On 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. ...
read moreWith COVID-19’s relentless global spread and mounting number of deaths, consensus is growing that the response has largely been an international failure. The pandemic has forced global, national, and local decisionmakers to take action: some, like New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, have been quick to contain the virus; many others have been criticized ...
read moreAs COVID-19 has taken hold of the world’s attention, Rabin Martin is continuing our weekly COVID-19 Briefings on a diverse set of timely issues as we support our clients through these unsettling times. This week, we are pleased to provide highlights from our team and clients related to the pandemic as well as broader ...
read moreIt took almost two years, but today, Thursday, June 25, the Ebola epidemic that has been plaguing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2018 was officially declared over. This outbreak – the second deadliest on record – required a coordinated response by the DRC government, World Health Organization (WHO), UN agencies, humanitarian aid groups, ...
read moreAs COVID-19 continues its relentless spread across the world, concerns about leadership are mounting. At the national level in the United States, institutions the public relies on for guidance and assurance around health matters, like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have gone conspicuously quiet. In Brazil, the health ministry stopped reporting data on COVID-19 ...
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