Data science infrastructure is sorely needed in many places. Doctors Without Borders brings medical help to nations in need, but similar efforts are relatively small for statistics.
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Ebola – Analyses
Vaccine manufacturing doesn’t come cheap. It depends heavily on support from developed countries. It also requires much more than relaxing intellectual property rights and a desire for vaccine equity.
Nigeria’s TB Joshua wasn’t just known for his evangelism and controversies. He was also a beloved philanthropist.
Ebola survivors use multiple avenues to address their health needs, which presents a management challenge.
Ebola seems to be able to lay dormant in people for many years before causing disease again.
There are three broad sets of health-related opportunities and benefits that may shape the future of India-Africa relations.
The virus is always present in nature and when circumstances allow, it may jump from one species to another.
Countries in the West Africa region are in a very different position to seven years ago. They now have the experience of the past as well as new tools to tackle Ebola.
The Trump White House questioned the value of foreign aid and neglected policies related to helping low-income countries. But US aid had already needed improvement.
Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. A new report shows we must urgently transform our relationship with the environment.
To better anticipate and manage the emergence of new pandemics, a paradigm shift is needed to take into account the complex interactions between human health, animal health, the environment and the economy.
One approach to figure out what to expect is to look at the experiences of different countries after they closed schools due to previous pandemics, war or industrial action.
It is important that procedures surrounding funerals are developed by public health officials alongside traditional and religious authorities.
Yellow fever, malaria and Ebola all spilled over from animals to humans at the edges of tropical forests. The new coronavirus is the latest zoonosis.
African governments should shift their attention to strengthening health systems so that they are better placed to respond to any pandemic.
A COVID-19-type pandemic had long been predicted, but our warnings weren’t heeded. We need to start rethinking our approach to health now – even in countries like New Zealand.
Special steps need to be taken to blunt the impact of school closures, particuarly on girls.
Humans can identify asymptomatic cases, build trust and assauge fears. Apps cannot.
Authorities around the world can do more to ensure that correct information and messages on the pandemic reach everybody.
COVID-19 differs significantly from HIV and Ebola. But the potential consequences of having a misinformed public are similar.
Bats have been the reservoir for recent disease outbreaks, including SARS and the current COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s human activity that allows the virus to cross over.
During epidemics, the measures taken to protect populations and to keep health systems afloat leave women and girls vulnerable to violence.
COVID-19 is having a significant impact on the health, economic and social status of slum dwellers.
Covid-19, like other major epidemics, is not unrelated to the biodiversity and climate crisis we are experiencing.
Nurses on the front lines of a pandemic need education, training and institutional support.