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02.13.20

Do Authoritarian Regimes Have an Advantage in an Outbreak Response?

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By Johan Marulanda

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Thursday, February 13, 2020; 23:30 UK / 6:30 pm ET CONTACT: Karen Teber / km463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON – In an effort to control the COVID-19 outbreak (previously known as 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease), China rapidly shut down a market in Wuhan suspected as the outbreak source and imposed unprecedented quarantines and cordon sanitaire […]

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Thematic Areas: Global Health Policy & Politics Infectious Diseases

01.30.20

Former Obama Administration Office of National Drug Control Policy on New 2018 Drug Overdose Data

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By Johan Marulanda

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: JOHAN MARULANDA / jm3245@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON January 30, 2020 | Today, the National Center for Health Statistics released reports on 2018 Mortality in the United States and 2018 Drug Overdose Deaths. Regina LaBelle, Director of the Addiction & Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown University Law Center’s O’Neill Institute, and former Obama Administration […]

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Thematic Areas: Addiction & Public Policy

01.23.20

Georgetown Global Health Experts Weigh In on WHO Decision to Not Declare PHEIC

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By Johan Marulanda

MEDIA CONTACT: Karen Teber / km463@georgetown.edu   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON (January 23, 2020) – Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee, decided not to declare the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).      Georgetown University global health security […]

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Thematic Areas: Global Health Policy & Politics Infectious Diseases
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