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COVID-19 estimation updates
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation 8d 24 tweets
This page was most recently updated at 6AM PST, 30 March, 2020.
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Equity & Health RT : New data coming in from Italy and Spain provides even stronger evidence that social distancing helps #flattenthecurve. Learn more 11h
State of the World’s Nursing Report - 2020
Who.int 25h 29 tweets
The State of the world’s nursing 2020 report provides the latest, most up-to-date evidence on and policy options for the global nursing workforce.
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Equity & Health Report; State of the World’s Nursing Report - 2020 #WorldHealthDay #SupportNursesAndMidwives #HealthForAll 11h
Can We Reimagine Global Health In The Post-Pandemic World?
Madhu Pai - Forbes 31h 26 tweets
When the coronavirus pandemic is eventually brought under control, it will profoundly change the field of global health in many ways. In some ways, the pandemic will make global health easier. In other ways, the pandemic will make global health much...
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Equity & Health Can We Reimagine #GlobalHealth In The Post-Pandemic World? 25h
Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befalling COVID-19 patients — Kaiser Health News
Apple.news 30h 2 tweets
Most of the attention in the COVID-19 pandemic has been on how the virus affects the lungs. But evidence shows that up to 1 in 5 infected patients have signs of heart damage and many are dying due to heart problems.
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Equity & Health Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling #COVID19 Patients 30h
How Economists, Too, Are Taking On the Coronavirus Crisis
Eduardo Porter - Nytimes.com 52h 12 tweets
The pandemic has prompted many in the field to focus on ways to address it and anticipate its aftermath.
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Equity & Health How Economists Are Trying to Answer Coronavirus Questions The pandemic has prompted many in the field to focus on ways to address it and anticipate its aftermath. #COVID19 30h
Nurses Die, Doctors Fall Sick and Panic Rises on Virus Front Lines
Michael Schwirtz - Nytimes.com 9d 34 tweets
The pandemic has begun to sweep through New York City’s medical ranks, and anxiety is growing among normally dispassionate medical professionals.
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Equity & Health The pandemic has begun to sweep through New York City’s medical ranks, and anxiety is growing among normally dispassionate medical professionals #COVID19 32h
The Rising Heroes of the Coronavirus Era? Nations’ Top Nerds
Nytimes.com 3d 30 tweets
Scientists in Europe are becoming household names, fulfilling societies’ emotional and practical need for the truth.
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Equity & Health Scientists in Europe are becoming household names, fulfilling societies’ emotional and practical need for the truth #COVID #epidemiology 36h
In Italy, Going Back to Work May Depend on Having the Right Antibodies
Jason Horowitz - Nytimes.com 4d 34 tweets
Weighing an idea that might once have been relegated to science fiction, Italy once again finds itself in the unfortunate vanguard of Western democracies grappling with the coronavirus.
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Equity & Health In Italy, Going Back to Work May Depend on Having the Right Antibodies #COVID19 49h
Covid-19: how a virus is turning the world upside down
The BMJ 5d 22 tweets
We may emerge from this with a healthier respect for our common humanity The covid-19 pandemic is the biggest threat in living memory to health and wellbeing, social welfare, and the global economy. In a world shaped by neoliberalism the economy...
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Equity & Health . #covid19 pandemic is the biggest threat in living memory to health, social welfare, and the global economy. But could we emerge with a healthier respect for the environment and our common humanity? 4d
Does One Size Fit All? Realistic Alternatives for COVID-19 Response in Low-Income Countries
Center For Global Development 5d 27 tweets
In the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now evident that many of the public health and hospital-based interventions deployed by high-income countries (HICs) may be ineffective or infeasible in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We...
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Equity & Health Does One Size Fit All? Realistic Alternatives for #COVID19 Response in Low-Income Countries 4d
Everyone Thinks They’re Right About Masks
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 6d 54 tweets
How the coronavirus travels through the air has become one of the most divisive debates in this pandemic.
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Equity & Health Everyone Thinks They’re Right About Masks How the coronavirus travels through the air has become one of the most divisive debates in this pandemic. 4d
2020年世界卫生日
Who.int 4d 24 tweets
7 April 2020 is the day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy. Nurses and other health workers are at the forefront of COVID-19 response - providing high...
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Equity & Health World Health Day - April 7, 2020 #SupportNursesAndMidwives 4d
COVID-19
Apple 11d 25 tweets
If you think you or a family member have been exposed to COVID-19, evaluate symptoms with our in-home screening tool and understand your next steps.
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Equity & Health . with the White House, & launched a #COVID19 screening tool that guides users through questions about symptoms and exposure, using CDC guidance to help determine steps they should take, including testing. 4d
Health System Response Monitor: new tool to analyse COVID-19 response measures across European countries launched
Euro.who.int 5d 4 tweets
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Equity & Health . online platform launched to provide countries and stakeholders across European Region with evidence on how health systems are responding to #COVID19 by mapping and analyzing their responses. Find out more (1/2) 4d
World Health Organization to launch an official app on iOS and Android
Mail Online 11d 2 tweets
The app will run on both iOS and Android and launches on Monday with a mixture of the latest advice on the virus and maps to show where infections have happened.
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Equity & Health World Health Organization launch an official app on iOS and Android to provide information on the coronavirus pandemic and combat the spread of misinformation #COVID19 6d
Keeping Older People Safe During the Coronavirus Crisis
Nytimes.com 6d 3 tweets
How caregivers can use technology to help older people minimize going to the doctor during this pandemic.
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Equity & Health How caregivers can use technology to help older people minimize going to the doctor during this pandemic #COVID19 6d
China pivots to tackle 'silent' Covid-19 carriers as US says a quarter of cases may have no symptoms
Graham Russell - the Guardian 6d 1 tweets
Authorities in China will release tally of asymptomatic patients and order them into quarantine for 14 days as infections rise again
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Equity & Health China pivots to tackle 'silent' #Covid19 carriers as US says a quarter of cases may have no symptoms 6d
The Medical News Site That Saw the Coronavirus Coming Months Ago
Nytimes.com 8d 44 tweets
Stat, started in 2015 by the Red Sox owner John Henry, is drawing four to five times its normal audience. “We were built for this,” one of its editors said.
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Equity & Health The Medical News Site That Saw the Coronavirus Coming Months Ago #COVID19 7d
WHO releases guidelines to help countries maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Who.int 8d 4 tweets
The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate effectively.
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Equity & Health WHO releases guidelines to help countries maintain essential #healthservices during the #COVID19 pandemic 7d
Lessons from Italy’s Response to Coronavirus
Harvard Business Review 10d 45 tweets
Policymakers around the world can avoid making the same mistakes while there’s still time.
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Equity & Health Lessons from Italy’s Response to Coronavirus #COVID19 8d