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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…
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.…
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…
Devex: Q&A: Tackling the global NCD burden (7/27). Devex: Q&A: Taking on NGO leadership in the COVID crisis (Cornish, 7/27). Devex: How to empower health workers: Lessons learned from ‘On the Frontlines’ (Donback, 7/24). Global Press Journal: Cervical Cancer Claims Lives as Hospital Backlog Grows in Zambia (Phiri, 7/26). Global…
Center for Global Development: Vaccine Preliminary Results: Here Is Why We Need to Exercise Caution Anthony McDonnell, senior policy analyst at CGD, and colleagues (7/23). CIDRAP: Commentary: My views on cloth face coverings for the public for preventing COVID-19 Michael T. Osterholm, director of CIDRAP (7/22). Think Global Health: Condoms,…
Center for Global Development: Strengthen Your IQ! Rethinking Development Impact with DFC’s New Ex-Ante Measurement Tool Jocilyn Estes, program coordinator, and Clemence Landers, policy fellow, both with CGD (7/23). IFRC: South Asia floods: 9.6 million people swamped as humanitarian crisis deepens (7/22). IHME: Mapping male circumcision for HIV prevention efforts…
American Interest: Five Global Health Priorities for the Next President Mark Lagon, chief policy officer at Friends of the Global Fight for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and senior fellow at the Trinity Forum (7/20). CNN: Russia, the U.S. and the Covid-19 vaccine free-for-all Kent Sepkowitz, CNN medical analyst and physician…
AFRICA AP: Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa (Muhumuza et al., 7/20). BBC: Why some Kenyans still deny coronavirus exists (7/20). Bloomberg: Nairobi Hospital Builds Virus Facility for U.N. Africa Workers (Malingha, 7/19). Bloomberg: South Africa Data May Underreport Virus Deaths, Experts Say (Bax et al., 7/18). Financial…
Devex: More equitable health systems? Empower frontline health workers Joanne Peter, director of social innovation within Johnson & Johnson’s Global Community Impact team, and Ben Davies is the global leader of the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation (7/20). Devex: What do nurses need now? Barbara Stilwell, executive…
NPR: Trump Redirects Foreign Aid Agency To Work On Pandemic. Congress Has Questions “The renewed surge in coronavirus cases has left some states once again scrambling to find supplies of masks, gowns, gloves, and other medical supplies. The shortages have drawn attention to President Trump’s plan to help rebuild the…