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BMJ Opinion: We need to develop a framework to help those most vulnerable from covid-19 Liza Morton, chartered counseling psychologist and teaching fellow at the University of Strathclyde (7/21). BMJ Opinion: What we can learn from Taiwan’s response to the covid-19 epidemic Po-Chang Lee, director general of the National Health…
Borgen Magazine: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation COVID-19 Response “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a leading voice in the fight against global poverty through innovation and promoting equal access to healthcare and education. At the Coronavirus Global Response Summit on May 4, the Gates Foundation committed an…
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…
Bloomberg: Undermining the CDC Puts Lives at Risk Michael R. Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, and mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013 (7/19). IPS: Relevance of U.S. Peace Corps in Post-COVID World Kul Chandra Gautam, former deputy executive…
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.…
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…
AP: Pompeo says U.S. should limit which human rights it defends “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argued Thursday for a more limited U.S. view of global human rights advocacy based on the principals laid out by America’s Founding Fathers, a suggestion critics assumed meant stepping away from more modern concepts…
The BMJ: Serious violations of health workers’ rights during pandemic Julian Sheather, specialist adviser for ethics and human rights with the British Medical Association, and colleagues (7/14). Devex: To enable UHC, close COVID-19 testing and gender gaps Roopa Dhatt, executive director and co-founder of Women in Global Health, internal medicine…
Financial Times: Bill and Melinda Gates lobby U.S. Congress for tougher virus action “The $46bn Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is pushing the U.S. Congress for tougher action to stop the spread of coronavirus to counter what its founders see as an anti-science stance by the Trump administration. Speaking to the…
Atlantic Council’s “New Atlanticist”: The G20 needs to do more to address the human toll of COVID-19 Jeremy Mark, former senior communications adviser and speechwriter to the IMF management team (7/15). Center for American Progress: Release: In COVID-19 Vaccine Research and Development, Governments and Manufacturers Must Prioritize Gender Equity (7/15).…