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Xinhua: U.S., Chinese experts urge better cooperation on public health policy “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the globe, experts from the United States and China emphasized at an online seminar Tuesday that cooperation is the silver bullet for battling the global pandemic. During the seminar, co-hosted by the…
AFRICA Al Jazeera: Morocco bans travel to and from major cities to curb coronavirus (7/27). BBC News: Coronavirus: How fast is it spreading in Africa? (Mwai/Giles, 7/27). PRI: Africa must invest ‘in human capital’ to fight the coronavirus, says Africa CDC director (7/27). ASIA AP: Volunteers came to the rescue…
Center for Global Development: This Is the Perfect Moment to Redesign U.K. Aid Spend on Research Euan Ritchie, research associate with CGD Europe, and Charles Kenny, director of technology and development and senior fellow with CGD (7/23). Pew Charitable Trusts: The U.S. Is Not Prepared to Combat ‘Existential Threat’ of…
AFRICA BBC News: Coronavirus: Madagascar hospitals ‘overwhelmed’ (7/22). Bloomberg: South Africa Secures $304 Million Virus Loan From AfDB (Naidoo, 7/22). Washington Post: Nigerian aid workers rushed to help people during the pandemic. They were executed on video (Paquette/Alfa, 7/22). Xinhua: Chinese embassy hands over medical supplies to Kenya to combat…
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…
Atlantic Council: Ukraine’s healthcare system is in critical condition again Judy Twigg, professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University and expert on healthcare systems in the former Soviet Union (7/21). BMJ Opinion: We should strengthen existing institutions rather than create a new international body for virus surveillance Clare Wenham,…
National Law Review: Reinventing Supply Chains to Reach Patients in Remote Areas Kathryn Rattigan, member of Robinson & Cole LLP’s Business Litigation Group and Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team (7/16). World Economic Forum: It’s time for a great reset of Africa’s e-health systems. Here’s how Cornelius Kalenzi, postdoctoral researcher with…
AFRICA AFP: In Nigeria, African researchers blaze a trail in virus fight (Bouillon, 7/16). Financial Times: Teamwork helps Zimbabwe pupils shut out of class by Covid-19 (Bell, 7/15). Health24: 73 countries are running out of HIV medication due to pandemic. Is SA on that list? (7/15). NPR: A COVID-19 Success…
AFRICA AP: Rights group: Reporter jailed in Egypt dies from virus (7/13). AP: South Africa surpasses the U.K. in confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the Health Ministry and Johns Hopkins data (7/14). BBC: Coronavirus: How fast is it spreading in Africa? (Mwai/Giles, 7/14). Science: ‘It’s a tricky thing.’ COVID-19 cases…
Reuters: Study predicts surge in HIV, TB and malaria deaths amid COVID-19 pandemic “Deaths from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria could surge in poor and middle-income countries as already weak health systems grapple with severe disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a predictive study published on Monday. Over the next…