Pregnant Women Face Increased Risk Of Severe Illness Due To COVID-19, Preterm Birth, CDC Studies Show November 3, 2020 News Summary New York Times: Pregnant Women Face Increased Risks From Covid-19 “U.S. health officials on Monday added pregnancy to the list of conditions that put people with Covid-19 at increased risk of developing severe illness, including a heightened risk of death. While most pregnant women infected with the coronavirus have not…
USAID Fact Sheet Highlights U.S. Efforts To Deliver Ventilators To 37 Countries, NATO Stockpile In Response To COVID-19 November 3, 2020 News Summary USAID: Saving Lives with Ventilators This fact sheet discusses USAID’s efforts to deliver more than 8,000 ventilators across 37 countries and the NATO stockpile to respond to COVID-19 (11/2).
Rich Countries Pre-Purchasing Coronavirus Vaccines, Potentially Leaving Poorer Nations Without, Duke Analysis Shows; Media Outlets Report On Other Vaccine, Therapeutic News November 3, 2020 News Summary Washington Post: As rich countries hoard potential coronavirus vaccine doses, rest of world could go without “Rich countries have already snapped up billions of doses of potential coronavirus vaccines, potentially leaving poor countries without enough supply for years to come, a new study shows. An analysis from researchers at Duke…
E.U. Health Ministers Endorse Document On WHO Reform, Urge More Transparency During Disease Outbreaks November 3, 2020 News Summary Reuters: E.U. urges quick WHO reform, asks for more transparency in pandemics “The World Health Organization (WHO) should be quickly overhauled, get more powers to handle pandemics and expose its member states’ shortfalls in health emergencies, European Union officials said on Friday. The comments were made at a video conference…
Public Health Service Expert Recognizes One Health Day, Discusses Agency’s ‘One Health’ Approach November 3, 2020 News Summary CDC’s “Our Global Voices”: One Health — A Comprehensive Approach To Preventing Disease, Saving Lives Casey Barton Behravesh, director of CDC’s One Health Office in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, recognizes One Health Day and discusses the “One…
Women Polio Vaccinators In Pakistan Face Violence, Threats; Save The Children Warns Of Uptick In Polio Cases In S. Sudan; Taliban Prevents Polio Vaccinations Of 40K Children November 3, 2020 News Summary The Guardian: The women who risk their lives to deliver Pakistan’s polio vaccines “…The polio workers, men and women, go house-to-house administering polio drops to children. But for the female workers, to do their job is to put their lives at risk on a daily basis. The threats and fatalities…
The Telegraph Examines Trump Administration’s Approach To U.S. Foreign Aid November 2, 2020 News Summary The Telegraph: How Trump undermined U.S. aid — but still spent billions in ‘transactional’ approach “When Donald Trump became president in 2016, his victory was based on an ‘America First’ platform. In the administration’s debut budget in 2017, that looked like catastrophic news for those who came in second: the…
Blog Posts, Releases Discuss Various Topics Related To COVID-19, Including Trust In Vaccines; Prevalence Of Misinformation; Investments In Community Health Workers; Importance Of School Health, Nutrition November 2, 2020 News Summary Brookings Institution: Will Americans trust a COVID-19 vaccine? Not if politicians tell them to Sarah Kreps, nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, and colleagues (10/30). International Rescue Committee: How do we fight the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ to keep people safe? (10/30). openDemocracy: U.S. groups linked to COVID…
U.S. State Department’s Global Fragility Strategy Delayed November 2, 2020 News Summary Devex: Global fragility strategy not released in October as expected by U.S. State Department “The U.S. State Department did not release a full global fragility strategy by the end of October as anticipated by leadership of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. CSO Assistant Secretary Denise Natali told Devex…