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Coronavirus Epidemic Has Implications for Life Expectancy
Credit: China.orgBy James LiangBEIJING, China, Feb 17 2020 (IPS) As efforts to contain the Coronavirus epidemic enter a critical stage, it is important to remember that the costs cannot be measured purely in economic terms, as the measures taken will have implications for life expectancy across the entire nation.
Analysis of historical data from various countries gives insight into the relationship between life expectancy and GDP per capita.
In the first place, it is clear that countries with higher per capita incomes have longer life expectancies, owing to the ability and willingness of wealthier nations to invest in he...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: James Liang Tags: Asia-Pacific Featured Global Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Coronavirus Action Plan: A Guide to What You Can Expect Across the UK (United Kingdom)
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 3/3/2020.
This resource sets out what the United Kingdom (UK) as a whole has done – and plans to do – to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, based on experience dealing with other infectious diseases and influenza pandemic preparedness work. It sets out what is known about the virus and the disease it causes; how the UK has planned for an infectious disease outbreak, such as the current coronavirus outbreak; the actions it has taken so far in response to the current coronavirus outbreak; and what it is planning to do next, depending upon the course t...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Coronavirus & Water Pandemics: Doing the Math
This article is to commemorate World Water Day on March 22
Vladimir Smakhtin is Director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, funded by the Government of Canada and hosted by McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
The post Coronavirus & Water Pandemics: Doing the Math appeared first on Inter Press Service.
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vladimir Smakhtin Tags: Featured Global Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations Water & Sanitation Source Type: news
Fighting Coronavirus: It ’s Time to Invest in Universal Public Health
By Isabel Ortiz and Thomas StubbsNEW YORK and LONDON, Mar 23 2020 (IPS) Austerity policies pushed by international financial institutions have weakened public health systems, despite current financial support packages, condemning many people to die.
As health systems of East Asia, Europe, and the Americas buckle under the strain of coronavirus, developing countries are expecting an even higher human toll. Decades of austerity promoted by international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and regional development banks have weakened public health systems, impeding the...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Isabel Ortiz and Thomas Stubbs Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Global Globalisation Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Coronavirus & Early Lessons from China
Credit: UN Population Fund (UNFPA)By Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, & Changyong Rhee, International Monetary Fund (IMF)WASHINGTON DC, Mar 27 2020 (IPS) The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China’s experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and mitigating its impact—but some of these policies come with difficult economic tradeoffs.
Success in containing the virus comes at the price of slowing economic activity, no matter whether social distancing and reduced mobil...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Helge Berger - Tags: Featured Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Q & A: How to #BeActive during COVID-19 Lockdown
Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach Division at the United Nations Department of Global Communications, says that its important for people to remain active during the coronavirus lockdown, not only physically, but mentally also. Courtesy: Maher NasserBy Samira SadequeUNITED NATIONS, Apr 13 2020 (IPS) Growing up in Ramallah in Palestine, Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach Division at the United Nations Department of Global Communications, never really liked running. “I only ran when I needed to: to catch a bus or to run from soldiers,” he tells IPS. But now with three marathons under his belt — which rai...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Samira Sadeque Tags: Development & Aid Featured Global Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations #BeActive #HealthyAtHome Coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: news
Coronavirus Anxiety Scale
Source: Christopher Newport University (CNU). Published: 5/14/2020.
Basic information
The coronavirus anxiety scale (CAS) is a self-report mental health screener of dysfunctional anxiety associated with the coronavirus crisis. Because a significant number of people experience clinically significant fear and anxiety during an infectious disease outbreak, the CAS was developed to help clinicians and researchers efficiently identify cases of individuals functionally impaired by coronavirus-related anxiety.
Psychometric properties
Independent studies of adults residing across the United State have demonstrated that the CAS...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Malawi ’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer Almost Ready But Election Fever may Prevent Lockdown
Malawi’s small scale traders selling their merchandise at Limbe market in Blantyre. Credit: Lameck Masina/IPS
By Lameck MasinaBLANTYRE, Malawi, Jun 11 2020 (IPS) Malawi remains one of the few nations in the world that has not gone into a coronavirus lockdown as the government rushes to meet the conditions of a court order to implement a cash transfer scheme for the poor before doing so. But as some parts of the world are slowing coming out of their lockdowns, it could be likely this southern African nation won’t go into one as the rerun of the country’s presidential election nears.
On Apr. 27, President Peter Muth...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lameck Masina Tags: Africa Aid Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Cash Transfers Coronavirus COVID-19 Elections Malawi Source Type: news
Feasibility, Utility, and Limitations of a Rapid Community Behavioral Diagnosis for Social Distancing During the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.
CONCLUSION: In a situation where local community action is paramount for reducing coronavirus transmission, this RCBD process is feasible and useful for informing local health promotion.
PMID: 32551916 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP - June 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Smith PH, Branscum PW Tags: Am J Health Promot Source Type: research
Lagos, Nigeria: Coronavirus is the least of concerns in the ‘Venice of Africa’
Blackened waters in the Makoko neighbourhood of Nigeria’s commercial capital mirror the harsh reality of lockdown. Photo: Damillola OnafuwaBy Kevwe OkporuaLAGOS, Nigeria, Jun 24 2020 (IPS-Partners) A riot of canoes bumping into each other in narrow waterways — paddlers yell a chorus of instructions to other boats: “Move! Shift! Stop!”
Expletives are thrown in for good measure in one of three languages spoken here — Egun, Yoruba and French. Children can be seen floating by in large plastic basins, joining the hustle and bustle of traffic.
The Nigerian Government is reaching out to vulnerable urban areas, with som...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kevwe Okporua Tags: Africa Health Humanitarian Emergencies Source Type: news
Southeast Asia Has a Chance to Build Back Better Post-Pandemic
A boat on Pasig River in the Philippines. The Philippines has the highest mortality rate from the coronavirus in Southeast Asia. Credit:Kara Santos/IPS
By Samira SadequeUNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 2020 (IPS) Southeast Asia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been efficient, but some areas such as data privacy, measures to go back to normalcy after lockdown is lifted, and resources for migrant or transient populations will need addressing.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said while the pandemic has introduced new challenges in the region, including threats to peace and security, “containment measu...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Samira Sadeque Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Featured Food & Agriculture Global Governance Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Coronavirus CO Source Type: news
Approval of a Coronavirus Vaccine Would Be Just the Beginning – Huge Production Challenges Could Cause Long Delays
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Viricidal treatments for prevention of coronavirus infection.
Authors: Khokhar M, Roy D, Purohit P, Goyal M, Setia P
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which causes severe acute respiratory syndrome and lung failure, is caused by the novel coronavirus, also known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Due to high transmission rates from individual to individual, it has progressed to a pandemic. However, indirect transmission from inanimate objects or surfaces that have come in contact with a patient poses an even more significant threat as it is difficult to trace the source of infection in these cases. Therefore, these surfaces and object...
Source: Pathogens and Global Health - September 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Pathog Glob Health Source Type: research
Q & A: COVID-19 has Pushed Women Peacebuilders from Key Leadership Roles
Scenes from a rehearsal session with Colombia’s Cantadora Network, a network of singers using traditional Afro-Colombian music to preserve their culture and promote peace. According to the Global Network of Women Peacebuilder, funds are being diverted from women-led peacebuilding organisations, and from peacebuilding processes more broadly. Credit: UN Women/Ryan BrownBy Samira SadequeUNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 2020 (IPS) Women need to be given roles as negotiators, not just offered representation through advisory groups, Agnieszka Fal-Dutra Santos from the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) told IPS.
Santos spoke w...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Samira Sadeque Tags: Climate Change Development & Aid Featured Gender Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Women & Climate Change Coronavirus COVID-19 Gl Source Type: news
Populism, pestilence and plague in the time of coronavirus
Russell Mannion, Ewen Speed
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.175-181
This paper aims to explore right wing populist government responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
This paper is a narrative overview of right-wing populist policies and strategies, which is loosely structured around fascistic themes set out in Albert Camus’ allegorical novel, The Plague.
Although individual responses to the coronavirus pandemic among right-wing populists differ, they appear to coalesce around four central themes: initial denial and then mismanagement of the pandemic; the dis...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - January 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Russell Mannion Ewen Speed Source Type: research
