All Posts: global health
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Global Health Security Experts See Challenges With Screening Airline Passengers from China for Virus
WASHINGTON (January 17, 2020) — Georgetown University global health experts say the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to screen airline…
January 17, 2020
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Subject Matter Experts
WASHINGTON — Georgetown University professors offer expertise for journalists seeking interviews in a variety of subjects related to COVID-19 (previously known as 2019…
January 17, 2020
- GUMC Stories
Biosafety in Research and Cura Personalis
(October 24, 2019) — “When they work well, no one knows they’re there.” That’s how Julie Fischer, PhD, describes programs that protect biomedical scientists from the…
October 24, 2019
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Experts Show U.S. Foreign Policy Gains from a Presidential Pandemics Effort
WASHINGTON (October 10, 2019) — Analysis from leading researchers shows there could be significant benefits from a presidentially led initiative focused on combatting. …
October 10, 2019
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Bacterial Resistance to Two Critical Antibiotics Widespread in Southeast Asia
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (August 12, 2019) — Resistance to two critical antibiotic types, one a “drug of last resort” when all others fail…
August 12, 2019
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Global Health Security, Law Experts Express Relief After WHO Declares DRC Ebola Outbreak a PHEIC
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON (July 17, 2019) – Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom,…
July 17, 2019
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Global Health Law, Policy Expert Says WHO May Need to Establish New Level of Public Health Emergency for Regional Outbreaks
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 14, 2019) — Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the…
June 14, 2019
- GUMC Stories
Panel Reflects on Lessons From the Past to Secure Public Health for the Future
May 11, 2019 — While measures to improve infectious disease response have improved dramatically over the past decade, the global health community cannot afford to be, …
May 11, 2019
- GUMC Stories
Meet Deus Bazira, Co-Director of the New Center for Global Health Practice and Impact
(April 15, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center this week announced the appointment of Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA, BPharm, to co-lead Georgetown’s new Center for…
April 15, 2019
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Georgetown Welcomes Deus Bazira and Colleagues to Lead New Global Health Center
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (April 15, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) announces the appointment of Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH,, …
April 15, 2019