[Reprinted: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 11-12-2020] The result of the eagerly awaited US presidential elections held on Nov 3, 2020, is finally known: the Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump. Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th US president on Jan 20, 2021. The months leading to Biden's final election were riddled with tension within the USA, and … [Read more...]
Prostate cancer – a serious problem in the Caribbean
[Reprinted: The Carib News, 11-7-2020] Recently NBC’s weatherman and morning TV co-host Al Roker revealed his diagnosis of prostate cancer and will be taking time off to battle the disease. The 66-year-old urged others at risk — particularly Black men — to ensure they see a doctor and get the proper checkups to stop cancer that is very treatable if detected early. It is worthy to note that … [Read more...]
Global health: time for radical change?
[Reprinted: The Lancet, 10-17-2020] What strategies should governments adopt to improve the health of their citizens? Amid the COVID-19 syndemic it would be easy to focus attention on global health security—at a minimum, strong public health and health-care systems. WHO has based its global health strategy on three pillars: universal health coverage, health emergencies, and better health and … [Read more...]
The necessity for intra-action reviews during the COVID-19 pandemic
[Reprinted: The Lancet Global Health, 10-8-2020] After the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, WHO proposed a blueprint list of priority diseases for research and development, based on their epidemic potential or the absence of countermeasures. Among this list is disease X, representing the emergence of a disease previously unknown to humans that could result in a serious global health … [Read more...]
COVID-19: the deadly threat of misinformation
[Reprinted: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10-5-2020] An Editorial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases addressed the COVID-19 infodemic. An infodemic is described by WHO as an “overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that occurs during an epidemic”, and WHO is dealing with this issue proactively. The UN is also focusing on misinformation in connection with COVID-19, … [Read more...]
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