January 13 NEWS:
@HumanitarianGC – supported by
@USAID @FCDOGovUK &
@DutchMFA – is awarding $4.5M to
@SyriaCivilDef ,
@TranslatorsWB /
@hotosm /
@NeedsList4Good ,
@TranslatorsWB & Murmurate to support new innovations that transform humanitarian aid in the wake of COVID-19.
https://t.co/vEkURxjXft — USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (@USAIDSavesLives)
January 13, 2021 January 12 Here’s how the
@USAID and
@UKAidDirect funded ACCELERE! project in DRC launched “Lecture pour la vie,” ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 13 January, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: COVID-19, Disease prevention and control, Global Health, Health, humanitarian assistance
Blood plasma donated by COVID-19 survivors in the United States is helping develop treatments to fight the disease. Early this year, scientists identified COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) — blood plasma from people who have already cleared the virus — as a potential treatment. CCP is often rich in antibodies that when transferred to a patient ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 December, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Disease prevention and control, Health, science, technologies
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
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing (March 29) THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Appreciate everybody being here. Beautiful day in the Rose Garden. Tremendous distance between chairs. Social distancing. You practice it very well. We appreciate it. That’s great. I want to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 29 March, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News, News from Washington, President of the United States, Vice President of the United States | Tags: COVID-19, Global Health, Health, Healthcare
Briefing With Dr. William Walters, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Operations, Bureau of Medical Services, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ian Brownlee, Bureau of Consular Affairs On COVID-19: Updates on Health Impact and Assistance for American Citizens Abroad (March 27) MS ORTAGUS: Thanks, everybody, and sorry for our tardiness. We keep having a little bit ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 March, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: COVID-19, Global Health, Health
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing (March 14) James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:19 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. We just completed a very good meeting of the Coronavirus Task Force. And we — we’re really — they’re really ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 March, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Officials, News, News from Washington, President of the United States | Tags: Health, Healthcare, President Trump, Vice President Pence
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Conference (March 13) Rose Garden 3:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everyone. Thank you. Thank you. A beautiful day in the Rose Garden. Appreciate everybody being here. Today, I’d like to provide an update to the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 13 March, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Key Officials, News, News from Washington, President of the United States | Tags: Health, President Trump, Vice President Pence
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
Coronavirus aid from U.S. groups arrives in China (February 6) U.S. organizations are sending lifesaving medical supplies to the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, part of wide-ranging U.S. efforts to stop the deadly disease. More than 2 million respirator masks, 11,000 protective suits and 280,000 pairs of nitrile gloves donated by MAP International ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 6 February, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News, News from Washington | Tags: Coronavirus, Health
