Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues
AEI: The fragile vaccine plan to save the world James C. Capretta, resident fellow and Milton Friedman chair at AEI (7/29). BMJ Opinion: Fiona M. Watt: Covid-19 — a new disease has forced a re-think of how we fund medical research Fiona M. Watt, executive chair at the Medical Research…
Devex: How to reach children with disabilities during school closures Guy le Fanu, global technical lead for education at Sightsavers (7/28). Newsweek: Global Health Security Needs New Thinking David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former U.K. Foreign Secretary, and Jonas Gahr Store, leader of the Norwegian Labour…
Reuters: Health workers should be top priority for vaccines — nurses’ group “Nurses and other health workers must be top priority for the first COVID-19 vaccines, especially as they are often left without enough protection against the virus in their frontline jobs, the International Council of Nurses said on Monday.…
Forbes Africa: Attacking WHO is Unhelpful — Let’s Focus on Defeating The Virus Siddharth Chatterjee, U.N. resident coordinator in Kenya (7/23). Foreign Affairs: A Foreign Policy for the Post-Pandemic World Michael Fuchs, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (7/24). The Guardian: The world needs a ‘people’s vaccine’ for…
The Guardian: Covid-19 threatens access to abortions and contraceptives, experts warn “Rates of unplanned pregnancies have fallen around the world, according to new data published by health research organization the Guttmacher Institute and the U.N. Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) on Wednesday. Global rates of unintended pregnancies have fallen from 79…
IntraHealth International’s “Vital”: COVID-19 Puts More Women and Girls in Danger from Abusers Mariana Andreu, IntraHealth UNC Summer Fellow (7/22). U.N.: U.N. urges protection of domestic workers’ rights during COVID-19 pandemic (July 2020). UNICEF: Innovative freight solutions to deliver vaccines, despite COVID-19 disruptions (7/22). World Bank Blogs: A strong COVID-19…
AFRICA Nature: Ebola prepared these countries for coronavirus — but now even they are floundering (Maxmen, 7/21). New Humanitarian: Coronavirus vaccine trials in South Africa no ‘magic bullet’ as cases soar (Oliver, 7/21). ASIA AP: Over 22% of people in Delhi have had virus, study indicates (Schmall/Ghosal, 7/21). Bloomberg: Singapore…
Globe and Mail: The World Health Organization plays a key role in Canada’s response to the pandemic Peter A. Singer, special adviser to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (7/21). New York Times: Will We Trust Health Experts When the Coronavirus Crisis Is Over? Charlie Warzel, New York Times opinion writer…
Bloomberg: U.K. Orders 90 Million Vaccine Doses from Pfizer, Valneva (Mulier, 7/20). Bloomberg: Most of the World May Face Covid Without a Vaccine (Paton, 7/18). Chicago Tribune: How will the first COVID-19 vaccine affect women? ‘This leaves a big question mark’ (Bowen, 7/19). CNN: Why North Korea says it’s joining…
Devex: Video: What will it take to decolonize global health? (Byatnal/Mihara, 7/17). Devex: USAID, IDB award crowdsourced innovation grants to aid Venezuelans (Welsh, 7/17). Mother Jones: The Former Head of the CDC Has an Audacious Idea for Handling the Pandemic (Butler, 7/16). PRI: Abortion is a protected right in Spain.…