This photo-essay from Nigerian photographer Femi Amogunla features portraits of seven individuals impacted by COVID-19 in Oyo State, Nigeria. In 2019, over 92 million Nigerians lived in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 a day. A...
“What we have seen in relation to COVID-19 is an amplification of existing fault lines of inequality, particularly in respect of gender.” In South Africa, estimates suggest COVID-19 destroyed a decade’s worth of employment growth in just...
Clinical trials have been used for decades as the primary way by which researchers determine if a new treatment is safe and effective for human use. Within the biomedical research ecosystem, participants in clinical trials often do not...
SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 12, 2021 – The 8th annual Milken Institute Asia Summit will open on Monday, November 15, 2021 at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Center. This year, the Asia Summit will combine virtual, physical, and holographic...
The Milken Institute Asia Summit 2021 Seeks to Rekindle the Power of Human Connection
Associate Director, Milken Institute International
Yeen Chee Chong is an associate director for Milken Institute International. Based in Singapore, he oversees and manages strategic communications with a wide range of global and regional media publications and partners. Chong works closely with colleagues in both Asia and the United States on planning and implementing global public relations and social media campaigns.
COVID-19 has exacted a terrible human and economic toll. And while we still have a long way to go before the world is free from the scourge of this virus, we should begin to address the opportunity to build a more equitable and prosperous...
The spring of 2020 was illuminating in many ways. We witnessed the abysmal handling of a public health crisis, we watched COVID-19 health disparities by race and income unfold in real time, and we were traumatized repeatedly by the sight of...
The past year was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exacerbated and highlighted pre-existing racial disparities in health care, combined with the increased awareness of the persistence of racial injustice in America. As a psychiatrist...
Policies meant to control the spread of COVID-19 have had dramatic negative impacts on Zimbabweans involved in cross-border trade, including in Mutare, a city east of Harare on the border with Mozambique. On March 27, Zimbabwean President...
The key lessons that policymakers must learn from the pandemic This article is the ninth in a weekly joint series on “The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Aging” from the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and Next Avenue...
Lockdown restrictions to mitigate COVID-19 had severe impacts for farmers in Nigeria, delaying planting and increasing the costs of inputs. Abiodun Jamiu reports from Kwara State. First the lockdown, then the floods Salaudeen Abdulrasaq...
