Eli Lilly Pauses Clinical Trial Of COVID-19 Antibody Treatment Over ‘Potential Safety Concern’ October 14, 2020 News Summary New York Times: Eli Lilly’s Antibody Trial Is Paused Over Potential Safety Concern “A government-sponsored clinical trial that is testing an antibody treatment for Covid-19 developed by the drugmaker Eli Lilly has been paused because of a ‘potential safety concern,’ according to emails that government officials sent on Tuesday to…
Global Economic Growth To Shrink 4.4% For 2020, IMF Predicts October 14, 2020 News Summary AP: IMF envisions a sharp 4.4% drop in global growth for 2020 “The International Monetary Fund foresees a steep fall in international growth this year as the global economy struggles to recover from the pandemic-induced recession, its worst collapse in nearly a century. The IMF estimated Tuesday that the global…
More COVID-19 & Global Health News October 14, 2020 News Summary AP: Coronavirus lockdown 2.0 deepens divisions in Israel (Federman, 10/14). BBC News: Covid-19: Protests as Argentina’s cases pass 900,000 (10/13). Borgen Magazine: Child Labor and COVID-19: A Dangerous Increase (Gardner, 10/13). The Guardian: ‘Not just a dog bite’: why India is struggling to keep rabies at bay (Dhillon, 10/14). PRI:…
Global Partnership For Education Helping Backstop Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Education, Blog Post Notes October 14, 2020 News Summary ONE Blog: $5 billion for the Global Partnership for Education will help secure our future Natasha Somji, policy manager for education at the ONE Campaign, discusses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on education, and how the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), “the world’s only education partnership and fund dedicated…
KFF Provides Resources On Global, Domestic Aspects Of COVID-19 Pandemic October 14, 2020 News Summary KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as of October 14, 2020 Data on country government actions in response to COVID-19 are included in the tracker (10/14). 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.
U.N. Urges More Global Action On Risk Reduction, Impact Forecasting To Prepare For Climate-Related Disasters October 13, 2020 News Summary U.N. News: ‘Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years, new disaster research shows “In an urgent call for countries to prepare better for all catastrophic events — from earthquakes and tsunamis to biological threats such as the new coronavirus — data from the U.N. Office on Disaster Risk…
Devex Examines Global WASH Financing Gap, Speaks With Sanitation And Water For All Chair October 13, 2020 News Summary Devex: Kevin Rudd’s guide to making the case for WASH financing ” ‘It’s not just good economics, it’s good politics.’ That’s former Australian Prime Minister and High-Level Chair of Sanitation and Water for All Kevin Rudd’s message to finance ministers ahead of the group’s upcoming meetings for water, sanitation, and…
Public Health Experts Must Build Effective Partnerships, Engage Better With All Communities Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Says Opinion Piece October 13, 2020 News Summary Washington Post: We’re public health experts. We need to do a better job of talking to conservatives Lindsey Leininger, clinical professor at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business and co-director of the Dear Pandemic public health campaign, and Harold Pollack, professor at the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service…
Lack Of Global Leadership Prolonging Pandemic, Herd Immunity ‘Not An Option’ In Control Strategies, WHO DG Says October 13, 2020 News Summary Financial Times: WHO chief says lack of global leadership has prolonged pandemic “A lack of leadership from global powers had prolonged the coronavirus pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, said on Monday as he called on the world’s biggest economies to ‘step up’…” (Wilson/Pilling, 10/12).…