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COVID-19: Lessons from the Losses
Clementine, a community health volunteer, meets with a mother and child. Credit: Lys Arango for Action Against Hunger, KenyaBy Dr Patrick AmothNAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 7 2020 (IPS) If countries considered Universal Health Coverage (UHC) a central policy in their health systems, the COVID-19 has surely demonstrated the need for its urgent and widespread roll out. The pandemic has upended world systems in a manner that no scientists or sophisticated global intelligence could have foreseen.
Having been tapped to join the World Health Organization’s Executive Board to represent Africa midst this global crisis, I am persuaded tha...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dr Patrick Amoth Tags: Africa Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Labour TerraViva United Nations Trade & Investment Source Type: news
SARS-CoV-2 infections and hospitalisations among immigrants in Norway-significance of occupation, household crowding, education, household income and medical risk: a nationwide register study
CONCLUSIONS: There were large differences in infection rates and hospitalisations by country background, and these do not appear to be fully explained by socioeconomic and medical factors. Our results may have implications for health policy, including the targeting of mitigation strategies.PMID:35164616 | DOI:10.1177/14034948221075029
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - February 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Angela S Labberton Anna God øy Ingeborg Hess Elgersma Bj ørn Heine Strand Kjetil Telle Trude Arnesen Karin Maria Nyg ård Thor Indseth Source Type: research
Quality assurance in medical laboratories-an indispensability with benefits and risks
This article is intended to raise awareness of quality in medical laboratories to ensure patient safety through competent diagnostics on the patient. A literature search was carried out, including legal texts, standards, and further QM documents and publications. Furthermore, empirical values from representatives of various institutions are considered.A comprehensive QM system significantly supports work in medical laboratory diagnostics. Maintaining trust in the efficiency of medical laboratories and the facilities that support them is of great importance for the best possible care for the population. The additional effor...
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - February 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Janine Kleymann-Hilmes Sophia Br ünschwitz Michael M üller Source Type: research
Egypt’s Poor Easy Victims of Quack Medicine
Many pharmacies and herbalists in Egypt prescribe their own 'wasfa' (secret drug or herbal elixir). Credit: Cam McGrath/IPSBy Cam McGrathCAIRO, Aug 10 2014 (IPS) Magda Ibrahim first learnt that she had endometrial cancer when she went to a clinic to diagnose recurring bladder pain and an abnormal menstrual discharge. Unable to afford the recommended hospital treatment, the uninsured 53-year-old widow turned to what she hoped would be a quicker and cheaper therapy.
A local Muslim sheikh claimed religious incantations, and a suitable donation to his pocket, could cure the cancer. But when her symptoms persisted, Ibrahim cons...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cam McGrath Tags: Civil Society Education Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Middle East & North Africa Poverty & MDGs Projects Women's Health AIDS avian flu blood dialysis clinics Corruption Doctors Egypt Health care Hepatitis C h Source Type: news
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Military Physician Residency Websites
CONCLUSIONS: Program information in an accessible website platform allows prospective applicants to gain comprehensive perspectives of programs during the application process without reliance on personal visits and audition rotations. Limitations to in-person experiences, such as those caused by reductions in travel and concern for student safety during the global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, may be alleviated by accessible virtual information. Our results indicate that there is opportunity for all military residency programs to improve their websites and better recruit applicants through understanding their au...
Source: Military Medicine - October 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Raegan A Chunn Delaney E S Clark Maj Meghan C H Ozcan Source Type: research
Non-utilisation of medical services during the COVID-19 pandemic among persons with chronic diseases
DISCUSSION: Health policy and the media are faced with the challenge of dealing with fears of infection in the population in such a way that they do not lead to an avoidance of necessary care services.PMID:36723636 | PMC:PMC9891187 | DOI:10.1007/s00103-023-03665-9
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - February 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ines Sch äfer Alena Haack Marie Neumann Uwe Koch-Gromus Martin Scherer Elina Petersen Source Type: research
