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Young (and occasionally less young) researchers, mostly from LMICs, present their views on global health issues.
As Ecuador’s limited response to COVID-19 has hit the news in Europe and the USA, the country is still struggling to understand how everything may get even worse. By April 4, 2020, with 3,465 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country, there were 172 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and another 147 deaths due to acute respiratory failure, most of them ...
As of 5 April 2020, the total number of COVID-19 cases has crossed 1.2 million with over 60,000 deaths globally attributed to the novel coronavirus. Countries have been increasingly shutting their borders, imposing travel restrictions, and millions have been locked down to curb the spread of COVID-19. Three weeks ago, Italy was already the epice...
The corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to challenge the way the world has viewed and managed public health, everyday bringing new solutions and challenges. The pandemic has led to what is a “first” for civilization – a simultaneous lock-down of nearly 3 billion people across the world. India was coasting along with relative...
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous. ” (Munich Security Conference on Feb 15, 2020). End of January, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of Internation...
The impact, already, is devastating. Let us not downplay it, as there are reports of unethical dismissal, no pay for many workers. Those who operate taxis owe banks but will not have customers. Yesterday, I heard a heart wrenching caller on the radio asking for help because he is already faced with the choice of either paying the rent or buying ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11. The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has now spread to more than 170 countries and regions with over 400,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 19,000 deaths. Over 100,000 people have so far recovered. Although Europe is the current epicenter of the pandemic with po...
In the past few weeks, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has gone global affecting almost all countries, societies, and health systems. It is disrupting varying spheres of our social, political, or economical lives. It is also intruding into our spiritual domain. Spirituality is the foundation of human existence and getting more attention in Gl...
2020 and the world has gone viral (pun intended)! Some are comparing the current situation to the 1918 flu epidemic that took more than 30 million lives. Only time will tell. With COVID-19 now becoming a pandemic, it seems we are all at risk, however there is one group of people who will face greater challenges and consequences, these are peopl...
I clearly remember the first Monday of 2015. At the time, I was in Germany on an India-Germany student exchange programme. Sitting in my cold dark room, I was contemplating the transdisciplinary nature of my PhD study focusing on development aid and health systems strengthening in India. With a medical and health administration background and (a...
