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 […]
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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 […]
Korean Hospital Ships 10,000 Masks to Former Methodist Missionaries via Atlanta
In the latest local example of personal protective equipment being used as a goodwill currency, a Korean hospital has shipped 10,000 masks to retired Methodist missionaries via Atlanta, thanking them for their legacy of improving health care in the country. Severance Hospital of Yonsei University Health System sent the KF94 masks (similar in properties to the […]
Quebec Firm Grows Medical Mask Factory in Georgia Even as It Expands Globally
A medical mask manufacturer continues to ramp up in Georgia to serve the North American market, despite its Canadian owner’s plans to build a large factory at home and diversify worldwide. Medicom Group said the new factory near its home base in Montreal would not syphon off demand from its United Medical Enterprises plant in Augusta, […]
Covid-19 Amplifies Carter Center Efforts in Liberia
Once again The Carter Center is in the midst of providing relief to a health-related crisis in Liberia. This time, it’s containing the Covid-19 virus. But unlike the past health and mental health crises, the center has a legacy of in-country experience to aid in its response. Once the coronavirus was first detected in mid-March […]
Georgia’s Sen. Loeffler Aims to ‘BEAT China’ by Reshoring Medical, Drug Factories
A new bill introduced by Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., would reward American firms that move medical manufacturing into the U.S. from overseas, a bid to reduce a perceived dependence on supplies of drugs and devices from overseas. The move is targeted at China and is one of many calls Washington for the U.S. to “decouple” […]
Refugee-Turned-Doctor: In Pandemic and Beyond, Immigrants Can Fill the Health Care Skills Gap
Editor’s note: The following commentary article written by Syrian-born cardiologist Heval Kelli, an ethnic Kurdish former refugee who now practices medicine in metro Atlanta, was provided to Global Atlanta by New American Economy, a bipartisan organization that advocates for immigration policies that will broadly benefit the U.S. economy. It represents Dr. Kelli’s opinion and is […]
Locust Plague Prompts GSU PhD Student to Consider Alternative Food Source
A new generation of locusts will be hatched in just a few weeks, which will mature into ravenous teenagers possibly sweeping across East, Central and West Africa as well as turning eastward toward Pakistan. Their parents have accosted northern Kenya and the Horn of Africa already, devouring hundreds of thousands of acres of crops including […]
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