All Posts: global health
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“Global Action Plan” Urgently Needed to Bring the 2019-nCoV Under Control, Say Georgetown Global Health Experts
WASHINGTON (January 30, 2020) — The World Health Organization should facilitate a multidisciplinary committee to develop a “global action plan” to help bring the 2019-nCoV…
January 30, 2020
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Georgetown Global Health Experts Weigh in on WHO Decision to Not Declare PHEIC
WASHINGTON (January 23, 2020) — Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee, decided not to…
January 23, 2020
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Georgetown Global Health Experts Comment on WHO’s Delayed PHEIC Decision and Wuhan Transportation Shutdown
WASHINGTON (January 22, 2020) — This afternoon, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced a delay in his decision on whether or not to…
January 22, 2020
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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 passengers…
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-nCoV…
January 17, 2020
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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 unintended…
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 pandemics.…
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 against…
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 Ghebreyesus,…
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 recommendation…
June 14, 2019