scholarly journals Impact of COVID19 Lockdown on Anatomical Research – A Reflection

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Gugapriya T.S ◽  

The ongoing COVID 19 pandemic has impacted every avenue of human life directly or indirectly. The world is slowly coming to terms with “New Normal” behaviors. The scientific community at large is awakening to necessity of reinventing and reorganizing itself to overcome the equivocal effects left by COVID 19 crisis. The field of anatomical research faces unprecedented shortage of cadavers and histological specimens that will affect the research outcome in the coming years. Moreover, the human resource crunch following diversion of man power to tackle COVID 19 induced health care emergency has eroded the dedicated research hours. Yet, the exponential collaboration and sharing exhibited by community of researchers globally bears the torch for our way out from the impacts of this COVID 19 darkness.

Author(s):  
O G Hurtsilava ◽  
V S Luchkevich ◽  
M V Avdeeva ◽  
V N Filatov ◽  
I L Samodova

The article analyses the main directions of development of human resource management in the health sector, both in Russia and abroad. Through the example of the Russian and foreign health care service it shows that the main problem is the deficit of nurses and physicians. The world experience in solving this problem is analysed in the article. The research shows the current classification of availability of medical personnel and characterises system of training of medical personnel in Russia. In conclusion the prospects of development of human resources policy and medical personnel management on the basis of strategic planning in health care are given.


2022 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-113
Author(s):  
Riska Hediya Putri ◽  
Feri Kameliawati ◽  
Surmiasih Surmiasih ◽  
Inggit Primadevi

ABSTRAK Pandemi Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mewabah ke seluruh dunia sejak awal tahun 2020 dan membawa dampak yang signifikan bagi kehidupan manusia di seluruh dunia. Wilayah di tanah air memberlakukan PSBB (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar) yang menyebabkan sekolah dan tempat kerja diliburkan, kegiatan keagamaan atau ibadah bersama dibatasi dan kegiatan-kegiatan di tempat umum atau fasilitas publik juga dibatasi. Menilik himbauan dari pemerintah agar masyarakat tetap tinggal di rumah dan menjaga jarak sosial atau social distancing yang saat ini istilahnya diubah menjadi physical distancing oleh WHO. Physical distancing adalah hal yang hampir tidak mungkin dilakuakan oleh anak usia dini sebab dunia anak adalah dunia bermain dengan kecenderungan anak untuk berinteraksi secara langsung. Metode kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dilakukan dengan terapi bermain ular tangga. Tujuan kegiatan ini memberi pengertian kepada anak tentang adaptasi kebiasan baru melalui cara yang menyenangkan, salah satunya melalui terapi bermain. Perbedaan pengetahuan anak sebelum dan sesudah kegiatan pendidikan kesehatan dengan media bermain ular tangga dan lebih berpengaruh dalam peningkatan pengetahuan dan sikap anak mengenai 3M, terutama pada pertanyaan tanda dan gejala corona virus dan penting tidaknya memakai masker, adanya peningkatan presentasi sekitar 67%. Oleh karena itu terapi bermain ular tangga lebih banyak memberikan rangsangan terhadap anak dan sesuai dengan keinginan anak yakni bermain. Kata Kunci: Covid-19, New Normal, Terapi Bermain  ABSTRACT Coronavirus Disease Pandemic 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to the world since the beginning of 2020 and has had a significant impact on human life around the world. Areas in the country impose PSBB (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar) that cause schools and workplaces to be closed, religious activities or worship together are restricted and activities in public places or public facilities are also restricted. Considering the appeal from the government for people to stay at home and maintain social distance or social distancing which is currently the term changed to physical distancing by WHO. Physical distancing is almost impossible for early childhood to do because the world of children is a world of play with a tendency for children to interact directly. This method of community service activities is done with therapy playing snake ladder. The purpose of this activity gives understanding to children about the adaptation of new habits through fun ways, one of which is through play therapy. Differences in children's knowledge before and after health education activities with the medium of playing snake ladder and more influential in increasing the child's knowledge and attitude about 3M, especially on the question of signs and symptoms of corona virus and the importance of not wearing a mask, there was an increase in presentation of about 67%. Therefore, the therapy of playing snakes stairs provides more stimulation to the child and in accordance with the child's wishes, namely, play. Keywords: Covid-19, New Normal, Play Therapy


Author(s):  
Nazneen Akhter ◽  
M. Salim Uzzaman ◽  
Amr Ravine

COVID-19 appeared as an infectious disease of global health emergency and the highest public health concern of 21st century for this world due to its high-speed of spread across the globe. The disease started as one single case to a cluster of cases in Wuhan, China (Dec 2019) and within few months with its continuous upsurge of cases spreading globally which has created enormous threat and tension across the global Public health care field. Most significantly to share the fact that, this disease caused high level of Risk Group mortality, high morbidity, health care services burden, panic anxiety, mental trauma and tension, social and economic insecurity, which also collectively surfaced by diverse range of social reaction and political pressure across the world. Also with the appearance of new and unknown pathogenesis of the disease has created the most and significant attention and concern for the scientific community and political leaders as well. The disease also varies much with its pattern of virus, sign, symptoms, characteristics including its epidemiological and public health response (like prevention strategy, diagnoses, case management, treatment pattern) across the countries. However, this variance is comparatively less rather even more in commonality while it comes to basic public health prevention interventions like frequent hand washing, wearing face mask, maintaining social/physical distancing (2 - 6 meter in between), individual isolation and community quarantine for suspected exposure and lockdown in community areas where cases are identified. These are with the most commonly practiced public health interventions to deal with this disease in majority of the epicenters across countries. Also with the progress of the disease with its diverse categorical appearance of sign symptoms which are uniquely portraying this disease is more of a kind of COVID-19 syndrome than as COVID-19. Moreover, various factors including socio economic status, health status, population dynamics, health system and infrastructure, health behavioral pattern, nutrition and food habit and access to information and knowledge made this viral disease one of the historically counted on expensive disease of the modern world to fight for. Specially to mention here, the case fatality rate distinctively vary with the population dynamics and the health system infrastructure and ability factors which have already created clear evidence as explained in this paper how these factors are uniquely distinguished and different from country to country. Apart from the contextual differences, the various kind of ongoing preventive measures (like prevention, diagnosis and treatment) learnt every day from the emerging characteristics and pattern of this viral disease which are most commonly practiced across countries with a variance. According to the Public health prevention practice and interventions, the total world is connected and learning from each other’s public health experiences to fight for the virus. However, the world communities are eagerly waiting to see the result and outcome of the ongoing therapeutics and vaccine trial initiated in several countries, the people of the world are quite optimistic and hopeful that, global scientific community will be able to invent some miraculous and magic solution in upcoming months which ultimately will free the world from this most terrifying COVID-19 pandemic of 21st century.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Uwes Anis Chaeruman

The Pandemic Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) has taken place all over the world. This situation has affected all sectors of human life, likewise in the education sector. Physical distancing policy has forced all countries to close the school. Distance and online learning have become the only option to solve it. This article tried to answer two questions. First, what are the essences of learning spaces in the context of e-learning viewed from the perspective of time and space synchronicity? Second, what are the implications of it to the implementation of teaching and learning in the era Covid-19 and new normal? The researcher applied literature review to answer those questions. Literatures review result showed that learning space can be divided into four categories. This classification provides some implications toward the implementation of teaching and learning in the era of Covid-19 and new normal. AbstrakPandemi virus corona (Covid-19) telah melanda seluruh dunia. Bencana kejadian luar biasa ini telah berpengaruh terhadap semua sektor kehidupan manusia, termasuk sektor pendidikan. Kebijakan jarak sosial dan fisik telah memaksa proses pembelajaran di sekolah terhenti. Belajar di rumah dengan moda pembelajaran jarak jauh dan daring menjadi satu-satunya pilihan untuk memecahkan masalah tersebut. Artikel ini berupaya menjawab dua hal. Pertama, apa esensi ruang belajar dalam konteks e-learning ditinjau dari sudut pandang ruang dan waktu? Kedua, apa implikasinya dalam pembelajaran di era Covid-19 dan tatanan baru? Peneliti menggunakan metode kajian pustaka untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut. Berdasarkan hasil kajian pustaka, diperoleh empat klasifikasi ruang belajar baru dan implikasi terhadap pembelajaran di era Covid-19 dan tatanan baru. 


2022 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Erdinç Koç

It is obvious that COVID-19, which is one of the main agenda items of humanity, has an effect on global production facilities. It has been tried to create a roadmap for producers to overcome existing and similar crises with proactive solutions. The reflections of the global crisis on production are carefully examined in the study. The epidemic is not limited to a single country, but affects all parts of the world, leaving supply chains and manufacturers in a difficult situation. Just as the concept of the new normal for consumers has come to the fore, the necessity of adapting to the new norm by implementing certain technologies that have been emphasized in recent years is now more clearly felt for manufacturers. The pandemic process experienced and the difficulties and enablers that producers face/will face afterwards are explained in detail under the headings of human resource management, flexibility, sourcing, technology level, logistics.


2021 ◽  
pp. 008124632110015
Author(s):  
Siphelele Nguse ◽  
Douglas Wassenaar

COVID-19, the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has affected most parts of the globe since its first appearance in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019. As a result, the World Health Organization declared the virus a global public health crisis and a pandemic within 2 weeks, after the virus had spread to 114 countries with 118 000 recorded cases and 4291 deaths due to the virus and related complications. The World Health Organization declaration is indicative of the enormous impact of the pandemic on human life globally. South Africa has not been exempted from that impact. While the pandemic has affected all South Africans in various ways, the poor have been most affected due to structural inequality, poverty, unemployment, and lack of access to quality health care and other services. Furthermore, public mental health has also been negatively affected by the pandemic, and this comes against a backdrop of an ailing mental health care system. We argue that the psychology profession, as a mental health profession and behavioural science, working as part of a multidisciplinary team, ought to play a significant role in addressing the mental health ramifications of the pandemic. In so doing, lessons can be drawn from other countries while establishing contextual immediate and long-term interventions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 883 (1) ◽  
pp. 012045
Author(s):  
J F Sahusilawane ◽  
A M Sahusilawane

Abstract Covid 19 which occured around the world has brought great sacrifice to humanlife, including changes in the natural order of the human life style. While, new normal or new life has been harderd following application doesn’t mean this deadly virus is able to blocked at terminated. It’s impact even goes every where bringing is one risk to another one of them was about food. People getting worried about having enough to eat. It is possible to continue in the habbit it consuming imported foodstuff does the diet still important from the island continue mainly for people in small islands such the Moluccas that have grown accustomard to eat. The decision can give the answer that 1) local food become very urgent for to survive life in pandemic 2) Woman as food supplier for the families still keep a lot of local wisdom of local food as for production as for keeping food during pandemic


Diacovensia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 133.-154.
Author(s):  
Stanislav Šota

The paper analyzes the understanding of the pastoral and catechetical dimension of the bishop’s ministry in the documents of Pope Francis. In four parts, the paper presents the content and characteristics of bishop’s pastoral and catechetical activities, the mode of its realization and concrete contribution. Speaking primarily of the Jesus-like dimension of bishop’s pastoral-catechetical activity, the paper analyzes, it “stops” on Jesus’ face as the image and the synonym of bishop’s necessary evangelizing zeal, fervor and transformation. Jesus’ transformed face is a call, a mission and a need for the evangelizing, pastoral and catechetical transformation. The Jesus-like face speaks about the necessity of bishops being imbued with the principles and values of Jesus, about the necessity of their testimony and concrete love rooted in pastoral and catechetical activity. The second part of the paper brings concrete tasks of bishop’s ministry in the pastoral and catechetical sense: the incorporation of the Gospel in the socio-cultural environment, creating new models of pastoral-catechetical activity, promoting missionary communion, reviewing traditions, overcoming the “rural syndrome” in the pastoral-catechetical activity, the need to realize the bishop’s ministry in the dimension of “Jesus the Citizen” and “going out” to the peripheries, especially with a better family pastoral. In the third part, the author analyzes the pastoral-catechetical postulates of the bishop’s ministry through the prism of stronger inculturation, active, rather than re-active pastoral-catechetical activity, the overcoming of atheistic and anti-ecclesial culture of modern man, the need to preserve the original ways of incorporating the Gospel in the society, and the need for a stronger pastoral and catechetical inculturational involvement of bishops in their own dioceses. The fourth part of the paper points to the social dimension of the pastoral-catechistical activity of bishops, by stressing the need for bishops’ initiative to overcome evil and poverty that are present in the world, to deprive and eliminate their consequences, to point out their structural causes, with concern for ensuring health care for every person, the dignity of work, fair pay, protection of the dignity of human life, to contribute to and spread social dialogue as an essential dimension of peace and common good in the world.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada Aghaji ◽  
Helen E. D. Burchett ◽  
Ngozi Oguego ◽  
Shaffa Hameed ◽  
Clare Gilbert

Abstract Background To increase access to eye care, the World Health Organization’s Africa Region recently launched a primary eye care (PEC) package for sub-Saharan Africa. To determine the technical feasibility of implementing this package, the capacity of health systems at primary level needs to be assessed, to identify capacity gaps that would need to be addressed to deliver effective and sustainable PEC. This study reports on the human resource and governance challenges for delivering PEC in Anambra State, Nigeria. Methods Design: This was a mixed methods feasibility study. A desk review of relevant Nigerian national health policy documents on both eye health and primary health care was conducted, and 48 primary health care facilities in Anambra state were surveyed. Data on human resource and governance in primary health facilities were collected using structured questionnaires and through observation with checklists. In-depth interviews were conducted with district supervisors and selected heads of facilities to explore the opportunities and challenges for the delivery of PEC in their facilities/districts. Data were analysed using the World Health Organization’s health system framework. Results A clear policy for PEC is lacking. Supervision was conducted at least quarterly in 54% of facilities and 56% of facilities did not use the standard clinical management guidelines. There were critical shortages of health workers with 82% of facilities working with less than 20% of the number recommended. Many facilities used volunteers and/or ad hoc workers to mitigate staff shortages. Conclusion Our study highlights the policy, governance and health workforce gaps that will need to be addressed to deliver PEC in Nigeria. Developing and implementing a specific policy for PEC is recommended. Implementation of existing national health policies may help address health workforce shortages at the primary health care level.


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