Lewis Hamilton health: F1 driver on the 'lingering' effects of Covid- 'It's been a battle'
LEWIS HAMILTON is one of the most successful British racing drivers, holding the Formula One records for most wins, pole positions and podium finishes. Currently driving for Mercedes, the star is turning heads in a radical new-look Mercedes car as they train for the Bahrain pre-season. Amongst all his successes, last season 37-year-old Hamilton worried fans after visibly struggling with his health, which came after the driver contracted COVID-19 in late 2020. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gender Lens Crucial to Leaving No One Behind (Part 1)
Getting back on track post-COVID-19 is crucial says Regional Director of UNFPA ASRO, Dr Luay Shabaneh. The UNFPA runs several programmes for women and girls, here girls listen to a youth educator network Y-PEER presentation on the harms of female genital mutilation at their school in Garowe, Puntland. Credit: UNFPA Somalia/Tobin JonesBy IPS CorrespondentJohannesburg , Feb 27 2022 (IPS) Parliamentarians’ leadership in a post-COVID-19 recovery is crucial to achieving the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agenda. The involvement of lawmakers in ensuring a more equal, just, and sustainable soc...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: IPS Correspondent Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Health Humanitarian Emergencies Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) IPS UN Bureau Parliamentarians working to meet SDG's UNF Source Type: news
Israel's Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, to Make Historic Visit to Bahrain
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett landed in Bahrain on Monday in the first visit by an Israeli premier to the gulf state, which is seen as a proxy for Saudi Arabia. #saudiarabia #primeminister #naftalibennett #gulfstate (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic congratulates Bahrain on 50th anniversary
ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Mayo Clinic extends its good wishes to the people of Bahrain on the celebration of Bahrain National Day. Bahrain is marking its golden jubilee: the 50th anniversary of its independence. The official date of Bahrain ’s independence is Dec. 16, 1971. "Congratulations to all the people of Bahrain on this momentous occasion. We celebrate your pride and accomplishments over the last 50 years," says Mohamad Bydon, M.D., a neurosurgeon and Mayo Clinic executive… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 21, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Angelina Jolie Calls Those Threatened By ‘Eternals’ Same-Sex Relationship “Ignorant”
Deadline reported yesterday that Marvel’s latest juggernaut, The Eternals, will not be shown in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. The film — which contains the MCUs first s… #saudiarabia #theeternals (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Arab League ‘concerned’ by ‘deteriorating’ Lebanon-Gulf ties
Arab League statement comes hours after Saudi Arabia, Bahrain recalled their ambassadors to Lebanon. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Intimate partner violence in the Kingdom of Bahrain: prevalence, associated factors and WAST screening in primary health centres - Al Ubaidi B, Tawfeeq F, Ayed H, Hasan S, Alahmed F.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Women can experience physical abuse, mental, sexual abuse, or even controlling behavior throughout their partnership lifecycle, which must be prevented and curtailed at the early stages. Therefore, this study explores intimate pa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Child maltreatment prevention readiness in Bahrain - Al-Mahroos FT, Alnoaimi AA, AlAmer EA, Jahrami HA, Saleheen HN, Almuneef M, Al-Eissa MA.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Child maltreatment (CM) is a major public health problem worldwide. Despite the well-documented cases of all forms of CM and the improvement of the national response to CM in Bahrain, efforts on the prevention of CM are still lim... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
WHO opens country office in Bahrain
26 July 2021, Manama, Bahrain – Today, WHO officially opened a country office in Bahrain. Located in the capital city of Manama, the new office is the 20th WHO country office to open in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, and the 152nd WHO country office globally.
The office will enable WHO to work on the ground with national health authorities, United Nations partners and a range of stakeholders in all sectors to foster public health collaboration at the national, regional and international levels.
Her Excellency the Minister of Health Faeqa Bint Saeed Al Saleh formally opened WHO’s new premises ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - July 26, 2021 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Bahrain successfully vaccinates almost 70% of population with 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
13 July 2021 – More than one million people in Bahrain have received 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, ensuring that almost 70% of the population is now provided with an additional layer of protection against the virus. The vaccines were provided to people in the country free of charge and regardless of their citizenship status, in line with WHO’s mandate for universal health coverage and the regional vision of 'Health for All by All'.
“I would like to congratulate Bahrain on being one of the most successful countries in the Region and worldwide in terms of population coverage of the COVID-19 vaccine,” said Dr Tasn...
Source: WHO EMRO News - July 13, 2021 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Epidemiology of pediatric trauma in the Kingdom of Bahrain: a national pediatric trauma registry pilot study - Liu JCJ, Ismael AA, Zaidi A, Sha'ban BW, Almutawa SE, Chatha AA, Abuzeyad FH, Jaafar RI, Alghanem SA, Qassim GA, Kumar N, Corbally M.
BACKGROUND: A pediatric trauma registry for the Kingdom of Bahrain would be a novel public health tool for the Bahraini health system. The aim of this study was to explore the epidemiology of pediatric trauma at the national level by describing the distrib... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
They Relied on Chinese Vaccines. Now They ’re Battling Outbreaks.
More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from China. Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - June 22, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sui-Lee Wee Tags: China Seychelles Islands Bahrain Mongolia Vaccination and Immunization Disease Rates Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Source Type: news
Seychelles: Bahrain, Seychelles Discuss Post-Covid-19 Challenges, Tourism and Technology
[Seychelles News Agency] Economic challenges post-COVID-19 were discussed between the two island states of Bahrain and Seychelles on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 9, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Bahrain offers Pfizer booster for some who got Chinese shots
Bahrain has begun offering a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for some people, six months after they received two shots of China’s Sinopharm vaccine (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Health Dept Confirms Cases of Indian, UK Covid-19 Variants
[allAfrica] The Department of Health has detected 4 cases of the B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant that emerged in India. Additionally, eleven cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the UK have also been confirmed. Of the eleven cases of the UK variant detected, eight were confirmed in the Western Cape (with two patients having a history of travel from Bahrain), one was detected in KwaZulu-Natal and two were detected in Gauteng. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 9, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
