Billion-dollar plan Almost as if to make up for the lost Trump year during the pandemic, the White House has put together an ambitious new plan with a $65.3 billion price tag that could transform the way the United States responds to pandemics by vastly accelerating vaccine development, testing, and production. But is the plan […]
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Endangered species: Preserving wildlife a public health need
At first glance, the crises of endangered species and pandemics may seem separate. But they are, in fact, interrelated as a recent Foreign Policy analysis outlines. According to the piece, authored by Lindsey Kennedy and Nathan Paul Southern, “the trade of illegal wildlife products is everywhere, but the pandemic offered a brief opportunity to crack […]
Pandemic preparedness at the forefront
The 74th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the highest-level decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), is to foreground pandemic preparedness whilst advancing measures to end the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has dominated headlines and the public health discourse for well in excess of a year. The public health crisis is unprecedented […]
Cardiology assessments dropped dramatically during COVID
The pandemic witnessed a steep drop in the number of cardiology assessments, according to the recently-published results of a survey. Of particular concern throughout the COVID-19 has been the disruption to routine health services, ranging from routine immunisation to screening for and treatment of other diseases. In the case of cardiology, the International Atomic Energy […]
Pandemic preparation: a wake up call
Amidst the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for countries across the globe to step up preparations for future pandemics during its 73rd World Health Assembly. The WHO noted that “the COVID-19 pandemic is a sobering reminder that health is the foundation of social, economic and political stability”. Prospects in […]
Pandemic: India steps up coronavirus fight
The Union Government has elected to effectively shut India off from the rest of the world, coming on the heels of the declaration of the World Health Organization (WHO) that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has reached pandemic proportions. The global scope of the coronavirus pandemic Speaking yesterday, World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom […]