Poetry and politics: Paediatrics 2.0. Reimagining child health for a post COVID-19 world. Paediatricians reach out to children during the pandemic by co-writing and performing a poem: Online performance: Tuesday 29 September, 5pm Paediatricians across the country have collaborated with poet Laura Mucha to write and perform a poem for children to let them know they’re there if they […]
Community healthcare services have been critical in preventing hospitals from becoming overwhelmed during the coronavirus pandemic and in allowing people to receive the care they need closer to and within their own homes. However, without greater investment and support from the Government, their vital contribution is at risk as the NHS braces itself for a […]
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Oxford Vaccine Raises Hope: When Will First Covid-19 Vaccine Be Available? The world is breathing a sigh of relief after scientists at Oxford University, in a paper published in The Lancet, said their experimental Covid vaccine had been shown to trigger a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. So, when […]
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Using experiences from the Polio Programme in the response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia: The story of a dedicated frontline Laboratory Professional. Many frontline workers are putting their lives on-the-line in the response to COVID-19 Pandemic. They put their lives at risk daily, tasked with the critical mission of controlling the spread and mitigating the […]
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Royal Society of Medicine convenes global Covid-19 clinical conference: An international Covid-19 conference to consolidate key clinical learning from across the globe will take place online on Monday 27 July from 16.00 hrs to 18.15 hrs (UK time). Hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine, the conference will draw together an international faculty of leading clinicians […]
COVID-19: Cuba offers UK salutary lesson in ‘shoe-leather’ epidemiology: Cuba’s successful containment of COVID-19 through door-to-door screening of every home in the country, shows how ‘shoe-leather’ epidemiology could have averted the dramatic failure of the UK’s response to the pandemic. In Cuba there have been 2,173 confirmed cases and 83 deaths, with no reported deaths throughout the first week in […]
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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic according to newly published UN Report. COVID-19 is just one example of the rising trend of diseases – from Ebola to MERS to West Nile and Rift Valley fevers – caused by viruses that have jumped from animal hosts into the human population. A […]
Young adults – Overwhelmed and unemployed. How the pandemic has affected job prospects for young adults – and how to look after your mental health. Redundancy threats and job cuts are making it difficult for young adults to find work Career hopes are often dashed, as many simply struggle to make ends meet Experts say […]
Brazzaville, 10 June 2020 – COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa since the virus was first detected on the continent in mid-February 2020. More than 200 000 cases have been confirmed so far, with more than 5600 deaths. The pandemic is accelerating – it took 98 days to reach 100 000 cases and only 18 […]
Behavioural science key to success of ‘test and trace’ app says British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society (BPS) has today published a briefing informed by leading behavioural psychologists which highlights the importance of behavioural science in the success of the Government’s new Covid-19 digital contact tracing app. With the app requiring people to perform […]
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