On Tuesday, September 15, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO), commented that a return to “pre-COVID normal life” will not happen in the next year. “We’re looking at 2022 at least before enough people start getting the vaccine to build immunity,” said Dr. Swaminathan. “So for a long time to come, we have to maintain the ...
read moreOn Monday, September 7, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization (WHO), issued a global warning: “This will not be the last pandemic. History teaches us that outbreaks and pandemics are a fact of life. But when the next pandemic comes, the world must be ready – more ready than it was this time.” ...
read moreAs summer draws to a close, the global community remains focused on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. With disruptions across every facet of life and business, institutions are adapting to this new reality. For example, for the first time in its 75-year history, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will be held virtually, with world leaders ...
read more“We hope to finish this pandemic in less than two years, especially if we can pool our efforts,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), said on Friday, August 21. Comparing COVID-19 to the 1918 Spanish flu (which took two years to control), Dr. Tedros noted that current advances in medicine could help the world overcome ...
read moreEight months into the pandemic, nations around the world continue to scramble to contain COVID-19 infections. Spikes are now emerging in countries that had gotten ahead of their epidemics months ago, such as New Zealand. In the U.S., COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, behind heart disease and cancer. It is clear that countries ...
read moreOn Monday, August 10, confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 20 million globally. While COVID-19 continues to make its way around the world, a few countries (the U.S., Brazil, India, and Russia) account for the majority of infections. With the disease asymptomatic in an estimated 40 percent of the population, containment remains an international challenge. Still, some countries, such as Thailand and ...
read moreWith the end of COVID-19 uncertain, Rabin Martin is focused on remaining agile and adapting our strategies, thinking, and approaches to this new reality. Our team continues to offer clients strategic counsel and implementation support across an array of critical global health issues, acutely aware of the challenges in navigating the “new normal”. This ...
read moreYesterday, Thursday, July 30, marked six months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO, noted that while this was the sixth time a global health emergency has been declared, it is “easily the most severe.” On Tuesday, July 28, WHO described COVID-19 as “one big wave” ...
read moreIn late 2019, healthcare practitioners in Wuhan, China started to see the emergence of a new disease that was highly infectious and shared characteristics with the flu. Scientists scrambled to determine the virus’s origin and extent of the outbreak. By the end of January, travel in and out of Wuhan was restricted to help ...
read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic is growing in intensity across much of the world. The recent surge of cases has dashed hopes that summer weather would prove inhospitable for transmission. Indeed, the world saw the highest number of reported daily cases on Saturday, July 11, with Our World in Data reporting 230,051 new cases in a single day. ...
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