E.U.’s Proposed COVID-19 Recovery Plan Places Increase For Development Spending On Budget Guarantees June 3, 2020 News Summary Devex: E.U.’s COVID-19 development boost will all go on budget guarantees “The European Commission confirmed Tuesday that all of its proposed boost for development spending in response to the coronavirus crisis will go on budget guarantees aimed at spurring private investment. The commission won rare and effusive praise from nongovernmental…
More News In Global Health June 3, 2020 News Summary AP: Burkina Faso’s food woes deepen as extremists expand reach (Mednick, 6/3). Devex: Q&A: How are global health security experts responding to the pressures of COVID-19? (Cornish, 6/3). Devex: Insufficient PPE pushes NGOs to consider making their own (Lieberman, 6/3). Devex: Is better hygiene here to stay? (Root, 6/2). Financial…
Opinion Pieces Discuss Various Aspects Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Including Economic Impact, Efforts To Address Other Disease Burdens June 3, 2020 News Summary CNN: The fight against Covid-19 should also be the fight against tobacco Kelly Henning, director of public health at Bloomberg Philanthropies (6/2). The Conversation: Controlling COVID-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries Borja Santos Porras, executive director at IE School of Global and Public Affairs at IE University…
U.N. Leaders Call For Greater Focus On Human Rights, Impacts On Racial, Ethnic Minorities, Financing Needs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic June 3, 2020 News Summary U.N. News: U.N. chief underlines need to protect refugees and migrants in COVID-19 pandemic “The U.N. Secretary-General has expressed hope that the COVID-19 crisis will lead to a rethinking of how the world supports refugees, migrants, and internally displaced people…” (6/3). U.N. News: Address ‘appalling impact’ of COVID-19 on minorities,…
PAHO Director Urges U.S. To Continue Support For Agency As Region Becomes Global COVID-19 Hotspot June 3, 2020 News Summary Reuters: WHO director for Americas urges U.S. help as coronavirus surges in region “The World Health Organization’s regional director for the Americas urged the United States on Tuesday to keep helping countries in the region to fight the novel coronavirus even as the Trump administration leaves the U.N. agency. ……
New York Times Examines CDC’s Mistakes In COVID-19 Response, Experts’ Loss Of Confidence In U.S. Public Health Agency June 3, 2020 News Summary New York Times: The CDC Waited ‘Its Entire Existence for This Moment.’ What Went Wrong? “…The CDC, long considered the world’s premier health agency, made early testing mistakes that contributed to a cascade of problems that persist today as the [U.S.] tries to reopen. It failed to provide timely counts…
Biodefense Experts Criticize Trump Administration Plan To Withdraw From WHO; Other Experts Warn Move Could Harm Efforts To Eradicate Polio, Control TB June 3, 2020 News Summary Bloomberg: Trump’s WHO Exit Threatens Polio, Tuberculosis Fights Along With Covid “Global efforts to control polio and tuberculosis stand to suffer alongside the battle against the pandemic as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw from the World Health Organization. Trump’s decision last week to terminate the…
Yemen Pledging Conference Raises $1.35B For Humanitarian Aid, Short Of $2.4B Goal; U.N. Warns Of Cuts To Food, Health Care Services June 3, 2020 News Summary New York Times: Yemen Aid Falls Short, Threatening Food and Health Programs “International donors pledged about $1.35 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen on Tuesday, far short of the $2.4 billion the United Nations had said was needed to pull a country shredded by years of war, hunger and disease…
Blog Posts, Releases Address Inequality, Vaccines, Food Security, Other Topics Related To COVID-19 June 3, 2020 News Summary BMJ Blogs: Inequality in our ethnic minorities: we must act before the next pandemic Dipesh P. Gopal, GP and honorary research fellow at Queen Mary University of London, and Sonia Adesara, GP registrar in London (6/2). Center for Global Development: Applying Caution with Unmitigated Scenarios: A Closer Look at Non-COVID-19…