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 […]
Category: Global Health
Posted inGlobal Health, Manufacturing
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. […]
Posted inBusiness, Global Health
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 […]
Posted inBusiness, Global Health
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 […]
Posted inCommentary, Global Health, Immigration
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 […]
Posted inYemen
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 […]
Posted inBusiness, Global Health, South Korea
How Korean Investors Are Aiding Georgia’s COVID-19 Response
Both new and established manufacturers from South Korea, which is making up an increasing portion of Georgia’s foreign-investment dollars, are contributing to the state’s COVID-19 response in varied ways. SK Innovation, […]
Posted inGlobal Health, Politics
Stacey Abrams: Pandemic Blunders Weaken America’s Global Leadership
The U.S.’s failed pandemic response is symptomatic of President Trump’s retreat from global institutions, which has created a leadership vacuum autocracies have been only too happy to fill, former Georgia […]
Posted inBusiness, Global Health, Manufacturing
JPMorgan Economist Foresees ‘Global Cool’ and ‘a New Globalization Story’
Having recognized the damage that the coronavirus has done to the U.S. economy, Jim Glassman, managing director and head economist for commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co., took a […]
Posted inEconomic Development, Global Health, Real Estate
Belgian Pharma Giant UCB Planning $47.5M Expansion, 100 New Jobs in Smyrna
Belgian pharmaceuticals firm UCB is set to expand its U.S. headquarters in Cobb County through a multi-phase plan that is to generate $47.5 million in investment and 100 jobs on its existing 47-acre campus. Through its […]