COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. Ever since, the disease has spiralled across the world with more than 169 countries affected. We are essentially looking at a new challenge and at an unprecedented scale. The global health community has responded by putting in its best foot […]
Month: March 2020
COVID-19 and abortion care: why we need remote access to reproductive health services
by Elizabeth Chloe Romanis and Jordan Parsons At the end of 2018 the Department of Health announced that in England, following measures implemented earlier in Scotland and Wales, it would become legal for pregnant women to take misoprostol, the second of the two abortion pills at home. Before this, women were required to attend an […]
In pandemics, clear thinking (and explanations) matter even more
There’s been a flurry of interest about non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) drugs like ibuprofen and the new coronavirus recently. The UK medicine’s safety authority have been clear that there is no good evidence of a link between severe COVID19 disease and NSAIDs, but that this isn’t a lot of evidence. When there’s not much data of […]
Quarantine, ‘stir-crazy’ and what can we do?
In case you’d missed it, there’s a global pandemic of a novel coronavirus in early 2020 and various governments and organisations are suggesting a variety of things. Much of it revolves around staying away from other people; colloquially ‘quarantine’. There’s actually something much subtler going on, as well, but much of it has the same […]
#HCIDresponse
High Consequence Infectious Diseases do sound terribly administrative, don’t they? Not as headline grabbing as PANDEMIC or OUTBREAK but calmly checkboxy and quizzical. We blogged previously on the novel coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 / COVID19 and promised some thoughts on how we, child health specialists, should respond to this situation. One thing which keeps being unnerving and […]
Emerging infectious diseases and children
We are in the grip of a pandemic and, to some extent, a global panic. A novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, China in December 2019 has been identified around the world, and a global public health response has been activated. Other blogs, sites and journals are tracking and reporting on the explosion of […]
5 Tips to stay active and remain calm while “social distancing” this month
By Callista Ottoni @CallistaAnne Globally, everyone is grappling and re-calibrating their personal and professional lives in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak and prevention. As healthcare professionals, folks are likely calling on your professional opinion. You may also be working double time to adjust training and treatment plans of athletes. That’s why the focus of […]