Foreign Policy Examines Return Of Controversial Trump USAID Appointee Accused Of Mismanagement December 2, 2020 News Summary Foreign Policy: Controversial Trump USAID Appointee Returns from Absence “A controversial political appointee of outgoing President Donald Trump who has sought to remake important programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development is set to return to the agency following a two-month absence, after he had been accused of mismanagement…
USAID Creates Strategic Foresight Unit, Takes Steps To Prepare For Future Crises December 2, 2020 News Summary Devex: USAID turns to scenario planning to prepare for future global crises “Even as the coronavirus pandemic still rages, the U.S. Agency for International Development is taking steps to better prepare it for other unpredictable and highly disruptive events in the future. That effort has involved an ‘unprecedented’ scenario planning…
Global Malaria Progress Plateaus, WHO Says; India, North Korea Report Declines In Cases December 2, 2020 News Summary CIDRAP News: WHO says malaria control has hit a plateau “Despite great strides to eliminate malaria over the past two decades, control of the disease in recent years has plateaued, writes the World Health Organization (WHO) in ‘World Malaria Report 2020: 20 years of global progress and challenges.’ The 299-page…
U.N., Ethiopia Sign Agreement To Allow Humanitarian Access To Tigray As Crisis Deepens, Food Runs Out For Eritrean Refugees In Region December 2, 2020 News Summary AP: U.N., Ethiopia sign deal for aid access to embattled Tigray “In a breakthrough a month after deadly conflict cut off Ethiopia’s Tigray region from the world, the United Nations on Wednesday said it and the Ethiopian government have signed a deal to allow ‘unimpeded’ humanitarian access, at least for…
More COVID-19 & Global Health News December 2, 2020 News Summary AP: Rage and hope fuel women’s revolt over abortion in Poland (Gera, 12/2). Devex: World Bank updates procurement policy to enforce gender-based violence rules (Saldinger, 12/1). IPS: COVID-19 an Opportunity to Build Resilience around Food Systems (Phakathi, 12/1). Nature: Meet the scientists investigating the origins of the COVID pandemic (Mallapaty,…
President-Elect Biden Releases Statement On World AIDS Day, Calls For Expanded Support For PEPFAR, Global Fund December 2, 2020 News Summary Biden-Harris Transition: Statement from President-elect Joe Biden on World AIDS Day “…COVID-19 is a reminder that we cannot let up in our efforts to fight other epidemics, so many of which — including HIV/AIDS — have been exacerbated by this pandemic. We will pursue bold solutions and increase our collaboration…
Editorial, Opinion Pieces Discuss Various Aspects Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Including Role Of Public Health Community In Addressing Pandemic; Vaccine Nationalism, Access; Sweden’s Response December 2, 2020 News Summary Devex: Opinion: COVID-19 and the neo-public health movement — bringing back the public Kent Buse, director of the Healthier Societies Program at the George Institute for Global Health, and Wafa Aftab, physician and health policy and governance researcher at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan (12/1). Foreign Affairs: In Pandemic…
Unified Global Effort Critical To Achieving Sustainable Development, Opinion Piece Says December 2, 2020 News Summary Project Syndicate: Mission Sustainable Development Jeffrey D. Sachs, professor of sustainable development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University, director of Columbia’s Center for Sustainable Development and the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and author “…Our generation’s moonshot is sustainable development on Earth. … The coming year…
Blog Posts, Releases Recognize World AIDS Day, Discuss Lessons Learned; Role Of Health Workers In Central America; Community Engagement In South Africa; Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic December 2, 2020 News Summary IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: World AIDS Day reminds us that the toll of the world’s longest pandemic continues throughout the year Antigone Barton, writer and editor of Science Speaks and editorial director of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (12/1). IntraHealth International’s “VITAL”: In Central America, Health Workers Keep HIV Services…
Blog Posts, Journal Article Address Topics Related To COVID-19, Including Myanmar’s Response Efforts, U.S. Foreign Aid Policies Under ‘America First’, Role Of Multisectoral Efforts, Health Systems In Addressing Pandemics December 2, 2020 News Summary Brookings Institution’s “Future Development”: Myanmar’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Ashwini Deshpande, associate in research at the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health at Duke University, and colleagues (12/1). International Policy Digest: COVID-19: To Fight the Fire, Share the Hose Alex Kunze, master’s candidate at the George Washington University’s…