April 20th, 2020, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia): Women 20 (W20), the Women’s Engagement Group, have supported the idea proposed at the virtual meeting of Health Ministers from the G20 countries to create a new global health task force to tackle pandemics. The W20 urges Ministers to appoint women to a new task force, as an increase...
Category: Covid19
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#FlattenTheCurve Special: Awareness campaign to help parents and children cope
April 19th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): The Sharjah Child Friendly Office (SCFO) has launched Parenting and Covid-19 an awareness campaign to support parents and families as they help their children deal with various new issues stemming from being restricted to home as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The campaign...
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I was haunted for many nights by the fear I saw in his eyes when I explained to him that he needed to be placed on a ventilator
Almost two million people have been infected by the COVID19 Pandemic, indiscriminately, these include women, men and children. And the numbers will keep on rising well after this article is published! With more than a 100 days gone since the World Health Organization (WHO) first alerted the world of the virus, the wrath of the...
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#FlattenTheCurve: Are Cancer Patients at a Higher Risk of COVID-19? Facts versus Myth
View the book to distinguish facts from myths! As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spreads, the UAE-based non-profit, Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP), has stepped up efforts to continue on its mission to provide much-needed and credible information about the risks and vulnerability particularly faced by cancer patients to COVID-19, to those currently...
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#FlattenTheCurve Special: #Fakehunter world’s largest anti-infodemic system launched
On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) termed the spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) a global pandemic. Following this announcement, another epidemic unleased itself onto the global arena that of misleading information, also known as “infodemic”. This combination of real and false information has caused widespread panic and confusion among populations....
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#FlattenTheCurve Special: Estonia’s Public and Private Sectors Come Together to Develop Innovative Solutions Amidst the COVID19 Crisis
April 9th, 2020, Tallinn (Estonia): On the day the state of emergency was declared in Estonia, a public-private e-hackathon was held as one of the first crisis responses to offer quick and feasible solutions to combat the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic. Estonia has a number of digital and globally successful startups which include four unicorn digital...
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#FlattenTheCurve Special: Investing in Biotech
This article was previously published by the author on LinkedIn. Biotechnology is an industry that focuses on novel drug development and clinical research, aimed at treating medical conditions and diseases. The biotech industry offers an opportunity to invest in tangible solutions for public health, economic security and environmental sustainability. The COVID-19 pandemic is a reality...
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#FlattenTheCurve Special: Is ICT keeping its promise as pandemic hits the world?
As the world faces an unprecedented crisis in the form of Coronavirus COVID-19, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is playing a critical role in bringing people together while social distancing is being practiced across the world. More than ever, information, unified collaboration, and telecommunication including mobile networks form a critical backbone that enables families, health...
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#FlattenTheCurve Special: It Takes A Village
The damage that the novel coronavirus, COVID 19 will have on poor countries is nothing short of catastrophic. The impact of this pandemic is far reaching and has spread over to 199 countries. It is not just a public health crisis, it is urgent that we recognize it for what it truly is a...
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COVID-19: Womens Needs Must be at the Centre of Response and Recovery Plans
With the increased global panic, loss, and grief as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was a video, many might have watched with absolute disbelief! In my country, Daily Nation says Kakamega traders protested the closure of a street market due to CoronaVirus, One may wonder, do they not realise just how serious the...