Lawyers With Disabilities Under the Nigerian Legal Profession: Thinking About the Bar and the Forgotten ‘Class-of-the-Classless’
Bizibrains Okpeh, Lawyers With Disabilities Under the Nigerian Legal Profession: Thinking About the Bar and the Forgotten ‘Class-of-the-Classless,’ SSRN: What is it you are thinking? Are you thinking about a tiny “class-of-classless” individuals, who are gradually but steadily drowning in... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 12, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lesson from Nigeria
Francis Olawale Abulude, Ifeoluwa Ayodeji Abulude, Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lesson from Nigeria, SSRN: COVID-19 is the deadly virus that has nearly locked down the entire universe. It has claimed several millions of lives worldwide. Presently, there is no... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 27, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Access to Lifesaving Medical Resources for African Countries: COVID-19 Testing and Response, Ethics, and Politics
Matthew Kavanagh (Georgetown University), Ngozi A. Erondu (Chatham House), Oyewale Tomori (Nigeria Academy of Sciences), Victor Dzau (National Academy of Medicine), Emelda A. Okiro, Allan A. Maleche (Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network), Ifeyinwa C. Aniebo (Health Strategy and Delivery... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 22, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Medical Malpractice in Public Health Emergencies: A Review of Medical Response to COVID-19 in Nigeria
Tomilola Tobun, Medical Malpractice in Public Health Emergencies: A Review of Medical Response to COVID-19 in Nigeria, SSRN: The Article establishes that in a pandemic situation, there is a duty to prevent the transmission of disease& an established duty... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 21, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Immigrant physicians: Acknowledge our privilege and move to action
Born in the United States of America to Nigerian parents, I was raised in Nigeria and returned to the U.S. after medical school for residency training. I have practiced medicine in Chicago, IL for 25 years, and like many others, have had to deal with microaggressions and racism within and outside the workplace. However, this […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/toyin-m-falusi" rel="tag" > Toyin M. Falusi, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy Public Health & Source Type: blogs
Policy Responses to Addressing the Issues of Environmental Health Impacts of Charcoal Factory in Nigeria: Necessity Today; Essentiality Tomorrow
Ajayi Folajimi Ajibola (Kwara State College of Nursing and Midwifery), Morufu Raimi (Niger Delta University), Oluseyi Catherine Steve-Awogbami (College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti), Anthony Olusola Adeniji (College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti), Adebayo Patrick Adekunle (College of... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 11, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Building a Therapeutic Alliance with a Dreamer: Trials and Tribulations of an Undocumented Immigrant
This article is a reminder to be compassionate towards your peers, even if you do not know about their immigration status. Be sensitive and understanding of the hardships associated with immigration status. More importantly, advocate for the undocumented immigrants to have access to mental health care. (Source: World of Psychology)
Source: World of Psychology - July 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alif Ahmed, MS Tags: Abuse Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy PTSD Relationships Stigma Trauma Abandonment C-PTSD DACA Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Health Insurance healthcare Immigration Insecurity Source Type: blogs
The Postal Service, Election Security, Reducing Child Deaths: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the role of the U.S. Postal Service, preparing for the presidential election, reducing child deaths in Nigeria, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 25, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Happy Birthday Jones Act. Let ’s Hope it’s Your Last
Colin GrabowTheJones Actturns 100 years old today. But the only ones likely to be celebrating or sending birthday cards are Washington special interests. For all other Americans it ’s been a failure, imposingbillions of dollars in costs while harming the very maritime sector it was meant to promote. It ’s time to let the Jones Act sail away into the sunset.Passed in 1920, this outdated law restricts the transportation of goods between U.S. ports to vessels that are U.S.-flagged, U.S.-built, and mostly U.S.-owned and crewed. But less than one percent of the world ’s51,000 ships meet these requirements, placi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 5, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 592
This week ' s interesting case was donated by Drs. Lee Decollings and Dejan Nikolic. The patient is a middle-aged male with travel approximately 2 months ago to Ethiopia, Nigeria and Cameroon. In the past few years, he has also traveled broadly in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and South America. He presented with fever and myalgias following a recent medical procedure.Diagnosis? Where did he likely acquire this infection? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 26, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 592
Answer toParasite Case of the Week 592:Plasmodium malariae;likely recrudescent infection, given that he has been without symptoms for> 2 months since his last travel to sub-Saharan Africa. WhileP. knowlesiis also in the differential based on the morphologic overlap betweenP. knowlesiandP. vivax,the long period of time since his travel to SE Asia would be atypical forP. knowlesiinfection.Some of the classicP. malariaefeatures seen in this case are the small size of the infected red blood cells, schizonts with only 6-12 merozoites, band forms, and a basket form:A tip for those studying for boards - be sure you know the di...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 25, 2020 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
A Multinational Effort to Reduce Neonatal Mortality: Interview with Dr. Maria Oden, Co-director of Rice 360 ° Institute for Global Health
According to the World Health Organization, 47% of childhood deaths worldwide occur in the first four weeks of life. This neonatal mortality rate is particularly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly one million newborns die every year.
Many of these deaths can be prevented with medical devices that more developed countries often take for granted, such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), phototherapy lights, and temperature monitors. However, solving the problem is not as simple as donating equipment; these devices are often too complicated to operate by limited staff, too resource-intensive to use, o...
Source: Medgadget - May 7, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Education Exclusive Pediatrics Public Health Source Type: blogs
Neglected Diseases – Neglected Once Again
written by Dr. Stephen A. Berger
For several years, the World Health Organization has been following a group of twenty-or-so Neglected Tropical Diseases. In the Developed World, these conditions are largely unknown to the general public, and even to physicians working in fields outside of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. In only three months, the list of neglected diseases has grown to include more than 360 infectious conditions – all because of a single new viral disease called COVID-19.
As of this morning, 287 cases of COVID-19 had been reported in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) resulting in 23 deaths. H...
Source: GIDEON blog - April 17, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Diagnosis Epidemiology Outbreaks Source Type: blogs
There is No Good Justification for the New Immigration Ban
Alex NowrastehOn January 31st, the Trump administration issued a proclamation that stopped the issuance of most green cards to citizens of Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Eritrea, Myanmar, Tanzania, and Sudan. If the ban applied to these countries in 2018, it would have blocked 12,313 green cards that year.This is the second wave of ‘travel bans’ issued by the Trump administration since the initial ban of many predominately Muslim‐majority countries in 2017. The stated justification for these bans is to protect the public from terrorist and criminal threats that could be committed by immigrants from those countries. Fu ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
The Digital-First Health Insurance Startup Changing Healthcare in Nigeria | Femi Kuti, RelianceHMO
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH
RelianceHMO is a Nigerian-based health insurance startup that aims to turn the traditional health insurance world upside-down. CEO Femi Kuti delves into how his company is using mobile phones, telemedicine, data science, and even underwriting (!) to make health insurance cheaper — and more accessible. With more than 1800 hospital partners across Nigeria, RelianceHMO is making a name for itself, but how does it plan to scale throughout Africa? And, what can payers around the world learn from their approach as they seek to make health insurance easy and affordable for Nigeria’s 1...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Grishma Reddy Tags: Health Tech Jessica DaMassa WTF Health Femi Kuti Health insurance health insurance companies Nigeria Reliance HMO Source Type: blogs
