Are you a professional looking to progress further or perhaps a global health student at the early stage of your career? There are so many routes to get into a career in global health, so this podcast episode discussion is with two career professionals sharing their knowledge of how they chose their path and giving…
Our partner organisation TDR has just published a thoughtful Global Health Matters podcast, discussing the need to build an awareness of the ways we interact with colleagues in the workplace to adapt our programmes to be more inclusive. It is important to talk about “the future of global health through diversity and dignity”. Host Garry…
The new Global Health Matters podcast „Navigating digital health waves“ by TDR is out: Host Garry Aslanyan is talking to Alvin Marcelo, Executive Director of Asia eHealth Information Network and Chief Medical Information Officer of St. Luke’s Medical Center in the Philippines and Karin Källander, Senior Health Adviser and Chief of the Digital Health &…
Das Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response fordert in seinem Abschlußbericht die Weltgemeinschaft auf, die COVID-19-Pandemie gemseinsam und solidarisch zu beenden und eine Reihe mutiger und wesentlicher Reformen zu verabschieden, um die nächste Krise zu verhindern. Das unabhängige und hochranging besetzte Independent Panel wurde im Juli 2020 durch den Generaldirektor der WHO, Dr Tedros…
AN INSIGHT INTO COVID-19 IN COLOMBIA By Lina Garnica Rosas, June 20, 2020 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly increased in the pandemic scale since it first began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 (1). More than 180 countries have reported cases, including Colombia (2). The Colombian government has established several public health measures to…
An insight into the impact of COVID-19 in Peru Declared as the second hotspot in the Americas after Brazil, Peru is battling to control the COVID-19 pandemic which has already led to almost 200.000 confirmed cases and more than 5.000 deaths. The government of President Vizcarra had responded rapidly by closing international borders and implementing…
COVID-19 in Venezuela: the least of the worries. The current pandemic is affecting the global economy and will drastically change the way people behave from now on, from individual to international perspectives. Through the last four months, diverse socio-economic, and health actions implemented by governments worldwide had shown their results, and some of those countries…
An insight into COVID in Mexico Country profile Mexico is a country located in the North American continent. It borders in the north with the United States of America and in the south with Guatemala and Belize. It has a federal democratic, representative government and it is divided into 32 federal sovereign states. It has…
AN INSIGHT INTO COVID-19 IN GHANA by Seth Kofi Abrokwa, May 7, 2020 As at when this article was written (7 May 2020), 3091 cases of COVID-19 have been reported with 303 recoveries and 18 related deaths in Ghana. Following the confirmation of the first two cases on 12 March 2020, and as confirmed cases…
An insight into COVID-19 in the Ukraine by Iryna Kanya, MSc Human Rights, Institute for Research in International Assistance, Akkon Hochschule As of 17th of March, there were only 14 registered COVID-19 cases in Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Health. Even though the number of infected was not high in comparison with other European…