Top news of the week: 06.10.2020.
#COVID19 #ACTogether #UNGA #Coronavirus #Honduras #Trade4Health #Europe #HealthUnion #WellbeingEconomy #publichealth
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.@WHO & the wider @UN family welcome nearly a billion in recent pledges from 🇬🇧, 🇨🇦, 🇩🇪, 🇸🇪, @WorldBank, a coalition of 16 pharmaceutical companies & @gatesfoundation to bolster access to lifesaving tests, treatments & vaccines to end #COVID19: https://t.co/1rqV9Gn2Rb #ACTogether
OpenUN welcomes nearly $1 billion in recent pledges - to bolster access to lifesaving tests, treatments and vaccines to end COVID-19
New commitments from governments, international organizations and the private sector support unified approach to end pandemic, backing a response of unprecedented scale, scope and ...
RT @WHO_Europe: This is the focus of a meeting hosted today by WHO/Europe, a High-Level virtual meeting to discuss strategies, principles and best practices for countering pandemic fatigue and reinvigorating the public to prevent #COVID19.
More info 👉 https://t.co/7OeHoxrX3R
ENDS https://t.co/z6q4UrrWCf
OpenPandemic fatigue – reinvigorating the public to prevent COVID-19
5 October 2020, 09:30–11:00 CEST (online meeting)
A new MMWR finds relatives who stayed in the same house at a family gathering developed #COVID19. The outbreak was likely sparked by a 13-year-old exposed to someone with COVID-19 before the gathering. Learn more: https://t.co/9PGQA1VObv https://t.co/7JB3F9lVa8
OpenAdolescent with COVID-19 as the Source of an Outbreak at a 3-Week Family Gathering — Four States, June–July 2020
This report describes an investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak during a 3-week family gathering of five households at which an adolescent aged 13 years was the index patient.
RT @TheFinancialDi2: Catracho, the #COVID19 treatment method #Honduras is using, was one of the 150 formulas chosen from 30,000 ones presented at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference on #Coronavirus @ESCMID). #CoronavirusTreatment
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OpenHONDURAS TREATMENT FOR COVID-19 STANDS OUT WORLDWIDE
Catracho, the COVID-19 treatment method Honduras is using to save lives, was one of the 150 formulas chosen from 30,000 ones presented at...
How accurate is chest imaging for diagnosing COVID-19? https://t.co/s2lEsMIS2o New living systematic review from @Cochrane_IDG includes 84 studies. #COVID19 https://t.co/2fvkvEQ1zA
OpenThoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID‐19
In studies that included confirmed cases the pooled sensitivity of chest CT was 93.1% (95%CI: 90.2 ‐ 95.0 (65 studies, 5759 cases); and for X‐ray 82.1% (95%CI: 62.5 to 92.7 (9 …
RT @epstein_dan: COVID-19: How to make indoor spaces safer: From good ventilation to redesigning spaces, we outline ways to help reduce the risk of transmission in closed settings. Story produced with @WHO , h/t @ProMED_mail https://t.co/whPVylLFxI
OpenCOVID-19: How to make indoor spaces safer
From good ventilation to redesigning spaces, here are ways to help reduce the risk of transmission in closed settings.
RT @HealthEuropa: The 2020 @GasteinForum has been exploring the recovery of #Europe’s health systems, societies, and economies, following the #COVID19 pandemic.
Featuring @KTrebeck @hans_kluge @Maggie_DeBlock @majafjaestad @SandraGallina⬇️
#WellbeingEconomy #HealthUnion
https://t.co/N3N5T7At4X
OpenEuropean Health Forum: recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic
A huge challenge lies ahead if Europe is to be successful in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, say experts at the 2020 European Health Forum Gastein.
#COVID19 has highlighted the interactions between trade, investment and #publichealth. Guest blog from @GabrielSilesB EPHA Scientific Advisor on Trade on how current policy approaches can restrict governments' ability to respond
#Trade4Health
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OpenCOVID-19, trade and investment and public health
COVID19 has highlighted the links between trade, investment and public health. Health policy advocates have an important role in reminding trade and investment policymakers of the links ...