Weekly Humanitarian News Digest – November 5
Cover Image: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Latest News for October 29 – November 5, 2021 Afghanistan The Taliban has prohibited women from working within aid organizations and has set restrictions which will...
View ArticleCaring for Older Populations in Gaza
By Edith Muleiro, MedGlobal Communications Intern By 2030 there will be 1.4 billion older people. By 2050 there will be 2.1 billion, meaning one in five people will be over 60 in low and lower-middle...
View ArticleWeekly Humanitarian News Digest – November 12
Cover Image: New York Times Latest News for November 5 – November 12, 2021 Afghanistan The number of Afghans living on the edge of famine has risen by 5.7 million, causing hospitals to expand in order...
View ArticleMedGlobal Bangladesh Clinical Progress Report
The number of forcibly displaced people labeled as refugees across the world has grown rapidly in the past few decades. In Myanmar, the Rohingya have been fleeing en masse from their homes since...
View ArticleGlobal Vaccine Equity and the Ethics of Booster Shots
By Valerie Nguyen, MedGlobal Policy Intern When the first booster shots were approved in the United States in September 2021, over half of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated against COVID-19....
View ArticleWeekly Humanitarian News Digest – November 19
Cover Image: Down to Earth Latest News for November 12 – November 19, 2021 Afghanistan Countries discuss the unfreezing of assets as Afghanistan faces an impending humanitarian catastrophe with rising...
View Article5 Reasons to Support Maternal Health on #GivingTuesday
Next week, on November 30, it will be #GivingTuesday. Created as a global generosity movement, Giving Tuesday is the perfect opportunity to give back to your community and those around the world. This...
View ArticleRoads, Roofing Tiles, and Brigades: A Medical Volunteer’s Reflection on...
By Richard Scott, MD, medical volunteer of MedGlobal’s November 2021 short-term medical intervention in Colombia. In joining the MedGlobal Brigade in Colombia, I was not sure what to expect. As a...
View ArticleWeekly Humanitarian News Digest – December 10
Latest News for December 3 – December 10, 2021 Afghanistan A million children may die in Afghanistan this winter due to mass starvation. The economic crisis has been further exacerbated by the worst...
View ArticleSyria MedGlobal COVID-19 Home Health Report
The growing stress on the local health care system in North West Syria required an intervention that would support people impacted with mild COVID-19 outside the standard setting of the hospital and...
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