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2021 Global Health News Stories
- COVID-19 pandemic may have orphaned more than 1M kids, study saysexternal icon
USA Today
July 20, 2021 - The million Covid orphans must not be left behindexternal icon
Financial Times
July 20, 2021 - ‘Hidden Pandemic’: 1 Million Children Worldwide Lost A Parent To Covid, Study Findsexternal icon
Forbes
July 20, 2021 - Study 1.5 million children lost caregiver from COVID-linked deathexternal icon
Washington Times
July 20, 2021 - Global study estimates 1.5 million children have lost a caregiver from COVID-19external icon
Imperial News
July 20, 2021 - Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers: a modelling studyexternal icon
World Health Organization
July 20, 2021 - More than 1.5 MILLION children around the world lost a caregiver due to COVID-19, study findsexternal icon
Daily Mail
July 20, 2021 - More than 1.5million kids across the world have lost a parent or guardian to Covid external icon
The Sun
July 20, 2021 - Hundreds of thousands of children orphaned by COVID-19 globally, study finds external icon
UPI
July 20, 2021 - More than 1.5M children lost at least 1 caregiver from a death related to COVID-19 last yearexternal icon
Fox
July 20, 2021 - About 1.5 million children lose family members or caregivers due to Covid-19external icon
Express & Star
July 20, 2021 - The Lancet: 1.5 million children worldwide have lost parent, grandparent, caregiver due to COVID-19external icon
Eurekalert
July 20, 2021 - 1,19,000 Indian children lost caregivers to COVID-19 during first 14 months of pandemicexternal icon
BusinessToday
July 20, 2021 - Counting the COVID-19 orphans (themandarin.com.au)external icon
The Mandarin
July 20, 2021 - More than a million children have lost a parent to Covid and will grow up “damaged” external icon
Mirror
July 20, 2021 - Pandemic orphaned 1.1 lakh in India, over 10 lakh globally, says Lancet reportexternal icon
The Hindu
July 20, 2021 - Global study estimates 1.5 million children lost parents or grandparents to Covid-19external icon
CNN
July 20, 2021 - A Million Children Have Lost a Caregiver to Covid. Here’s How We Can Help Them.external icon
The New York Times
July 20, 2021 - For every two COVID-19 deaths, one child loses a caregiver.external icon
World Bank Blog
July 20, 2021 - More than 1.5 million children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemicexternal icon
National Institutes of Health
July 20, 2021 - Covid has caused ‘hidden pandemic of orphanhood’, says global studyexternal icon
The Guardian
July 20, 2021 - Orphanhood CalculatorImperial College London
Imperial College London
July 20, 2021external icon - Ebola Outbreak in Guinea Declared Over
CDC Newsroom
June 19, 2021 - A Multibillion-Dollar Plan to End Polio, and Soonexternal icon
The New York Times
June 9, 2021 - Adolescent Girls in Tanzania Adapt to COVID-19 Restrictions to Continue Work Against HIV/AIDS
CDC Center for Global Health
June 9, 2021 - COVID-19 Severity and COVID-19–Associated Deaths Among Hospitalized Patients with HIV Infection — Zambia, March–December 2020
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
June 4, 2021 - Impact of Policy and Funding Decisions on COVID-19 Surveillance Operations and Case Reports — South Sudan, April 2020–February 2021
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
June 4, 2021 - Notes from the Field: Impact of the COVID-19 Response on Scale-Up of HIV Viral Load Testing — PEPFAR-Supported Countries, January–June 2020
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
May 28, 2021 - As virus cases explode, why has the Mekong region success story ended?external icon
Southeast Asia Globe
May 7, 2021 - CDC in Mexico
Center for Global Health
May 7, 2021 - National HIV Survey in Cameroon Shows Advances in Treatment and Remaining Challenges to Achieving Epidemic Control – PHIA Projectexternal icon
PHIA Project
April 29, 2021 - Vaccines bring us closer to the people, moments, goals we care about most
CDC Center for Global Health
April 23, 2021 - How COVID hurt the fight against other dangerous diseases Natureexternal icon
Nature
April 21, 2021 - CDC supports the first Medically Assisted Therapy program that reduces HIV infections among drug users in Uganda
CDC Our Global Voices Blog
April 16, 2021 - Together We Can Survive
CDC Our Global Voices Blog
April 9, 2021 - CDC Supports Efforts to End Ebola Outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Guinea
CDC Newsroom
Friday, March 26, 2021 - USG to Initiate Public Health Measures to Respond to Ebola in Guinea and DRC
CDC Newsroom
February 26, 2021 - El Salvador certified as malaria-free by WHOexternal icon
WHO
February 25, 2021 - CDC supports the first Medically Assisted Therapy program that reduces HIV infections among drug users in Uganda
Center for Global Health
February 12, 2021 - CDC in Ethiopia
Center for Global Health
February 11, 2021 - The World Is Still Battling Polio. What That Warning Means for Covid-19external icon
Wall Street Journal
February 9, 2021 - Cote d’Ivoire HIV Laboratory Partners with CDC to Chart New Paths in COVID-19 Testing
Center for Global Health
February 2, 2021
Page last reviewed: July 21, 2021
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