Pakistan sees the U.S. returning to a level of trust in international systems, a welcome shift during an era of dramatic challenges requiring deeper global cooperation, the country’s top diplomat in Houston told Global Atlanta. Calling the COVID-19 pandemic one of the biggest epochal changes in modern times, Consul General Abrar Hashmi said the world must work together to […]
Global Health
Delta to Help Travelers Skip Quarantines With COVID-Tested Flights to Italy, Netherlands
Delta Air Lines Inc. is working with at least two European governments and airports to operate flights using COVID-19 testing protocols that would allow travelers to bypass quarantine requirements upon arrival. The airline said the flights from its hometown in Atlanta to Rome and Amsterdam provide a key first step to restoring trans-Atlantic travel demand […]
Lockdown Lessons: Germany, France Taking New Approaches to Fight Second Wave, Consuls Say
The fact that Europe is facing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic heading into the colder months is no surprise, but the speed of its resurgence has been uncanny. Over the last month, many European nations have seen per capita rates of infection eclipsing those of the U.S., which has been criticized globally for […]
Emory, Georgia State Partner to Digitize Museum Exhibition on 2014 Ebola Outbreak
An exhibition on the fight to stem the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reach a wider audience through the Internet, thanks to a local university collaboration. Georgia State and Emory University students across various disciplines worked together to translate the “EBOLA: People + Public […]
World Food Programme’s Nobel Peace Prize Shows Intersection of Global Hunger, Conflict
Fresh off its Nobel Peace Prize win, the World Food Programme is seeing a wave of public interest that has boosted donations and shone sorely needed limelight on its activities. But with a global pandemic exacerbating an active hunger crisis, now is not the time to cut away from an issue that has become too easy […]
New European Consuls Stress Solidarity As COVID Cases Rise
Amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across Europe, three of the newest European consuls general in the South stressed the importance of solidarity and economic cooperation both on the continent and worldwide. Europe’s weekly case load increased more than 30 percent during the week of Oct. 5-11, with several countries responding with new tiered restrictions and curfews […]
Atlanta Groups Play Key Role in Liberia’s COVID-19 Recovery
Connections in Atlanta are playing a key role in assisting the West African nation of Liberia as it recovers from the health and economic fallout of COVID-19. Just how central the city has been to the relief and recovery initiatives was evident during a Sept. 9 webinar organized by Honorary Liberian Consul General Cynthia Blandford, who has […]
Carter Center Names New VPs of Peace, Health Programs
New faces abound at the Carter Center, which has been filling open executive roles throughout the pandemic, most recently naming vice presidents for peace and health programs. New CEO Paige Alexander took the helm in June after Ambassador Mary Ann Peters’s departure earlier this year. This month, the center named Barbara Smith, founder of the […]
Global Health Coordination Center Hopes to Donate 1 Million Masks Locally
A new center aimed at galvanizing Atlanta’s private sector and medical ecosystem to meet pressing challenges in global health is putting its network to work for an immediate need: donating medical masks to local schools and nonprofits. Atlanta’s Global Health Crisis Coordination Center, or GHC3,has so far spurred the donation of 421,900 masks, just over 40 […]
Foreign Minister Ahead of Atlanta Talk: Taiwan Eyes Greater Role in Multilateral Recovery
Editor’s note: This commentary was authored by Jaushieh Joseph Wu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of China (Taiwan), and provided to Global Atlanta by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta. The island may be far from Atlanta, but its messages are falling on more receptive ears globally of late. Taiwan’s exemplary […]
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