Eliminating Age Discrimination from Lockdown Curfews
Sealed playground just outside the Slovak capital, Bratislava. Credit: Ed Holt/IPS By Charlotte CooperLONDON, Jun 10 2020 (IPS) During the Covid-19 pandemic governments around the world have introduced curfews as an exceptional, yet necessary, means of containing the spread of the virus. Yet while most countries have applied their curfews uniformly to all citizens, authorities across several regions have introduced them only for certain groups exclusively because of their age, including for under-18s.
Most curfews have now been eased, but the ones specific to children and young people are based on lazy and harmful stereoty...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlotte Cooper Tags: Global Headlines Health Human Rights Source Type: news
Bosnia: Officials, firm owner arrested over ventilator deal
Bosnian authorities have detained two high-ranking state officials and the owner of a private company which imported 100 ventilators from China that were found to be useless for COVID-19 patients (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Factors associated with burnout syndrome in primary and secondary school teachers in the republic of srpska (bosnia and herzegovina) - Mari ć N, Mandić-Rajčević S, Maksimovic N, Bulat P.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of burnout syndrome in a large sample of primary and secondary school teachers in the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and identify the factors associated with burnout in this popu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 26, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Bosnians allowed to go home after coronavirus quarantine protest
Protesters in Sarajevo who staged a hunger strike over their treatment in coronavirus quarantine were on Tuesday allowed to go home by Bosnian authorities. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Epidemiologist's COVID-19 death raises concern in Bosnia
Less than three weeks ago, a respected Bosnian epidemiologist was fielding calls from journalists seeking advice on how to prepare for the coronavirus outbreak (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
COVID-19: from conflict to pandemic, migrants in Bosnia face a new challenge
Migrants and refugees hosted at UN-run reception centres in Bosnia-Herzegovina, are learning to cope with the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - April 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Russian antitumor drugs first time registered in Europe
(BIOCAD) Two BIOCAD products, Acellbia (INN: rituximab) and Herticad (INN: trastuzumab), received the first European registration certificate in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Registration was received with the support of ICM d.o.o partner and is valid for 5 years. The first deliveries shall start in June 2020. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 1, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
"Things like that happen when you come to a new country": Bosnian refugee experiences with discrimination - Komolova M, Pasupathi M, Wainryb C.
The present study examined how Bosnian refugees make sense of their experiences with everyday discrimination in the United States. Sixty Bosnian refugees in three generations--adolescents, young adults, and middle-aged adults--were asked to provide three n... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Cochrane Bosnia and Herzegovina symposium called'Cochrane for everyone' held at Medical School in Mostar
Cochrane Bosnia and Herzegovina second scientific symposium took place on Friday January 17th in front of the full auditorium of the University of Mostar School of Medicine.The theme of the symposium was ' Cochrane for everyone ' and it attracted huge interest from the media, medical students, and clinicians. Below is just a sample of some of the media coverage:Cochrane simpozij: Bolje dono šenje odluka po vlastito zdravlje i zdravstvenu politikuSimpozij ' Cochrane za sve ' okupio stru čnjake iz BiH i HrvatskeMe đunarodni znanstveni simpozij u MostaruOdr žan 2. znanstveni BH Cochrane simpozijZnanstveni BH Cochrane s...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 19, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Evil of anti-Semitism ‘still with us’, says UNISON
Speaking an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:
“We remember the victims of the systematic and planned attempts by the Nazis and their collaborators to murder all the Jews in Europe. They exterminated six million Jewish people – two thirds of all those in Europe and over one million in Auschwitz alone.
“Today we remember the other victims of Nazi persecution including Roma, Sinti, Polish and Slavic people as well as the disabled, LGBT and Black people. Trade unionists and political opponent...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 27, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release Source Type: news
Holocaust Memorial Day: standing together
Today, 27 January, is Holocaust Memorial Day, and this year it marks exactly 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
UNISON marked the event with an event at UNISON centre, attended by hundreds of staff.
There was a minute’s silence and the lighting of a candle of remembrance to honour the victims of the Nazi regime and those murdered during modern genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Speeches were given by Dave Prentis, Georgia Gould, the leader of Camden council, local MP Keir Starmer, UNISON president Josie Bird, Hope not Hate deputy director Jemma Levene and UNISON senior ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 27, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article News anti-fascism anti-racism dave prentis holocaust memorial day hope not hate Josie Bird Keir Starmer Source Type: news
UNISON marks Holocaust Memorial Day
Senior local politicians and union leaders will be at UNISON’s London headquarters to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday 27 January.
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis and president Josie Bird will host an event at 11.45am to remember the millions who died during the Holocaust.
They will be joined by Holborn & St Pancras MP Keir Starmer, Camden Council leader Georgia Gould and Jemma Levene, deputy director of anti-fascism campaigning group Hope not Hate.
Commemorations will be even more poignant this year, as 2020 marks 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and 25 years since the 1995 Bosnian g...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 27, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: Garfield Myrie Tags: Article dave prentis holocaust memorial day Jemma Levene Josie Bird Keir Starmer Nazi oppression Source Type: news
Roads diverged: an examination of violent and nonviolent pathways in the aftermath of the Bosnian war - DiPietro SM.
Despite renewed interest among criminologists in war and genocide, still understudied are the implications of mass violence for human development and behavior over the life course. By drawing on detailed life history data gathered from 55 male Bosnian refu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Policing hate crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lali ć V, Đurić S.
Studying hate crimes in a country divided along sectarian lines, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, presents a substantial challenge for researchers. The consequences of hate crimes are multifaceted, and in an environment of institutional crime-control mechan... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Bosnian capital of Sarajevo hit by dangerous air pollution
Officials cancel all outdoor public events and warn citizens to remain indoors. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
