Public Health 4 infectious diseases that should not be forgotten during COVID-19 weforum.org - Andrea Willige • Tuberculosis remains the world’s deadliest disease, according to the World Health Organization. • Eradicating cholera, malaria and measles by 2030 is a …
Canadian News The North Knows What It's Like to Fight a Pandemic | The Walrus thewalrus.ca - Elaine Anselmi In a meeting in late February, Minnie Grey fields regional councillors’ questions about the novel coronavirus tearing around the world. Speaking in …
Health OPINIONISTA: Covid-19 in South Africa – perspective is needed dailymaverick.co.za - Michael Cosser Covid-19 has caused us to lose perspective on various fronts. One main front is the burden of disease. In a country in which many thousands of people …
National GeographicHealth When cities were cesspools of disease National GeographicImagine living in darkness. You’re in a room the size of a closet. With your entire family. You can't see a thing, but you can hear and smell everything. Every breath, sneeze, cough that hits your face.
Philstar.comflipped into Interaksyon.comNature Photography If you’re not getting enough nature during the lockdown, try bringing it indoors with these simple hacks interaksyon.com - Kevin Nute via The Conversation Pandemics change everything, including the way we design buildings. After the 1918 Spanish flu and the scourge of tuberculosis, there was a push for …
Africa Ramaphosa cheers Africa’s fight against Covid-19 businesslive.co.za - KGOTHATSO MADISA AU chair Cyril Ramaphosa has praised African countries in their fight against Covid-19, which has infected more than 96,000 people continent and …
Geography In developing countries the coronavirus deaths are younger - Marginal REVOLUTION marginalrevolution.com - by Tyler Cowen May 24, 2020 at 12:41 pm in Current Affairs Data Source Medicine The virus then spreads through a population that’s less resilient. People in the developing world grapple not only with the diseases that have long …
United States I Survived Tuberculosis In The 1950s, So I’m No Stranger To Quarantine wbez.org - www.wbez.org At the beginning of the 20th Century, a global public health crisis hit Chicago—a widespread outbreak of tuberculosis. The highly contagious …
AvatarGuy Guyersonflipped into NBE 3CUEIndigenous Peoples Inuit patients taken home ‘like a pet’ by southern staff part of TB outbreak legacy of 1950s - APTN News aptnnews.ca - Brittany Guyot Inuit who were sent south for treatment for tuberculosis (TB) in the 1950s and ‘60s complained about their treatment, threatened self harm and were …
Black Press Mediaflipped into Agassiz-HarrisonCanada LETTER: Cheers to Canada for backing Gavi - Agassiz Harrison Observer agassizharrisonobserver.com - Adam Louis I am thrilled with the announcement by the federal government of support to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. If there is something that we have learned …
Health ‘Mastermind’ behind Tshwane’s fight against Covid-19 mourned by Gauteng health dept citizen.co.za - News24 Wire Stoltz, 59, died on Wednesday evening from complications arising from surgery, the University of Pretoria confirmed on Thursday. Since the Covid-19 …
Public Health WEBINAR: Global TB community must unite – 1.4 million lives are at stake dailymaverick.co.za - Daniel Steyn The Stop TB partnership predicts an additional 1.4 million people will die from TB by 2025 thanks to the Covid-19 response. In a webinar this week, …
News18.comflipped into News18 Latest NewsHealth Covid-19 vs TB: 'There's An Obvious Class and Regional Bias in India's Public Health System' news18.com - Suhas Munshi Delhi University teacher Maya John talks about the state of domestic workers and argues that a clear class bias is visible in the government's …
The Globe and Mailflipped into EntertainmentNews The COVID-19 pandemic could be ‘devastating’ for battles against tuberculosis, HIV and malaria The Globe and Mail - Geoffrey YorkNew figures from the front lines of infectious-disease campaigns are confirming the fears of many health experts: The coronavirus pandemic is inflicting heavy damage on the global fight against HIV and
World Politics USAID to allocate another $1.5 mln to Kazakhstan to fight coronavirus neweurope.eu - By New Europe online/KB NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – The US government via the Agency for International Development (USAID), has allocated for Kazakhstan an additional $1.5 …
Hindustan Timesflipped into India NewsIndia News 75-year-old man is second Covid-19 fatality in Gurugram, 10 new cases reported hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent A 75-year-old man, resident of Rajendra Park in Gurugram, died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical …
Hindustan Timesflipped into India NewsIcon version of the Flipboard logoTechnology Gurugram to use TrueNat tests before discharging Covid-19 patients hindustantimes.com - Archana Mishra The district health department is likely to start using TrueNat tests from Monday at the old civil hospital for conducting confirmatory tests on …
Andrea Pflipped into C'est rendipBusiness Lifting lockdowns: the when, why and how The Economist SINCE CHINA locked down the city of Wuhan on January 23rd, over a third of the world’s population has at one time or another been shut away at home. …
United States Virginia will use more than $50 million on contact tracing wtkr.com - www.wtkr.com NORFOLK, Va. - Virginia will use $58 million in federal funds to hire 1,000 contact tracers, Gov. Northam said during a news conference on …
Linda Anfusoflipped into Medical HistoryHealth Can We Co-Opt the Fight Against COVID-19 With That of Tuberculosis? - The Wire Science thewire.in - Sayan Das, Ramila Bisht and Yasir Hamid A patient suffering from tuberculosis rests inside a hospital in Agartala, Tripura. Photo: Reuters/Jayanta Dey/Files COVID-19 continues to rage across …
CBC Newsflipped into MontrealHealth Nunavik village not ready to welcome construction workers from south without 14-day quarantine | CBC News CBC News - Julia Page The town council of a remote Inuit community in northern Quebec said the region's public health authority has to go through the proper channels to …
The Mercury Newsflipped into California CoronavirusHealth Letter: Gains in global health are threatened by COVID-19 The Mercury News - Letters To The Editor I am gravely concerned that the COVID-19 relief bills will not provide enough funding to adequately maintain existing U.S.-supported international …
AvatarMike Jansonflipped into Covid 19Geography Can We Control Disease? bostonreview.net Science’s victory over bacteria, viruses, and other microbes is far from assured—and we may be part of the problem. Editors’ Note: This essay …
NDTVflipped into LatestScience Machines For Testing Drug-Resistant TB Now Allowed For COVID-19 Cases: Top Medical Body NDTV - Press Trust of India Machines used for testing drug-resistant tuberculosis can now be used for COVID-19 (Representational) Diagnostic machines used for testing …
AustraliaCurtin health research granted more than $1 million in NHMRC funding - News and Events | Curtin University, Perth, Western curtin.edu.au - news.curtin.edu.au Curtin University has been awarded $1.29 million in Federal Government funding to develop strategies to predict stillbirth and to investigate ways to …
Public Health World Health Organization | Nations Unies un.org - United Nations 1. James Chau (UK) Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goals and Health 2. Peng Liyuan (China) Soprano and Actress, Goodwill Ambassador …
Science SA has high rate of virus risk factors… and it could get worse citizen.co.za - Sipho Mabena With high rates of HIV, hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, South Africa ticks all the Covid-19 epidemic’s risk boxes. And …
AvatarEugene Berryflipped into Microbiology Africa S.Africa BCG booster trials seek low-cost weapon against COVID-19 - Reuters reuters.com - Wendell RoelfCAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The idea of testing the BCG vaccine in Africa against COVID-19 was bound to cause controversy, yet officials say efforts underway could, if successful, give the continent a cheap
The Seattle Timesflipped into Seattle NewsUnited States AP PHOTOS: Students help keep Greek COVID hospital on track seattletimes.com - Thanassis Stavrakis ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than a century ago, the Sotiria hospital in Athens was built as a public sanatorium for patients with a feared infectious …
Health Concerns raised after 10,950 HIV/Aids patients fail to collect medication citizen.co.za - Citizen reporter A total of 10,950 HIV/Aids and 1,090 Tuberculosis patients have failed to collect their medication amid the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of …
