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 […]
Global Health
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 […]
Interview: Philippines Ambassador on Balancing Pacific Partnerships During a Pandemic
Rather than turning inward, the Philippines is paying even more attention to managing its delicate international relationships as it faces Southeast Asia’s worst coronavirus outbreak and a dramatic economic downturn at home. The nation of 110 million people’s balancing act is shown in the pursuit of what many see as the only true remedy for the […]
Taiwanese Industry Association Donates Masks to Partners at Metro Atlanta Chamber
Without trade delegations to deepen international friendship these days, many countries and organizations are turning to sending masks, gloves and other protective gear as gestures of goodwill. That has certainly been the case with Taiwan, as the government has become a steady donor of masks, including a recent shipment of 10,000 of the coveted N95 […]
Emory, Mexican Consulate Test 500 for COVID-19 Over Weekend
The Consulate General of Mexico teamed up with Emory University to offer guaranteed COVID-19 testing to the Mexican and Latino communities over the weekend. Volunteers at the consulate’s Ventanilla de Salud, or health window, acted as interpreters for researchers from the Rollins School of Public Health led by Jodie Guest, vice president of the epidemiology department. […]
Taiwan Delivers Donation of 10,000 N95 Masks to Georgia
Taiwan has followed up on its first act of “mask diplomacy” in Georgia with another donation that may be even more critical as the state continues to grapple with a growing load of COVID-19 cases. A month after delivering 100,000 medical masks to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency to great fanfare from local and […]
CARE’s Michelle Nunn: Fighting COVID-19 Means Dealing With Its Effects on Women Globally
Preoccupied with its own outbreak, the U.S. shouldn’t fail to fully reckon with the global effects of a virus that is not only wreaking havoc on health systems around the world, but also on economically vulnerable women and girls. Poverty and domestic violence, both exacerbated by the pandemic, tend to hit females harder: They are two […]
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