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#WorldPatientSafetyDay , USAID is speaking up for health worker safety: Infection prevention practices save health workers’ lives! That’s why our multi-country COVID19 response equipped 30,000 health workers with critical skills:
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September 17, 2020 September 15 Ambassador DeSombre and DPM Anutin Charnvirakul toured the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences today.
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 17 September, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: COVID-19, Disease prevention and control, Global Health, Health, humanitarian assistance
The Global Innovation Index ranks the United States as the highest-spending country on research and development. With research and development spending of more than a half-trillion dollars in a recent year, as reported by the National Science Foundation, U.S. labs have turned to the challenges posed by the new coronavirus. Private businesses do the lion’s ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 10 September, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, innovation, science, technology
The final stage of testing is underway in the United States on three potential vaccines for COVID-19, a major step toward delivering a vaccine to the world in record time. The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced August 31 that AstraZeneca was starting phase 3 clinical testing of a potential vaccine. It was one of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 September, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health, science, technologies
On Labor Day, which falls on the first Monday in September in the United States, many workers will take a well-earned rest and all Americans will reflect on the importance of workers’ rights. This year, Labor Day will be an especially fitting time to honor the resilient workers who have helped America stay strong during ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 September, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Labor Day
The United States has allocated $20.5 billion in aid to the global COVID-19 fight, including $53 million in Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development foreign assistance funding. “The United States continues to lead the world in the fight against COVID-19,” Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo said August 5 while announcing the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 13 August, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Officials, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, humanitarian assistance, Secretary Pompeo, USAID
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ShareAmerica America, along with the rest of the world, is working swiftly to develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. Many people are pinning their hopes on the development of a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19 that can stop the spread of the virus. Through its
Operation Warp Speed initiative , the Trump administration ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 August, 2020 | Topics: News from Washington | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, health technologies, science
U.S. private sector helps ASEAN fight COVID-19 (July 22) U.S. businesses have donated at least $40 million to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the
fight against COVID-19 . “America’s partnership with ASEAN, now in its 43rd year, is at the heart of our vision for the Indo-Pacific,” said Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 July, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, humanitarian assistance, international cooperation
Tracking COVID-19 with artificial intelligence (July 22) Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful tool for tracking and treating COVID-19 in the U.S. and abroad. Several U.S. institutions are developing new AI technology or using preexisting technology to monitor and treat the new coronavirus. HealthMap, an AI application run by Boston Children’s Hospital, was launched ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 July, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, innovation, science
20 years of aid: America’s ongoing support for Africa’s public health (July 15) Over the past 20 years, the United States has invested more than $100 billion in the health of sub-Saharan African nations. This makes the United States the largest donor in the world to sub-Saharan Africa and a
leading partner in fighting COVID-19 . The U.S. has already ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 July, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: COVID-19, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs
15 achievements of the President’s Malaria Initiative (July 7) Fifteen years ago, the pediatric ward at the national hospital in Kigali, Rwanda, overflowed with children suffering from malaria, the leading cause of illness and death in the country. Pediatrician Dr. Lisine Tuyisenge remembers anemic babies doubled up in beds and even sick children on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 July, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Disease prevention and control, family and prenatal health, Health Programs, humanitarian assistance, malaria
U.S. researchers map COVID-19 cases to predict future needs (May 15) Researchers from the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute have won a $10 million, five-year computing grant from the U.S. government’s National Science Foundation in order to map cases of the new coronavirus and anticipate how communities will be affected. The institute’s researchers develop technologies ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 May, 2020 | Topics: Education, Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, health technologies, science, technology
Scholars from U.S. exchange program fight COVID-19 (May 13) Scholars around the world who have been part of the
State Department’s Fulbright Program are using their experience to help their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fulbright Program, in partnership with more than 160 countries, gives students, scholars, teachers, artists and scientists of all backgrounds the opportunity to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 13 May, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, international cooperation, professional development
U.S. sends coronavirus aid to Central and South America (May 8) The U.S. government is providing millions of dollars as well as training and supplies to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 to Central and South American countries, with a total of more than $73 million provided to the Western Hemisphere in response to the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 8 May, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, News, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Coronavirus, development assistance, Disease prevention and control, USAID
Delivering trustworthy health data on COVID-19 (May 7) When Americans look for data on COVID-19, the U.S. public health system delivers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gathers data, monitors shifts in disease patterns, and provides safety guidelines to prevent infection. Its experts also
collaborate with overseas colleagues to track new cases. “Accurate collection of data ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 May, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, science
U.S. helps Pacific island countries fight COVID-19 (May 6) The United States is
providing nearly $40 million to help Pacific Island nations prevent and control COVID-19. “I’m especially proud of the
work that we’ve done in the Indo-Pacific region ,” Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo said April 29 while discussing the
U.S. COVID-19 global response . In the Pacific islands, the U.S. funding will help pay for improvements in lab preparation, infection control, and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 6 May, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, News, News from Washington, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, social services, USAID
U.S. is the world’s largest donor to global public health (April 23) The United States is the world’s largest donor to global public health, donating billions of dollars each year to fight diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and, now, COVID-19. This commitment to global public health remains steadfast as the U.S. investigates the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 23 April, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News, News from Washington | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, humanitarian assistance, WHO
Georgian Professionals successfully using the training and equipment provided by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (March 31) Along with highly skilled medical professionals, Georgia also has chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense teams that have been trained and fully equipped through the U.S.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) assistance programs. These same teams are currently using that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 31 March, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Science & Tech, U.S. & Georgia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: COVID-19, Disease prevention and control, DTRA
America’s ‘citizen soldiers’ aid Coronavirus fight (March 27) America’s National Guard is on the front lines of the “whole-of-America” fight against the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These Americans demonstrate the Guard’s dual role to be prepared to respond to domestic emergencies as well as U.S. military missions abroad. A unique element of the U.S. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 March, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control
U.S. company wins first-ever approval of Ebola vaccine (November 26) The U.S. pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. has won the first-ever regulatory approval of a vaccine against the Ebola virus, a major boon in the fight against the deadly disease. The European Commission’s November 10 decision granting a significant step toward full approval of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 26 November, 2019 | Topics: Health Issues, News, News from Washington | Tags: Disease prevention and control, Ebola
