Steve Morrison
J Stephen Morrison Senior Vice President & Director, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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W.H.O. Continues Emergency Status for Ebola Outbreak in Congo
New cases are down to 15 a week from a high of 128 in April, but outbreaks are still popping up in remote and dangerous mining areas.
Steve Morrison
#Ebola in DRC: the “slow burn” continues: new cases per week down to 15, hot spots migrate to most insecure areas, donor funding dangerously low, 2/3 of known cases die. nytimes.com/2019/10/18/hea… via @NYTimes
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Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War
Over a frenzied few days in the spring, an internal White House debate led to turnover in staff and a turning point for the president’s immigration agenda.
Russian Roulette
Hosted by CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program experts Olga Oliker and Jeffrey Mankoff, Russian Roulette takes a look at the politics, economics, and culture of Russia and Eurasia through both interviews and lively discussion with experts from CSIS and...
U.S. alerts travelers to Tanzania about possible unreported Ebola
A Tanzanian doctor who had been in Uganda in August and who died after her return home may have tested positive for Ebola.
Trump Administration Plan to Detain Migrant Children Runs Into Legal Trouble
A federal judge issued a tentative ruling which could prevent the government from enacting its plan to detain children for lengthy periods.
Steve Morrison
There is hope. Judge Dolly Gee, rejects “Kafkaesque” Trump administration regulations to upend Flores agreement on detention of children at border. nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/… via @NYTimes
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Joseph Wilson, Who Challenged Iraq War Narrative, Dies at 69
He contradicted a statement in President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address. A week later, his wife at the time, Valerie Plame, was outed as a C.I.A. agent.
Steve Morrison
Joe Wilson, RIP. He went to Niger for the CIA, and exposed a big lie that underlay the fateful 2003 invasion of Iraq. Created a rift between CIA and WH. Sound familiar today? nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/… via @NYTimes
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AIDS 2020: South Africa’s Epidemic: Too Big to Fail? on Apple Podcasts
Show AIDS 2020, Ep South Africa’s Epidemic: Too Big to Fail? - Sep 26, 2019
Steve Morrison
Listen to Sara Allinder, Andrew Schwartz and myself on South Africa, status of its AIDS response, roots of its internal turbulence @handrewschwartz
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Access in the Hot Zone: Navigating the DRC Ebola Outbreak
Main Agenda and Registration - Washington Humanitarian Forum The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 17, has...
WHO signals alarm over possible unreported Ebola cases in Tanzania
The country has not shared the tests so they can be validated at an outside laboratory, as suggested under the International Health Regulations.
Ebola health update - DRC, 2019
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is grappling with the world's second largest ebola epidemic on record.
Whither UNAIDS?
In this episode, Steve Morrison, Sara Allinder, and Andrew Schwartz discuss UNAIDS and the selection of Winnie Byanyima as its new executive director. The AIDS 2020 hosts discuss what is at stake for
The Ebola Virus Is Winning in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hard barriers to access lie at the very heart of the agonizing struggle by international and Congolese responders to contain and ultimately arrest the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As of early September 2019,...
AIDS 2020: Whither UNAIDS? on Apple Podcasts
Show AIDS 2020, Ep Whither UNAIDS? - Sep 12, 2019
Exclusive: Behind the front lines of the Ebola wars
How the World Health Organization is battling bullets, politics and a deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Steve Morrison
Great journalism on DRC #Ebola by @amymaxmen Honest, compassionate, hard-nosed, up-close. Shows the remarkable courage of those on frontlines
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NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump - The Washington Post
They were also told not to “provide any opinion,” according to a copy of the email. NOAA’s backing of Trump has been met with a backlash from scientists and meteorologists.
James Mattis Doesn’t Want to Talk About the President
On book tour with the President’s embittered, but silent, ex-Defense Secretary.
Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe?
Download the Brief The Issue Over the course of this decade, Russia has consciously enlarged its engagement and commitments, at home and in the wider world, in battling both tuberculosis (TB) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Despite these...
Take as Directed: Why Do Demographic Trends Matter for Global Health? on Apple Podcasts
Show Take as Directed, Ep Why Do Demographic Trends Matter for Global Health? - Sep 3, 2019
AIDS 2020: Jennifer Kates: Can the erosion of financing be reversed? on Apple Podcasts
Show AIDS 2020, Ep Jennifer Kates: Can the erosion of financing be reversed? - Aug 29, 2019
Steve Morrison
@jenkatesdc on HIV $$ for the future, latest of our ‘AIDS2020: SF/Oak’ podcast series
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Flight Shame: The Climate Hazards of Air Travel
It’s hard to know exactly when the idea of flight abstinence was born, but one important milestone cited by non-flyers was the British writer George Monbiot’s 2007 book Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning. One of the chapters covered the...
Steve Morrison
Flight Shame — a delightful Swedish term “flygskam” — asks underpaid academics to forego prestige travel, tag-on vacations in exotic spots, face-to-face global networking. Realistic? nybooks.com/daily/2019/08/… via @nybooks
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