A humanitarian crisis is taking place at sea and urgent action is needed to protect seafarers health and ensure the safety of shipping, warns . It is estimated that more than 300,000 seafarers and marine personnel are currently stranded at sea and unable to be repatriated despite the expiry of their contracts. A similar number of seafarers have been unable to join ships and relieve them. This is due to restrictions imposed by several governments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For expectant mothers facing the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, fear, anxiety and uncertainty are clouding this otherwise happy time. seeks advice from midwives.
The number of under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 down to 5.2 million from 12.5 million in 1990, according to new UN mortality estimates. Since then, however, surveys by and reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in major disruptions to health services that threaten to undo decades of hard-won progress. Health check-ups, vaccinations and prenatal and post-natal care, are restricted due to resource constraints and general uneasiness with using health services due to fear of getting COVID-19.
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In response to community transmission of COVID-19, New Zealand implemented a range of measures to contain the virus, including extensive testing, contact tracing and clear and consistent communications to the public.
Many routine and elective services have been suspended, while critical care - such as cancer screening and treatment and HIV therapy has seen high-risk interruptions in low-income countries.
Fear of the virus discourages women from seeking maternal health care, causing a 25 per cent decline in patients. and Health officials warn that complications could rise as a result.
Significant breaches of human rights and other life-threatening and discriminatory disruptions have made part of the COVID-19 responses worldwide. The UN Secretary General has requested all UN entities to support the efforts of the in their own respective areas of expertise. So, to better inform the response going forwards, commissioned a report on how COVID-19 public health orders and restrictions on movement have impacted the response to HIV and human rights.
The African Region was certified as wild polio-free after four years without a case. Over 90% of the worlds population is now free of the wild poliovirus, moving the world closer to achieving global polio eradication. Only two countries worldwide continue to see wild poliovirus transmission: Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) congratulates the national governments of the 47 countries in the WHO African Region for this historic milestone.
In the latest episode of Awake At Night, Marie-Roseline B矇lizaire is a doctor and epidemiologist with the World Health Organization (WHO), recounts her experiences on the frontlines of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, contact tracing that pandemic. Now, fighting COVID, shes able to apply that expertise to the Central African Republic.
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In the latest episode of Awake at Night, , Executive Director of the Health Emergencies Programme for , speaks about giving up on dreams of becoming a trauma surgeon after breaking his spine in a car crash in Iraq. He was held hostage there while working in a hospital during the first Gulf War. That experience set him on the path to WHO, with a specialism in infectious diseases.
There are 164 million migrant workers around the world and they have been very impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. poses the question: how can trade unions protect migrant workers during the COVID-19 crisis?