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New Humanitarian: Crises have changed. Can the aid industry? Lydia Poole, independent consultant and researcher focused on reform of the international aid financing system “The humanitarian system has developed to respond to geographically contained and separate crises that are usually a long-haul flight from the centers of power and wealth…
France 24: Nature loss means deadlier future pandemics, U.N. warns “Future pandemics will happen more often, kill more people, and wreak even worse damage to the global economy than Covid-19 without a fundamental shift in how humans treat nature, the United Nations’ biodiversity panel said Thursday. Warning that there are…
Washington Post: America’s pandemic “In a three-part documentary, the Washington Post explores a failed response to the coronavirus pandemic that’s left 225,000 Americans dead, despite decades of preparation in Washington…” (Shefte/Ribas, 10/27).
The Hill: White House science office says Trump ended COVID-19 pandemic as U.S. hits record cases “The White House science office listed ‘ending the COVID-19 pandemic’ as the top accomplishment of President Trump’s first term, even as the U.S. has set records for new daily infections and numerous hospitals across…
PRI: 10 years on, U.N. officials reflect on Haiti cholera epidemic caused by peacekeeping mission “…Beatrice Lindstrom, a human rights attorney who was in Haiti in 2010 to help earthquake survivors, told The World’s host Marco Werman that ‘cholera hit when Haiti was already in a state of immense crisis.’…
AP: U.S. health official says pandemic clearly can be controlled “A day after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said ‘we’re not going to control the pandemic,’ a top Trump administration health official said Monday that Americans have already proven they can do that through basic safeguards shown to…
Al Jazeera: Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: U.N. (10/27). AP: Poland’s PM defends abortion ruling, condemns protests (10/27). Borgen Magazine: Humanitarian Organizations Addressing Hunger in Syria (Pangman, 10/26). Devex: Liberia mental health services ‘overloaded’ after lockdown, MSF says (Smith, 10/27). Devex: Can funders help bridge the…
USA TODAY: Trump’s dangerous isolationism weakens USA and strengthens our adversaries: Retired generals Retired Maj. Gen. Michael R. Lehnert, former commander of Marine Corps Installations West, and Retired Lt. Gen. Richard L. Kelly, former deputy commandant for the Marine Corps Installations and Logistics; both affiliated with National Security Leaders for…
Anadolu Agency: OPINION — Support Taiwan’s inclusion in post-COVID-19 global public health network Chen Shih-chung, minister of health and welfare of the Republic of China (Taiwan) “…Thanks to the united efforts of its entire people, Taiwan has responded to the threats posed by this pandemic through four principles: prudent action,…
Al Jazeera: WHO: Countries on ‘dangerous track’ in COVID-19 pandemic “The northern hemisphere is facing a crucial moment in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, with too many countries witnessing an exponential increase in coronavirus cases. The stark warning on Friday came as the number…
