By
Leigh Hartman The United States is joining international efforts to ensure COVID-19 vaccines and treatments reach countries around the world. President Biden on January 21 directed the U.S. government to join the
COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility . The international initiative seeks to ensure equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines and fairly distribute 2 billion doses of vaccine by the end ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 January, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Officials, News, President of the United States | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, President Biden, WHO
By
Leigh Hartman President Biden’s top priority is ridding the world of the COVID-19 pandemic. On his first full day in office, Biden issued a presidential directive making
global health security a top national security priority , as well as a
national strategy (PDF, 24.6MB) for fighting COVID-19 and preventing future pandemics. “U.S. international engagement to combat COVID-19, promote health and advance global health security is urgent ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 26 January, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Officials, News, President of the United States | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, President Biden, WHO
The United States is resuming support for the
World Health Organization , which plays a vital role in fighting the global COVID-19 pandemic. President Biden announced the renewed commitment to the WHO in a
January 20 letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres , reversing the prior administration’s plan to leave the U.N.’s public health arm in July. “The WHO plays a crucial role in the world’s ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 January, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, WHO
The United States expects to begin mass distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States soon. During the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit held at the White House on December 8, President Trump said he expects the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will authorize a vaccine produced by U.S. manufacturer Pfizer in the coming days, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 11 December, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Officials, News, News from Washington, President of the United States | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, science
On World AIDS Day, December 1, Americans will mobilize behind a plan to
eradicate HIV from the U.S. by 2030 and recommit to efforts to end it around the world. The U.S. plan — called Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America — uses scientific advances in HIV prevention, diagnoses, treatment and outbreak response by coordinating the resources of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 December, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Disease prevention and control, family and prenatal health, Health Programs, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR
Two U.S.-supported COVID-19 vaccine candidates appear to be highly effective at preventing COVID-19, a major step in the United States’
historic push to end the global pandemic . Moderna announced November 16 that the Phase 3 clinical trial’s independent data and safety monitoring board had found the Massachusetts-based biotechnology company’s candidate vaccine is up to 94.5% effective in clinical trials. Pfizer, based ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 November, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, innovation, science
U.S. innovators have developed an antiviral drug that can be used to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19, part of America’s wide-ranging response to the global pandemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on October 22 approved Gilead Sciences’ antiviral remdesivir for adults and children older than 12 who are under hospital care for COVID-19. Remdesivir ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 5 November, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, innovation
The United States’ support for the worldwide distribution of vaccines has saved countless lives and laid the groundwork for distributing a future COVID-19 vaccine. Through international partnerships like the vaccine alliance Gavi and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 October, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Officials, News, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, USAID
U.S. leadership in vaccine development and infectious disease treatment is vital to ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19 worldwide. U.S. research is responsible for vaccines that protect the world’s citizens from deadly infectious diseases like yellow fever, measles and polio. In addition, the U.S. continues to invest billions worldwide to combat HIV/AIDS. Lessons learned from these ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 September, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Science & Tech | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health Programs, HIV/AIDS, 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. faith-based groups fight COVID-19 worldwide (May 20) U.S. donors of all major religions are helping fight COVID-19 at home and abroad. The United States’ diverse religious communities are setting up emergency hospitals, trucking meals across the country, and supporting small businesses around the world. In early April,
faith-based humanitarian organization Samaritan’s Purse set up an emergency field hospital ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 May, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, Key Documents, News | Tags: Coronavirus, disease, Health Programs, humanitarian assistance, prevention and control
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
How USAID helps mothers around the world (May 6) For women around the world, pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum recovery can be life-threatening. To mitigate these risks to mothers, the U.S. Agency for International Development will increase funding for maternal and child health care in high-risk areas of selected countries through its MOMENTUM initiative. “In the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 6 May, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, News, U.S. Agencies | Tags: development assistance, family and prenatal health, Health Programs, USAID
How USAID helped contain the 1st Ebola case in Goma (February 24) The story of the first Ebola case in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), started here, Bishop Bernard Kabamba said as he sat on his front porch. He was thinking back to the day when Pastor Kubiya showed up at ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 February, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: disease prevention control, Health, Health Programs, USAID
