Colombia's confirmed coronavirus cases rise above 50,000
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Colombia have risen to over 50,000, the country's Health Ministry said on Sunday, while neighboring Ecuador approached the same milestone. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Lab in Ecuador's capital forced to halt coronavirus testing
A major laboratory in Ecuador’s capital has closed and halted processing coronavirus tests because technicians didn’t have basic supplies like tubes, pipettes, masks and gloves needed to safely analyze the specimens (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Economic Ghosts Block Post-Lockdown Recovery
By Jomo Kwame SundaramKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 9 2020 (IPS) As governments the world over struggle to revive their economies after the debilitating lockdowns they imposed following their failure to undertake adequate precautionary containment measures to curb Covid-19 contagion, neoliberal naysayers are already warning against needed deficit financing for relief and recovery.
Deficit financing options
The range of deficit financing options has changed little since first legitimized by Roosevelt and Keynes in the 1930s and used extensively to finance wartime government spending.
Jomo Kwame SundaramFirst, debt financing ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram Tags: Economy & Trade Education Financial Crisis Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Cochrane research group at UTE University of Ecuador receives the " General Rumi ñahui " award for its work related to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Cochrane research group at the UTE University of Ecuador has received the " General Rumi ñahui " award by the Pichincha Provincial Council for its fight against the spread of COVID-19. The collaborating team there, part of Cochrane Iberoamerica has been recognized for their work on epidemiological research at the UTE. This award acknowledges their valuable contribution in modeling the evolution of the pandemic in the province; a fundamental task for taking preventive measures during the country ' s health emergency. On May 24th, a virtual event was held at the UTE to celebrate the award. Cochrane and Cochrane Iberoame...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 28, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
The Cochrane Centre of the UTE University of Ecuador receives the " General Rumi ñahui " award for its work related to the COVID-19 pandemic
The UTE University of Ecuador has received the " General Rumi ñahui " award by the Pichincha Provincial Council for its fight against the spread of COVID-19. The Cochrane Centre ' s collaborating team has been recognized for their work on epidemiological research at the UTE. This award acknowledges their valuable contribution in modeling the evolution of the pandemic in the province; a fundamental task for taking preventive measures during the country ' s health emergency. On May 24th, a virtual event was held at the UTE to celebrate the award. Cochrane and Cochrane Iberoamerica would like to congratulate our colleagues R...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 28, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
‘Declare remittance as an essential financial service’
The image shows the countries from which remittance flows to Bangladesh, a service that is severely affected by the coronavirus outbreak. By Star Online ReportMay 25 2020 (IPS-Partners) The UK and Switzerland are calling for greater global collaboration to ensure access to digital remittance services to support people during the coronavirus outbreak.
Such remittance accounts for more than five percent of the GDP in at least sixty developing countries. The World Bank predicts remittances to low- and middle-income countries will fall by 20 percent or $110 billion in 2020.
In a joint press statement, the two European countri...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Star Online Report Tags: Economy & Trade Health Source Type: news
Coronavirus Leads to Nosedive in Remittances in Latin America
Remittances now account for an important portion of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean and support millions of families, so the drop in this source of income is shaking the economies of many countries and deepening poverty in the region. CREDIT: World BankBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, May 18 2020 (IPS) Remittances that support millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean have plunged as family members lose jobs and income in their host countries, with entire families sliding back into poverty, as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis and global economic recession.
The region will receive a projected 77.5 ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Headlines Health Human Rights Labour Latin America & the Caribbean Migration & Refugees Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories Coronavirus COVID-19 ECLAC Source Type: news
Walk'n'roll: mapping street-level accessibility for different mobility conditions in Cuenca, Ecuador - Orellana D, Bustos ME, Mar ín-Palacios M, Cabrera-Jara N, Hermida MA.
In this study, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Brazil's President Bolsonaro continues to downplay coronavirus threat
Brazil has surpassed China's official coronavirus death toll, although President Jair Bolsonaro continues to downplay the threat. Local official there have been left to implement lockdowns themselves, which can be difficult in poor, crowded neighborhoods. Ecuador has also suffered during the outbreak, with bodies in its largest city, Guayaquil, going uncollected for days. Manuel Bojorquez reports on how South America is handling the pandemic amid fears that cases there could lead to a resurgence in the U.S. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ecuador suffers one of the world's worst COVID-19 outbreaks
Ecuador is seeing one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks, with possibly thousands dead. But that hasn't been enough to convince the president of Latin America's largest country, Brazil, to take the threat seriously. Manuel Bojorquez reports. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
No more bodies on the streets. But coronavirus batters Ecuador with disproportionate force
Images of corpses in Ecuador stoked fear of the coronavirus' effect on developing nations. Infections have yet to peak elsewhere in Latin America. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - April 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Patrick J. McDonnell, Pablo Jaramillo Viteri Source Type: news
For Peace Corps Evacuees, There Wasn ’t Even Time for Goodbye
(DUMFRIES, Va.) — After two weeks alone in a hotel room in the Virginia suburbs, 40 minutes outside Washington, Kelsea Mensh was ready to go home.
A few weeks earlier, the 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer had completed a year of service in the Dominican Republic. She loved being in her “pueblo” surrounded by families and lively children. She was working on a school improvement project and applying for funding to install hand-washing stations to help provide running water in her community. She was filled with purpose and excited to fulfill her two remaining years of service.
Then an email came, followed ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JACQUELYN MARTIN / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk wire Source Type: news
Ecuador coronavirus cases top 22,000 after release of delayed tests
Ecuador's confirmed coronavirus cases reached 22,719 after health authorities released the results of a batch of tests that had been backed up, Interior Minister Maria Paul Romo said on Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
World Coronavirus Updates: Ecuador, Britain, Iran
Britain shrouds science advice in secrecy. Pakistani imams and Ukrainian monks fight lockdown orders. A deeply divided E.U. moves ahead with an aid package. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) China Great Britain Europe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization Trump, Donald J United States Source Type: news
Ecuador's coronavirus case total is twice as high as confirmed: minister
Ecuador's health minister said on Thursday the country's coronavirus case total was twice as high as previously confirmed, as authorities added 11,000 new infections that resulted from delayed testing. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
