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CIDRAP News: WHO says malaria control has hit a plateau “Despite great strides to eliminate malaria over the past two decades, control of the disease in recent years has plateaued, writes the World Health Organization (WHO) in ‘World Malaria Report 2020: 20 years of global progress and challenges.’ The 299-page…
IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: World AIDS Day reminds us that the toll of the world’s longest pandemic continues throughout the year Antigone Barton, writer and editor of Science Speaks and editorial director of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (12/1). IntraHealth International’s “VITAL”: In Central America, Health Workers Keep HIV Services…
Brookings Institution’s “Future Development”: Myanmar’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Ashwini Deshpande, associate in research at the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health at Duke University, and colleagues (12/1). International Policy Digest: COVID-19: To Fight the Fire, Share the Hose Alex Kunze, master’s candidate at the George Washington University’s…
CDC’s “Around the World”: World AIDS Day The latest issue of CDC’s “Around the World” newsletter highlights World AIDS Day, which takes place annually on December 1, and includes articles on CDC’s efforts to address HIV/AIDS globally (12/1).
Reuters: WHO says Mexico in ‘bad shape’ on coronavirus, sees ‘serious problem’ “The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that Mexico is in ‘bad shape’ regarding the coronavirus as infections and deaths surge, and urged the government to be serious about addressing the pandemic…” (Farge et al.,…
AVAC: AVAC’s World AIDS Day 2020 Letter to the World (12/1). CSIS: Time to Address the Intersecting Crises of Covid-19, HIV, and Gender Inequality Janet Fleischman, senior associate (non-resident), and Maggie McCarten-Gibbs, program manager, both with the Global Health Policy Program at CSIS (11/30). International Partnership for Microbicides: World AIDS…
AP: Red Cross chief urges vaccine ‘fake news’ fight (Lederer, 12/1). BBC News: Coronavirus in South Africa: A nurse’s fight against the ‘Covid storm’ (11/30). Devex: Oxfam targets more diversity in leadership with new ‘intersectional’ strategy (Chadwick, 11/30). Devex: Q&A: The power of faith-specific fundraising (Root, 12/1). New York Times:…
Global Health NOW: Medical Oxygen: Key to Fighting COVID-19 — and the Next Respiratory Pandemic Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention “…Medical oxygen is often a critical intervention for both pneumonia…
AP: On World AIDS Day, South Africa finds hope in new treatment “Health officials are hoping that new, long-acting drugs to help prevent HIV infection will be a turning point for the fight against a global health threat that’s been eclipsed by the coronavirus pandemic. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa…
CNBC: White House health adviser Birx hopes to brief Biden Monday on coronavirus response “White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said she hopes to brief President-elect Joe Biden’s administration on America’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic on Monday. ‘I think the one thing that we will be able…
