How Do We Best Approach the Rapidly Escalating Ebola Epidemic in DRC?
By Kerin Shilla, B.A. Candidate - Hunter College, GBI Intern Edited by Christina Valeros, B.A. Candidate - Hunter College, GBI Intern On March 14th, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director of the World Health Organization, made a statement regarding the now eight month long outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The number [...]
Gala Benefit Evening at the Kosciuszko Foundation, 5 East 65th Street NY, NY 10065 USA
See clip here! SPONSORSHIP GRAND BENEFACTOR - $10,000 10 Gala complimentary tickets — Special recognition at the Gala event — Page ad and Grand Benefactor Listing on the GBI website — Promotion on the GBI website — Mention in the Newsletter — Lunch with the GBI Honorary President — 10 Complimentary raffle tickets or 10 Complimentary Dinners BENEFACTOR - $5,000 6 complimentary tickets to Gala — Special recognition at the Gala event— Full page ad and the Benefactor Listing on GBI website — Promotion on [...]
DRC: Ebola Response Failing to Gain the Upper Hand on the Epidemic
By Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) 7 March 2019 – Seven months into the largest ever Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Ebola response is failing to bring the epidemic under control in a climate of deepening community mistrust, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said at a press conference in Geneva today. Since the beginning [...]
Vaccinating Pregnant Women Against Ebola
By Michael Bloom, GBI Intern Edited by Christina Valeros, GBI Intern Since November 2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) has overseen a clinical trial of experimental vaccines to protect against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Janet Diaz, the leader of [...]
Ten Ways in which He Jiankui Violated Ethics
This article originally appeared in January 2019 issue of Nature Biotechnology. Reposted with permission of the author Sheldon Krimsky.
Ebola Outbreak in the DRC: A Public Health Emergency of International Concern
by Michael Bloom, GBI Intern Edited by Christina Valeros, GBI Intern The deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently saw a spike in the number of cases reported. As of this report, over 800 cases have been of EVD have now been identified. The difficulty in combating the disease [...]
Implementing Lessons Learned?: Conflict, Humanitarian Crisis and Ebola in the DRC
Michael Bloom, Bioethics MA Candidate - NYU College of Global Public Health, GBI Intern The current outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), first reported on May 8th 2018, is now the second largest and has taken the lives of 433 persons so far. History & Epidemiology Taking [...]
Health Risks and Ethical Considerations of Uterus Transplants
Tea Binder, B.A. Candidate - Vassar College, GBI Intern Edited by: Nada Mohamed Taha “I crave that experience… I want the morning sickness, the backaches, the feet swelling. I want to feel the baby move. That is something I’ve wanted for as long as I can remember.” – A 26-year-old woman being screened for a [...]
6 Things You Need to Know About the United Nations General Assembly!
Every year, in September, global leaders and change-makers gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York for two weeks, to discuss the burning issues of our time and set the global agenda for the year ahead. The 73rd session of the UN General Assembly opened this week and the body’s annual high-level segment – formally known as [...]