WHO “overstretched” in response to increasing health emergencies
London, UKReuters A growing number of health emergencies around the world, from COVID-19 to cholera, have left the World Health Organization’s response “overstretched”, a senior advisor said on Tuesday. Speaking at the UN agency’s annual meeting, Professor Walid Ammar, chair of a committee reviewing the WHO’s emergency response, said funding and staffing gaps were widening […]
ESSAY: HOW WE RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS MAY DEPEND ON WHAT WE WANT FROM RELIGION
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMIE D ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, looks at what research shows about the role of religion in reactions to crises like the Ebola outbreak or Syrian refugee crisis…