Opinion Pieces Discuss Issues Related To COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Distribution, Public Confidence, Access November 18, 2020 News Summary The Conversation: Buying and distributing a COVID-19 vaccine will involve hard ethical and practical choices Barbara Allen, senior lecturer in public management, and Michael Macaulay, professor of public administration, both at Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington (11/17). The Conversation: Virus evolution could undermine a COVID-19 vaccine –…
Biden’s Coronavirus Advisory Board Warns Transition Delays Harm Pandemic Preparedness Planning; Health Associations Call On Trump To Share Information November 18, 2020 News Summary POLITICO: Biden Covid advisers say transition delay hurts pandemic prep beyond vaccines “The leaders of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisory board said Tuesday the Trump administration’s continued refusal to allow the transition to move forward is hurting their preparedness planning on multiple fronts, from addressing mask shortages to recommending targeted…
New Results Show 95% Efficacy For Pfizer-BioNTech Coronavirus Vaccine, No Serious Side Effects; Developing Nations To Argue For Patent Suspensions Of Vaccines At WTO Meeting November 18, 2020 News Summary New York Times: New Pfizer Results: Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe and 95% Effective “The drug maker Pfizer said on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine was 95 percent effective and had no serious side effects — the first set of complete results from a late-stage vaccine trial as Covid-19 cases skyrocket…
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization For First-Ever At-Home Coronavirus Test November 18, 2020 News Summary POLITICO: FDA authorizes first at-home coronavirus test “The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first prescription at-home coronavirus test, in a long-awaited milestone. The test, developed by Lucira Health, can be used by people who are at least 14 years old when their health provider suspects they have Covid-19,…
Devex Examines Whether Climate Finance Being Redirected From Existing Development Assistance Budgets; IFRC Warns Climate Change Poses Enormous Global Threat November 18, 2020 News Summary Devex: Is climate finance diverting from development assistance? “…Due to a lag in reporting, it will take another two years to know for sure whether high-income countries have met their commitment to provide $100 billion of climate finance to lower-income countries per year by 2020. Even if they officially reach…
Opinion Pieces Address Various Global Health Topics, Including HIV Treatment; Racial Equality In Development; NTDs; Antibiotic R&D; Development Finance November 18, 2020 News Summary The Conversation: Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying? Gilles van Cutsem, honorary research associate with the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research at the University of Cape Town (11/17). Devex: Opinion: Demonstrating leadership for racial equality in development Victoria Cooper, senior…
Countries Slow To Implement Newer Recommended TB Testing, Treatment Policies, Slowing Efforts To Reach 2022 Targets November 18, 2020 News Summary Devex: TB policies aren’t working. Here’s why. “Tuberculosis has long suffered from limited tools for testing and treatment, but a new report finds that it also faces policy disparities between what is recommended globally and what is rolled out in countries. … The Stop TB Partnership and Médecins Sans Frontières…
DRC Declares End Of Most Recent Ebola Outbreak In West Of Country November 18, 2020 News Summary Reuters: Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak, sees lessons for COVID fight “Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of an almost six-month Ebola outbreak in the west of the country on Wednesday as health authorities looked to apply lessons from the successful response to the fight against COVID-19 in…
Brookings Releases Collection Of Essays On Building Global Economy Post-COVID; Blog Post Discusses Launch Of Platform Using Health Economics Research To Support Policymakers, Researchers In Addressing Pandemic November 18, 2020 News Summary Brookings Institution: Reimagining the global economy: Building back better in a post-COVID-19 world “In this collection of 12 essays, leading scholars affiliated with the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings present new ideas that are forward-looking, policy-focused, and that will guide policies and shape debates in a post-COVID-19 world…”…
Trump Administration Plans To Designate Houthis As Terrorists Will Disrupt International Aid Efforts In Yemen, Agencies Warn November 18, 2020 News Summary Foreign Policy: Trump Administration Plans to Designate Yemen’s Houthis as Terrorists “The Trump administration is preparing to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi insurgents a terrorist organization before leaving office in January, fueling fears the move will disrupt international aid efforts and upend United Nations-brokered peace efforts between the Shiite movement and…