO AFRO: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Newsletter — 2nd Issue — October 2020 “The SRHR Initiative in AFRO newsletter aims to showcase the project’s activities and best practices at country and regional levels.” The October 2020 newsletter highlights sexual and reproductive health and family planning efforts in Benin,…
Friends Of The Global Fight Releases Transition Document For Incoming Biden Administration, Outlines 5 Priority Actions For U.S. Global Health November 10, 2020 News Summary Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: U.S. Global Health Leadership for a Safer and More Equitable World “[On Monday], Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria released our transition document for the incoming Biden administration: ‘U.S. Global Health Leadership for a Safer and…
Brookings Expert Discusses Ways Biden Administration Can Address Global Development, Diplomacy November 10, 2020 News Summary Brookings Institution’s “Future Development”: How President Biden can reinvigorate global development and diplomacy George Ingram, senior fellow for global economy and development at the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution, discusses ways in which President-elect Joe Biden can reinvigorate global development and diplomacy, writing, “President Biden and his…
Trump Administration Fires USAID Deputy Administrator To Allow Acting Administrator John Barsa To Continue To Lead Agency November 9, 2020 News Summary Devex: Update: White House fires USAID deputy to keep Barsa at helm “The White House has fired the U.S. Agency for International Development’s deputy administrator, Bonnie Glick, in an apparent move to allow the current acting administrator, John Barsa, to retain leadership of the agency. The firing comes as Barsa…
U.S. Urges WHO To Invite Taiwan To WHA November 9, 2020 News Summary The Hill: U.S. asks WHO to invite Taiwan to health assembly next week “The U.S. has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite Taiwan to its World Health Assembly (WHA) next week, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. cited Taiwan’s ‘resounding success’ in fighting COVID-19 in its appeal to…
Long-Acting Injectable Experimental Antiretroviral Effective In Preventing HIV Among Women, Study Shows November 9, 2020 News Summary Devex: Cabotegravir also works for women, HIV prevention study reveals “An investigational injectable drug is found to be effective in preventing HIV among women, according to an interim analysis of a study published Monday, providing new options on HIV prevention for women and girls… Study HPTN 084, led by the…
Experts Warn Trump Administration Must Take Action To Address Worsening COVID-19 Pandemic; At Least 6 White House Staffers Test Positive, Including Chief Of Staff November 9, 2020 News Summary The Hill: Experts warn of worsening pandemic unless Trump takes action “Health experts are warning that the current surge in coronavirus cases will get far worse unless the Trump administration takes aggressive action in the next few months. Significant time and money will need to be invested to ensure states…
Number Of COVID-19 Cases Pass 50M Worldwide, With U.S., India, Brazil Accounting For Nearly Half Of Global Total; WHO DG Calls For Solidarity, Assessment To End Pandemic November 9, 2020 News Summary NPR: COVID-19 Cases Top 50 Million Globally, U.S. Nears 10 Million “More than 50 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded around the world as of Sunday, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S., India, and Brazil are three countries with the most cases and account for nearly…
President-Elect Joe Biden Announces COVID-19 Plan, Task Force; Media Outlets Discuss Possible Global Health-, Foreign Policy-Related Policy Changes Under Biden-Harris Administration November 9, 2020 News Summary CNN: How Biden plans to change the US pandemic response “President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris say they will move the U.S. Covid-19 pandemic response in a dramatically different direction. ‘The pandemic is getting significantly more worrisome all across the country,’ Biden said on Friday. ‘I want everyone…