20 Large Pharma Companies Create AMR Action Fund To Support Start-Ups Working To Create New Antibiotics; Coronavirus Could Speed Up Resistance, Experts Warn July 10, 2020 News Summary New York Times: Drug Giants Create Fund to Bolster Struggling Antibiotic Start-Ups “Twenty of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies on Thursday announced the creation of a $1 billion fund to buoy financially strapped biotech start-ups that are developing new antibiotics to treat the mounting number of drug-resistant infections responsible for…
Pandemic Accelerates Across Africa; Oxygen Supplies Run Low In S. Africa; Bolivian President Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Idlib, Syria Records First Case; U.S. Faces Patchwork Policies, No Federal Goals July 10, 2020 News Summary AFRICA AP: Oxygen already runs low as COVID-19 surges in South Africa (Magome, 7/10). Devex: African Union aims to scale up COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials (Jerving, 7/10). The Guardian: South Africa warns of coronavirus ‘storm’ as outbreak accelerates across continent (Burke, 7/9). The Guardian: Zimbabwe health minister facing coronavirus corruption…
KFF Provides Resources On Global, Domestic Aspects Of COVID-19 Pandemic July 10, 2020 News Summary KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as of July 10, 2020 Data on country government actions in response to COVID-19 are included in the tracker (7/10). Additional KFF COVID-19 resources on the global situation, as well as those focused on the response and impact within the U.S., are available here.…
Friends Of Global Fight Releases Statement, Posts Letter Addressing U.S. Appropriations Related To Global Fund, Global COVID-19 Efforts July 10, 2020 News Summary Friends of the Global Fight: Friends applauds House Appropriations Committee for maintaining U.S. contribution to Global Fund, COVID-19 (7/9). Friends of the Global Fight: Private Sector Calls for Global Action on Pandemic in Next Supplemental Appropriation (7/9).
Resources Address Government Health Spending, One Health, Other Global Health Issues July 10, 2020 News Summary Brookings: Can we avoid a lost decade of development? Kevin Watkins, former Brookings expert and CEO of Save the Children U.K. (7/9). Center for Global Development: Costing Health Services in India — Incremental Steps Towards More Transparent Decision-Making Lorna Guinness, honorary assistant professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical…
KFF Analyzes Global Health Aspects Of House SFOPs FY21 Appropriations Bill July 10, 2020 News Summary KFF: House Appropriations Committee Approves FY21 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill The House Committee on Appropriations approved the FY 2021 State & Foreign Operations (SFOPs) appropriations bill (and accompanying report) on July 9, 2020. The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department…
More News In Global Health July 10, 2020 News Summary Axios: The misinformation virus (Boodhoo et al., 7/8). Axios: How the world could monitor for potential pandemic viruses (O’Reilly, 7/9). Devex: 5 ways the WASH sector can prepare for the next crisis (Root, 7/9). Financial Times: Hepatitis C drugs help combat Covid-19 in trials (Mancini/Bozorgmehr, 7/9). The Guardian: Médecins Sans…
Opinion Pieces Discuss mHealth In Ghana; Racial Bias In Research; Women’s, Girls’ Health; Antibiotic Resistance; Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis July 10, 2020 News Summary The Conversation: Mobile health services can help in rural Ghana if they have the human touch Robert E. Hinson, head of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana Business School at the University of Ghana (7/8). Financial Times: Bias against black researchers harms science Marja Makarow,…
Blogs, Releases Address Global HIV/AIDS Issues, Including Vaccine Research, Impact On Children, New Global Strategy July 10, 2020 News Summary amfAR: A Tale of Two Viruses: HIV Researcher Joins Fight Against COVID-19 (7/8). Health GAP: The World is Failing HIV-Positive Kids: What Has Gone Wrong and What We Must Do About It Asia Russell, executive director of Health GAP (7/8). Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson and Its Partners Mark…
Opinion Pieces Discuss Role Of, Restoring Trust In WHO July 10, 2020 News Summary The Conversation: The WHO often has been under fire, but no nation has ever moved to sever ties with it Andrew Lakoff, professor of sociology at the University of Southern California — Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (7/9). The Lancet: Offline: Restoring trust in WHO Richard Horton, editor…