Medical Oxygen, Antibiotics Can Help Treat Children With Pneumonia, UNICEF Says On World Day November 13, 2020 News Summary U.N. News: ‘Bring life to those fighting for breath,’ UNICEF urges on World Pneumonia Day “Pneumonia is not a new emergency; it takes the lives of some 800,000 children each year. But this year’s COVID-19 pandemic makes it even more critical to stop the deadly infection, the U.N. Children’s Fund…
World Must Act On Climate Change, SDGs To Prevent Economic, Societal Disruptions, U.N. SG Says At Finance Summit November 13, 2020 News Summary U.N. News: COVID disruption will ‘pale in comparison’ if world fails to act on climate change, SDGs “The fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ‘go hand in hand,’ the U.N. chief told a major development bank conference on Thursday. ‘The decisions…
More COVID-19 & Global Health News November 13, 2020 News Summary Bloomberg: Tackling Malaria From Space (11/12). The Guardian: Black and Asian people at greater risk of getting Covid, meta-study finds (Sample, 11/12). The Hill: Norweigen PM: Gender equality is ‘essential for a sustainable recovery’ from coronavirus (Deese, 11/12). Nature: Where did COVID come from? WHO investigation begins but faces challenges…
Aidspan Publishes New Issue Of ‘Global Fund Observer’ November 13, 2020 News Summary Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has published Issue 390 of the ‘Global Fund Observer.’ The newsletter includes articles about the main decisions made at the fund’s 44th Board meeting, the adoption of remote audit and investigation procedures…
Measles Cases, Deaths Soared Globally In 2019; Experts Concerned About Vaccination Rates Amid COVID-19 November 13, 2020 News Summary Bloomberg: Measles Cases Reach 23-Year High, Killing More Than 200,000 “Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The global total for confirmed measles infections rose to 869,770 last year, the World…
WHA Member States Agree To New Global NTD Roadmap Targeting 20 Diseases November 13, 2020 News Summary U.N. News: Neglected tropical diseases: Countries endorse new targets to eradicate 20 killers “A bold new blueprint to tackle all neglected tropical diseases has been agreed at the U.N. health agency’s World Health Assembly, which will involve a radical shift in approach by Member States and non-state actors, the World…
Opinion Pieces Discuss Topics Related To Vaccines, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Inequalities In Vaccine Access November 13, 2020 News Summary Bloomberg: Here’s to the Immigrant Heroes Behind the BioNTech Vaccine Andreas Kluth, columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and author (11/13). Devex: Opinion: Prioritizing prevention with vaccines in a post-pandemic world Thomas Triomphe, executive vice president of Sanofi Pasteur (11/13). Foreign Policy: Vaccine Inequality Fuels Suspicion and Division Oussama Mezoui, president and…
WHA Must Act Decisively On, End Breast Milk Substitute Marketing, Opinion Piece Says November 13, 2020 News Summary Devex: Opinion: What the makers of breast milk substitutes are doing on social media — and why it matters Sandra Remancus, director of Alive & Thrive “…As [the World Health Assembly (WHA)] reconvenes this week, it is expected to take up an issue that requires urgent attention, particularly during the…
Governments Must Implement Wider Policy Reforms To Address Mental Health, Root Causes, Says Editorial November 13, 2020 News Summary Financial Times: Now is the time to tackle the mental illness epidemic Editorial Board “Business leaders have for decades boasted in company annual reports about how people are their priority. It is surprising, therefore, that mental health has taken so long to reach the top of their agenda. … Coronavirus…
Guttmacher Institute Releases Analysis On Ways Biden-Harris Administration, Congress Can Address Sexual, Reproductive Health Domestically, Globally November 13, 2020 News Summary Guttmacher Institute: Reviving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Biden-Harris Era Leah H. Keller, policy manager at Guttmacher Institute, and colleagues “lay out recommendations for Congress and the executive branch to meet the needs of communities and populations that will be most affected by sexual and reproductive health…