“Modern” Pollution Sources Kill More People than Ever; Overall Death Toll 9 Million 18/05/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo [NAIROBI] While deaths from some traditional pollution sources, like domestic cookstoves and unsafe water and sanitation are declining, increased exposures to “modern” sources of pollution, such as chemicals and outdoor air pollution, mean that pollution-related mortality remains steady at about 9 million a year. This is a key finding of a new report on “Pollution […] Continue reading -> What Are The Paths To A Disease-Free World And How Can We Achieve Them? 17/05/2022 Editorial team & Maayan Hoffman What are the paths health systems can take to a more disease-free world? And related to that, why do we talk about the total “eradication” of some diseases, like polio, whereas for others, “elimination as a public health problem” or simply disease “control” that shrinks an epidemic into an endemic disease is a more realistic […] Continue reading -> One In Three People Globally Need Assistive Technologies; ‘Stunning Disparity’ In Access 16/05/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar From wheelchairs to memory aids, over 2.5 billion people in the world today need at least one assistive device either for communication, vision, mobility, as well as for certain cognitive functions, like memory aids. And the number is set to rise to 3.5 billion people by 2050 due to an ageing population and the prevalence […] Continue reading -> ‘Our Loss is World’s Gain’; African Leaders on Nkengasong’s Confirmation to Head PEPFAR 09/05/2022 Paul Adepoju African leaders have applauded the US move to appoint John Nkengasong as head of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Reliefs (PEPFAR) – saying he’ll reinvigorate the programme that has been a flagship for the global battle against the AIDS pandemic for nearly decades. But they also said the loss of Nkgengasong as head […] Continue reading -> WHO and Member States Outline Positions on Health Emergencies Reform – Real Direction Remains Wide Open 06/05/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new WHO White Paper on strengthening Health Emergency Preparedness and Response supports the creation of a “Global Health Emergency Council” under WHO auspices and some “targeted amendments” to existing International Health Regulations governing emergencies. However, the new White Paper, issued under the name of WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also avoids taking […] Continue reading -> Expanding Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis in Cameroon Using Smart Technologies 05/05/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab showcased over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. GICMED is one of the over 100 innovations and devices that were featured. These innovations are specifically suited for resource-limited settings in lower-income countries. While global attention continues to be on the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of […] Continue reading -> People with Severe Psychiatric Disorders are Twice as Likely to Die from COVID 02/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman Individuals who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders were at least twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than others who caught the virus, at least in the first year of the pandemic when the most deadly SARS-COV2 variants, including Delta, were predominant. That is the key finding in a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, […] Continue reading -> Record-breaking Heatwaves in India and Pakistan Affect Over Billion People 27/04/2022 Kerry Cullinan More than a billion people in India and Pakistan are expected to face temperatures of over 40ºC in the next few days, peaking as high as 50Cº in Pakistan as record-breaking heatwaves that began in early March continue to affect South East Asia. The heat is also jeopardising India’s wheat exports, which are even more […] Continue reading -> Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
What Are The Paths To A Disease-Free World And How Can We Achieve Them? 17/05/2022 Editorial team & Maayan Hoffman What are the paths health systems can take to a more disease-free world? And related to that, why do we talk about the total “eradication” of some diseases, like polio, whereas for others, “elimination as a public health problem” or simply disease “control” that shrinks an epidemic into an endemic disease is a more realistic […] Continue reading -> One In Three People Globally Need Assistive Technologies; ‘Stunning Disparity’ In Access 16/05/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar From wheelchairs to memory aids, over 2.5 billion people in the world today need at least one assistive device either for communication, vision, mobility, as well as for certain cognitive functions, like memory aids. And the number is set to rise to 3.5 billion people by 2050 due to an ageing population and the prevalence […] Continue reading -> ‘Our Loss is World’s Gain’; African Leaders on Nkengasong’s Confirmation to Head PEPFAR 09/05/2022 Paul Adepoju African leaders have applauded the US move to appoint John Nkengasong as head of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Reliefs (PEPFAR) – saying he’ll reinvigorate the programme that has been a flagship for the global battle against the AIDS pandemic for nearly decades. But they also said the loss of Nkgengasong as head […] Continue reading -> WHO and Member States Outline Positions on Health Emergencies Reform – Real Direction Remains Wide Open 06/05/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new WHO White Paper on strengthening Health Emergency Preparedness and Response supports the creation of a “Global Health Emergency Council” under WHO auspices and some “targeted amendments” to existing International Health Regulations governing emergencies. However, the new White Paper, issued under the name of WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also avoids taking […] Continue reading -> Expanding Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis in Cameroon Using Smart Technologies 05/05/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab showcased over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. GICMED is one of the over 100 innovations and devices that were featured. These innovations are specifically suited for resource-limited settings in lower-income countries. While global attention continues to be on the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of […] Continue reading -> People with Severe Psychiatric Disorders are Twice as Likely to Die from COVID 02/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman Individuals who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders were at least twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than others who caught the virus, at least in the first year of the pandemic when the most deadly SARS-COV2 variants, including Delta, were predominant. That is the key finding in a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, […] Continue reading -> Record-breaking Heatwaves in India and Pakistan Affect Over Billion People 27/04/2022 Kerry Cullinan More than a billion people in India and Pakistan are expected to face temperatures of over 40ºC in the next few days, peaking as high as 50Cº in Pakistan as record-breaking heatwaves that began in early March continue to affect South East Asia. The heat is also jeopardising India’s wheat exports, which are even more […] Continue reading -> Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
One In Three People Globally Need Assistive Technologies; ‘Stunning Disparity’ In Access 16/05/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar From wheelchairs to memory aids, over 2.5 billion people in the world today need at least one assistive device either for communication, vision, mobility, as well as for certain cognitive functions, like memory aids. And the number is set to rise to 3.5 billion people by 2050 due to an ageing population and the prevalence […] Continue reading -> ‘Our Loss is World’s Gain’; African Leaders on Nkengasong’s Confirmation to Head PEPFAR 09/05/2022 Paul Adepoju African leaders have applauded the US move to appoint John Nkengasong as head of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Reliefs (PEPFAR) – saying he’ll reinvigorate the programme that has been a flagship for the global battle against the AIDS pandemic for nearly decades. But they also said the loss of Nkgengasong as head […] Continue reading -> WHO and Member States Outline Positions on Health Emergencies Reform – Real Direction Remains Wide Open 06/05/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new WHO White Paper on strengthening Health Emergency Preparedness and Response supports the creation of a “Global Health Emergency Council” under WHO auspices and some “targeted amendments” to existing International Health Regulations governing emergencies. However, the new White Paper, issued under the name of WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also avoids taking […] Continue reading -> Expanding Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis in Cameroon Using Smart Technologies 05/05/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab showcased over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. GICMED is one of the over 100 innovations and devices that were featured. These innovations are specifically suited for resource-limited settings in lower-income countries. While global attention continues to be on the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of […] Continue reading -> People with Severe Psychiatric Disorders are Twice as Likely to Die from COVID 02/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman Individuals who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders were at least twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than others who caught the virus, at least in the first year of the pandemic when the most deadly SARS-COV2 variants, including Delta, were predominant. That is the key finding in a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, […] Continue reading -> Record-breaking Heatwaves in India and Pakistan Affect Over Billion People 27/04/2022 Kerry Cullinan More than a billion people in India and Pakistan are expected to face temperatures of over 40ºC in the next few days, peaking as high as 50Cº in Pakistan as record-breaking heatwaves that began in early March continue to affect South East Asia. The heat is also jeopardising India’s wheat exports, which are even more […] Continue reading -> Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
‘Our Loss is World’s Gain’; African Leaders on Nkengasong’s Confirmation to Head PEPFAR 09/05/2022 Paul Adepoju African leaders have applauded the US move to appoint John Nkengasong as head of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Reliefs (PEPFAR) – saying he’ll reinvigorate the programme that has been a flagship for the global battle against the AIDS pandemic for nearly decades. But they also said the loss of Nkgengasong as head […] Continue reading -> WHO and Member States Outline Positions on Health Emergencies Reform – Real Direction Remains Wide Open 06/05/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new WHO White Paper on strengthening Health Emergency Preparedness and Response supports the creation of a “Global Health Emergency Council” under WHO auspices and some “targeted amendments” to existing International Health Regulations governing emergencies. However, the new White Paper, issued under the name of WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also avoids taking […] Continue reading -> Expanding Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis in Cameroon Using Smart Technologies 05/05/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab showcased over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. GICMED is one of the over 100 innovations and devices that were featured. These innovations are specifically suited for resource-limited settings in lower-income countries. While global attention continues to be on the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of […] Continue reading -> People with Severe Psychiatric Disorders are Twice as Likely to Die from COVID 02/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman Individuals who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders were at least twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than others who caught the virus, at least in the first year of the pandemic when the most deadly SARS-COV2 variants, including Delta, were predominant. That is the key finding in a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, […] Continue reading -> Record-breaking Heatwaves in India and Pakistan Affect Over Billion People 27/04/2022 Kerry Cullinan More than a billion people in India and Pakistan are expected to face temperatures of over 40ºC in the next few days, peaking as high as 50Cº in Pakistan as record-breaking heatwaves that began in early March continue to affect South East Asia. The heat is also jeopardising India’s wheat exports, which are even more […] Continue reading -> Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
WHO and Member States Outline Positions on Health Emergencies Reform – Real Direction Remains Wide Open 06/05/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new WHO White Paper on strengthening Health Emergency Preparedness and Response supports the creation of a “Global Health Emergency Council” under WHO auspices and some “targeted amendments” to existing International Health Regulations governing emergencies. However, the new White Paper, issued under the name of WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also avoids taking […] Continue reading -> Expanding Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis in Cameroon Using Smart Technologies 05/05/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab showcased over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. GICMED is one of the over 100 innovations and devices that were featured. These innovations are specifically suited for resource-limited settings in lower-income countries. While global attention continues to be on the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of […] Continue reading -> People with Severe Psychiatric Disorders are Twice as Likely to Die from COVID 02/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman Individuals who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders were at least twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than others who caught the virus, at least in the first year of the pandemic when the most deadly SARS-COV2 variants, including Delta, were predominant. That is the key finding in a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, […] Continue reading -> Record-breaking Heatwaves in India and Pakistan Affect Over Billion People 27/04/2022 Kerry Cullinan More than a billion people in India and Pakistan are expected to face temperatures of over 40ºC in the next few days, peaking as high as 50Cº in Pakistan as record-breaking heatwaves that began in early March continue to affect South East Asia. The heat is also jeopardising India’s wheat exports, which are even more […] Continue reading -> Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
Expanding Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis in Cameroon Using Smart Technologies 05/05/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab showcased over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. GICMED is one of the over 100 innovations and devices that were featured. These innovations are specifically suited for resource-limited settings in lower-income countries. While global attention continues to be on the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks of […] Continue reading -> People with Severe Psychiatric Disorders are Twice as Likely to Die from COVID 02/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman Individuals who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders were at least twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than others who caught the virus, at least in the first year of the pandemic when the most deadly SARS-COV2 variants, including Delta, were predominant. That is the key finding in a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, […] Continue reading -> Record-breaking Heatwaves in India and Pakistan Affect Over Billion People 27/04/2022 Kerry Cullinan More than a billion people in India and Pakistan are expected to face temperatures of over 40ºC in the next few days, peaking as high as 50Cº in Pakistan as record-breaking heatwaves that began in early March continue to affect South East Asia. The heat is also jeopardising India’s wheat exports, which are even more […] Continue reading -> Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
People with Severe Psychiatric Disorders are Twice as Likely to Die from COVID 02/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman Individuals who suffer from severe psychiatric disorders were at least twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than others who caught the virus, at least in the first year of the pandemic when the most deadly SARS-COV2 variants, including Delta, were predominant. That is the key finding in a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, […] Continue reading -> Record-breaking Heatwaves in India and Pakistan Affect Over Billion People 27/04/2022 Kerry Cullinan More than a billion people in India and Pakistan are expected to face temperatures of over 40ºC in the next few days, peaking as high as 50Cº in Pakistan as record-breaking heatwaves that began in early March continue to affect South East Asia. The heat is also jeopardising India’s wheat exports, which are even more […] Continue reading -> Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
Record-breaking Heatwaves in India and Pakistan Affect Over Billion People 27/04/2022 Kerry Cullinan More than a billion people in India and Pakistan are expected to face temperatures of over 40ºC in the next few days, peaking as high as 50Cº in Pakistan as record-breaking heatwaves that began in early March continue to affect South East Asia. The heat is also jeopardising India’s wheat exports, which are even more […] Continue reading -> Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
Tigray’s Health System ‘Totally Collapsed’, say Health Workers 27/04/2022 Fred Harter, The New Humanitarian ADDIS ABABA – After nearly 18 months of conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to […] Continue reading -> Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Malaria, Polio, and COVID-19: Lessons for Existing and Future Pandemics 26/04/2022 Sarthak Das, Aidan O’Leary & Shekhar Mehta On the occasion of World Immunization Week, influential global health figures share lessons learned in the global fight against two age-old diseases, malaria and polio – and more recently, COVID-19 – and how we should tackle existing and future pandemics. While COVID-19 surprised and shocked the world, it should not have. For decades, infectious […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts