Experts Concerned About Future Of U.K. Aid Spending Watchdog Independent Commission For Aid Impact July 10, 2020 News Summary Devex: U.K. government dodges questions about the future of ICAI “The U.K. government repeatedly failed to offer reassurances about the future of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on Wednesday, despite questions from parliamentarians concerned about the future scrutiny of development policy. … The government was urged on several occasions…
Blogs, Releases Address Various Aspects Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Including WHO Role, Food Insecurity, Gender Inequality July 10, 2020 News Summary Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Pandemic failure or convenient scapegoat: How did WHO get here? Thomas Gaulkin, multimedia editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (7/9). Health GAP: Biden’s Commitment to Global Sharing of COVID-19 Vaccine Technology is a Step in the Right Direction, Must be Followed by Concrete…
‘Vaccine Nationalism’ Could Harm Economy, Public Health, Eurasia Group Analysts Warn July 10, 2020 News Summary CNBC: ‘Vaccine nationalism’ could lead to the coronavirus devastating public health and the economy, experts warn “‘Vaccine nationalism’ is turning the search for a Covid-19 cure into an arms race, which will ultimately damage the economy and public health, experts have warned. Analysts at Eurasia Group speculated that tension over…
Telegraph Examines Whether Countries Will Experience COVID-19 ‘Second Waves’ July 10, 2020 News Summary The Telegraph: What a resurgence of Covid-19 around the world tells us about the risk of a second wave “…Of the last 10 big respiratory disease outbreaks, five have had significant subsequent waves, and four came after a summer trough. … Several countries around the world are already seeing a…
Italian Study Shows Risk Of Mother-To-Child Transmission Of Coronavirus; More Research Needed, Scientists Say July 10, 2020 News Summary Devex: Study shows risk of mother-to-child transmission of COVID-19 virus “A new study shows the potential risk of in-utero mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, although one of the study’s authors said further studies are needed to draw a definitive conclusion. The study, presented on Thursday at the AIDS…
WHO Issues New Scientific Brief Outlining Transmission Modes Of SARS-CoV-2, Acknowledges Possibility Of Spread Through Aerosolized Droplets, From Asymptomatic People July 10, 2020 News Summary NPR: WHO: Aerosolized Particles Unlikely To Be Significant Source Of COVID-19 Transmission “The World Health Organization has issued a new scientific brief that summarizes what’s known about the different ways the coronavirus can transmit. The 10-page brief, posted Thursday, considers all the ways researchers think the coronavirus may be able…
WHO Establishes COVID-19 Review Panel; Tedros Calls For International Unity In Mitigation Efforts July 10, 2020 News Summary AP: WHO experts to visit China to plan COVID-19 investigation “Two World Health Organization experts were heading to the Chinese capital on Friday to lay the groundwork for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. An animal health expert and an epidemiologist will meet Chinese counterparts in Beijing…
COVID-19 Pandemic Raises Threat Of Extremism Worldwide, Awareness Of Outbreak Preparedness, Impacts July 10, 2020 News Summary Wall Street Journal: Nation’s Top Emergency-Preparedness Agency Focused on Warfare Threats Over Pandemic “The top U.S. agency charged with preparing for a pandemic and overseeing the medical stockpile spent years bracing for potential attacks on the Korean Peninsula and was ill-prepared for the coronavirus crisis that continues to surge, according…
U.S. Leads World In Pandemic Response, Pompeo Says, Despite Highest COVID-19 Death Toll; CDC Sidelined Under Trump Administration; Other USG Pandemic-Related News July 10, 2020 News Summary ABC News: Despite world’s highest COVID-19 death toll, U.S. is ‘the world leader in the pandemic’ response: Pompeo “The United States is leading the world in the number of COVID-19 deaths and cases, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that doesn’t mean the U.S. isn’t also leading the world’s…
PEPFAR’s Local Partners Vital During COVID-19 Response, Birx Says At AIDS 2020; Media Outlets Report On Other News From AIDS 2020 July 10, 2020 News Summary Devex: Deborah Birx: PEPFAR’s local partner transition ‘critical’ to coronavirus response “…As leader of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, [White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Deborah] Birx has pushed for federal agencies that implement international HIV programs to shift their funding from U.S.-based and international organizations to what…