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What the World Can Learn From Africa’s Covid-19 Response

Fri, 2020-12-04 13:00 — mike kraft

What The World Can Learn from Africa’s Covid-19 Response Where America has floundered, many African countries have succeeded Tiffany Onyejiaka Medium

The United States has had a less than successful handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. From the government response to individual protests, the American response has abounded with politics and failures that have led to unfortunately high fatalities.

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African malaria deaths set to dwarf covid-19 fatalities as pandemic hits control efforts, WHO warns

Fri, 2020-12-04 12:39 — mike kraft

African malaria deaths set to dwarf covid-19 fatalities as pandemic hits control efforts, WHO warns Excess malaria deaths caused by pandemic driven shortfalls in prevention and treatment efforts will probably dwarf direct deaths from covid-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization has warned. Progress against malaria—dramatic in the first decade of this century—had already stalled since 2016 as foreign donors drifted away. But 2020 is likely to be the first year in decades to see an increase in deaths, WHO warned in its 2020 World Malaria Report.1 About 1.5 billion malaria cases and 7.6 million deaths have been averted since 2000, WHO estimates.

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INVESTIGATION: How Florida’s governor misled the public on the COVID-19 pandemic

Fri, 2020-12-04 12:30 — mike kraft

Secrecy and spin: How Florida’s governor misled the public on the COVID-19 pandemic The DeSantis administration tried to control public information on the coronavirus pandemic by sidelining Florida health experts, spreading misinformation, withholding data, and casting doubt on the risks, a Sun Sentinel investigation has found. Mario Ariza, David Fleshler, Cindy Krischer Goodman sun-sentinel.com

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Analysis: First U.S. delivery of COVID-19 vaccine will leave out many high-risk workers

Fri, 2020-12-04 10:18 — mike kraft

Analysis: First U.S. delivery of COVID-19 vaccine will leave out many high-risk workers The U.S. government's first shipment of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses to be divided among states and federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, will fall far short of protecting high priority groups such as healthcare workers, a Reuters analysis has found... Rebecca Spalding, Carl O’Donnell U.S.

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Almost All COVID Transmission Is Happening in These 5 Places, Doctor Says

Fri, 2020-12-04 10:06 — mike kraft

Almost All COVID Transmission Is Happening in These 5 Places, Doctor Says As the U.S. continues to report record-breaking COVID numbers, medical experts are trying desperately to appeal to Americans to stay away from high-risk locations and adhere to coronavirus precautions. Some areas, like Los Angeles, have even implemented new stay-at-home orders in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus. However, CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, says not everything has to shut down because the majority of COVID transmission happens in just five places.While Gupta was on CNN's New Day on Dec.

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Fewer infants hospitalized for respiratory infections followed counter-COVID-19 measures in New Zealand

Thu, 2020-12-03 19:53 — mike kraft

COVID-19 and Infant Hospitalizations for Seasonal Respiratory Virus Infections, New Zealand, 2020 In March 2020, a national elimination strategy for coronavirus disease was introduced in New Zealand. Since then, hospitalizations for lower respirat... Emerging Infectious Diseases journal

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Fragmented health systems in COVID-19: rectifying the misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage --The Lancet

Thu, 2020-12-03 19:33 — mike kraft

Fragmented health systems in COVID-19: rectifying the misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous strain on countries around the world, exposing long-standing gaps in public health and exacerbating chronic inequities. Although research and analyses have attempted to draw important lessons on how to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response, few have examined the effect that fragmented governance for health has had on effectively mitigating the crisis.

By assessing the ability of health systems to manage COVID-19 from the perspective of two key approaches to global health policy—global health security and universal health coverage—important lessons can be drawn for how to align varied priorities and objectives in strengthening health systems.

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The U.S. has spent billions stockpiling ventilators, but many won’t save critically ill COVID-19 patients

Thu, 2020-12-03 19:09 — mike kraft

The U.S. has spent billions stockpiling ventilators, but many won’t save critically ill COVID-19 patients With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across its shores earlier this year, the U.S. government in April announced orders for almost $3 billion of ventilators for a national stockpile, meant to save Americans suffering from severe respiratory problems brought on by the disease. Tom Bergin U.S.

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Africa foresees 60% of people vaccinated against COVID in two to three years

Thu, 2020-12-03 13:05 — mike kraft

Africa foresees 60% of people vaccinated against COVID in two to three years Africa aims to have 60% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19 within the next two to three years, the African Union's disease control group said on Thursday. Reuters Staff U.S.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa aims to have 60% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19 within the next two to three years, the African Union’s disease control group said on Thursday.

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China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms - AP Investigation

Thu, 2020-12-03 12:57 — mike kraft

China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery. Throughout the... AP NEWS

WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.

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