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IMF chief says world must build more resilience to do deal with crises like Covid

Tue, 2023-02-14 15:36 — mike kraft

‘Think of the unthinkable’: IMF chief warns world is a very different place after crises like Covid

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“We all have to change our mindset to be much more agile and much more oriented towards building resilience at all levels, so we can handle the shocks better,” Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday, during a World Government Summit panel hosted by CNBC’s Hadley Gamble.

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Ebola: US ramps up preparedness plans; Uganada says its containment efforts starting to succeedefforts

Wed, 2022-11-16 14:36 — mike kraft

 

As Ebola outbreak grows in Uganda, US ramps up preparedness plans

Uganda has been struggling with an Ebola outbreak for months, and although there have been no suspected or probable Ebola cases identified in the United States, federal and local health officials are working together to prepare for the possibility that the virus will spread across the Atlantic.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response have conducted tabletop exercises with officials from five jurisdictions where airline passengers arriving in the US from Uganda are being funneled, the CDC confirmed Monday.

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Puerto Rico: The eco-friendly homes that didn’t lose power after Hurricane Fiona

Thu, 2022-09-22 14:45 — mike kraft
The eco-friendly homes that didn’t lose power after Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico Story at a glance  Thousands of people in Puerto Rico are still without electricity and clean water after Hurricane Fiona struck the island on Sunday.  The hurricane reached the island’s … Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech The Hill

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US coronavirus infections drop below 30,000 daily for first time in 11 months n continuing sign of recovery

Sat, 2021-05-22 20:13 — mike kraft
Coronavirus infections drop below 30,000 daily in continuing sign of recovery Experts debate how to track the pandemic’s next stage, with the CDC criticized after it halts a count of ‘breakthrough infections’ in people with no symptoms. Lenny Bernstein, Joel Achenbach Washington Post
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Early trials begin of Moderna vaccine against South African variant

Thu, 2021-04-01 14:06 — mike kraft
NIH begins early trials of Moderna vaccine against South African The National Institutes of Health has begun early-stage clinical trials of an investigational coronavirus vaccine from Moderna intended to protect against a strain of the virus first discovered in Nathaniel Weixel TheHill
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India's vaccine approved for regular emergency use after Phase 3 trials show 81% efficacy

Fri, 2021-03-12 14:31 — mike kraft
India's vaccine approved for regular emergency use after Phase 3 trials show 81% efficacy India’s locally developed vaccine, Covaxin, has been given the same emergency use licensure as the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the country's Health Ministry announced Thursday. By <a href="/profiles/jessie-yeung">Jessie Yeung</a>, Melissa Macaya and <a href="/profiles/meg-wagner">Meg Wagner</a>, CNN CNN
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What the World Can Learn From Africa’s Covid-19 Response

Fri, 2020-12-04 18:00 — mike kraft
What The World Can Learn from Africa’s Covid-19 Response Where America has floundered, many African countries have succeeded Tiffany Onyejiaka Medium
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OPINON Essay: As Pandemic Rages on, Some Optimism --NYT science writer srter

Wed, 2020-10-14 19:27 — mike kraft

 ....Clearly, the pandemic has not ended. So far some 215,000 Americans have lost their lives to the coronavirus, and reliable estimates suggest that the number could reach 400,000. Health experts agree that, with stronger leadership, the death toll would have been far lower.

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Silent spreaders' of COVID-19: Kids who seem healthy may be more contagious than sick adults, study says

Fri, 2020-08-21 13:59 — mike kraft
'Silent spreaders' of COVID-19: Kids who seem healthy may be more contagious than sick adults, study says Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General Hospital for Children found seemingly 'healthy' kids had more virus than sick adults. Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY
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Community Resilience in the Context of the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Liberia

Wed, 2018-06-13 13:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Two women walk in front of a billboard, which says "Ebola must go. Stopping Ebola is Everybody's Business" in Monrovia, Liberia - 15 January 2015 - Photo: UNMIL/Emmanuel Tobey

futurehealthsystems.org - by Sehwah Sonkarlay - June 12, 2018

 . . . The ‘Understanding and Strengthening Community Resilience in Liberia’ meeting, which took place from 28th February – 1st March, was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Health, research organisations, and community members. Its aim was to understand the experience of Liberia in identifying and building resilience at the community level in the context of the recent Ebola epidemic, combined with its post-war and unique sociopolitical history.

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