How Different Political Systems Are Handling this Pandemic Mark Leon Goldberg April 2, 2020 Nearly every country on earth has now reported cases of COVID-19. In fact, the world is approaching the one million mark of reported cases of COVID-19. However, it is important to note that the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic is not evenly distributed. ...
How are Global Humanitarian Organizations Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic? Mark Leon Goldberg March 30, 2020 Humanitarian organizations already have their hands full Even before COVID-19 spread across the world to become a global pandemic, conflicts, crises and natural disasters were taxing the global humanitarian organizations. International Non-Governmental Organ...
COVID-19’s Effect on Global Development Mark Leon Goldberg March 22, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic could have major implications for global development. As of now, most of the countries that have been hit hardest by COVID-19 are higher income countries; places like Italy, South Korea, and the United States. According to the Wor...
How the Coronavirus Pandemic is Impacting the United Nations Mark Leon Goldberg March 16, 2020 The United Nations Secretary General says that the UN is "open for business," despite an order that all non-essential staff work remotely. “Our work will be done from different locations, using different technologies,” said Antonio Guterres as he issued an ord...
We Should Be Thanking Our Lucky Stars for the World Health Organization Right Now Mark Leon Goldberg March 5, 2020 On Monday, March 2 the director-general of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was giving his 22nd press conference on the coronavirus in nearly as many days. The news of the day was grim. The outbreak was spreading fast in Iran and a WHO ...
The Coronavirus Threatens Refugees and People in Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg March 2, 2020 According to the latest data from the World Health Organization, the Coronavirus outbreak, known as COVID-19, has spread to over 60 countries. Over 88,000 people have been sickened and over 3,000 have died from the novel coronavirus. The number of cases of cor...
How the World Health Organization is Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak Mark Leon Goldberg January 29, 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak One of the fastest moving global news stories of early 2020 has been the spread of the coronavirus. Sourced back to Wuhan, China, the virus has reached over 7,000 confirmed cases worldwide according to the latest data from the World Healt...