Dr. Brahima Coulibaly is vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development programme at Brookings We interviewed him as part of our #PassTheMic campaign. Here’s some of what he had to say.
When you have a global pandemic, the only effective way to tackle it is with a really global response. Because we can have victory in every country except one and we still have not succeeded.
Until every country is safe, no country is safe. That is why...
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Andy Slavitt is a senior advisor to the Bipartisan Policy Centre. We interviewed Andy as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what he had to say.
Up until now, we’ve all been dealing with shock and a lack of context at being able to respond to a situation that’s out of most people’s experience base. So there are all kinds of fears and adjustments that have had to happen.
However, we have learned at this point in time that...
Jan Egeland is secretary general of the Norweigian Refugee Council. We interviewed him as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what he had to say.
There are currently 80 million people around the world who have been driven out of their homes by violence and conflict.
The Norwegian Refugee Council is one of the frontline responders to refugees and displaced people, and we have to do more for this group now during the COVID-19 pandemic than we ever have...
Dr. Charlie Weller is head of vaccines at the global charitable foundation Wellcome. We interviewed her as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what she had to say.
With a disease like COVID-19, it doesn’t see borders. It doesn’t see different countries or types of people.
In 2019, no one knew anything about COVID, so these types of diseases really need a global solution. We’re seeing the amazing progress that certain countries are making, like Australia and New Zealand,...
Professor Tim Spector is head of the department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London. We interviewed him as as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what he had to say in the interview.
A few months ago, we launched a symptom study app that has gained amazing traction. More than 3.2 million people have given us data in the UK and another half a million in the US and Sweden.
This showed us there are...
Dr. Grace Ogiehor-Enoma is the head hospital administrator at New York Presbyterian Queens and executive director of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses in North America. We interviewed her as part of our #PassTheMic campaign.
Here’s some of what she had to say.
The hospital I work at has been an epicentre of COVID-19. Before this, we may have had 30 patients in the emergency room, but during the surge of COVID, we were having 150 to 200.
Thankfully, over the past...
Tsion Firew is a doctor of emergency medicine at Columbia University. We interviewed her as as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what she had to say in the interview.
During my career I’ve focused a lot on global health work — from serving as a medic in Iraq during the war, to being on the front line in Mosul during the fight against ISIS.
When people talk to me about coronavirus and say: “This is like a battle...
Raj Mariwala is the director of Mariwala Health Initiative, which supports organisations in India to provide mental health services to all. We interviewed them as part of our #PassTheMic campaign. Here’s some of what they had to say.
COVID has shown a lot of the fault lines in our health systems, particularly around leaving people behind.
We’re only as strong as the system is. So if it’s built for a certain type of person, and we know that COVID affects marginalised...
Amid growing rates of coronavirus infections, the UN warns of COVID’s impact on refugees and on global food security.
But two pieces of good news: the deadliest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended, and the world came together to support crucial vaccine efforts. Here are six stories you may have missed this month.
DRC’s deadliest Ebola outbreak declared officially over
After nearly two years and 2,280 deaths, the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history is over, the World Health...
Dr. Joannie Bewa is a public health researcher and women and girls activist. We interviewed her as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what she had to say.
When it comes to women and girls during COVID-19 there are a lot of challenges, related to both health and non-health issues.
I’m seeing many things through a gender perspective, which is lacking on several levels. The first thing lacking is the acknowledgement that women are a large part of the...