The coronavirus pandemic has hit communities in Ghana hard, either directly or indirectly through fear and panic of infection and the economic consequences of lockdown. As of 30 April, 2020, […]
Year: 2020
Sapana Basnet Bista: Covid-19 and the neglect of people with disabilities in communication campaigns
Extensive, accurate, and inclusive risk communication is a must when responding to any pandemic, says Sapana Basnet Bista […]
Diagnostic tests for covid-19—improving accuracy and global harmonisation
As the epidemic outbreaks of novel respiratory tract infectious diseases SARS, MERS, and the ongoing pandemic of covid-19 have shown, the development of accurate diagnostic tests play an important role […]
After covid-19, the NHS cannot return to “business as usual”
The novel, contagious, and highly pathogenic virus SARS-CoV-2 has, at the time of writing, infected nearly three million people worldwide and caused over 258,000 deaths. Risking saturation of services, the […]
Martin McKee: The questions we need to answer before easing lockdown
British ministers and their advisers were in an unenviable position when it became clear that covid-19 had reached the UK. This was a new virus, with characteristics that were still […]
The long term mental health impact of covid-19 must not be ignored
As many countries around the world are facing the peak of the covid-19 pandemic in their populations, discussions focus on flattening the curve to mitigate the impact on physically vulnerable […]
Ethical anchors and explicit objectives: ensuring optimal health outcomes in the Covid 19 pandemic
The covid-19 pandemic brings ethical decision-making to the forefront of clinicians’ minds. Most of the discussion to date has been focused on issues they may face individually, such as decisions […]
Rebecca Fisher: general practice in the time of covid-19
General practice has been forced to change rapidly to meet the challenges of coronavirus. Rebecca Fisher gives us further insight into how staff have adapted, and the caution that is […]
Paul Garner: For 7 weeks I have been through a roller coaster of ill health, extreme emotions, and utter exhaustion
Paul Garner, professor of infectious diseases at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, discusses his experience of having covid-19 […]
An exit strategy for relaxing physical distancing measures to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2
Governmental officials worldwide are currently evaluating exit strategies to end or reduce present restrictions on social interactions limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19. Governments must balance […]