scholarly journals COVID-19 and Thalassaemia in Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Hadipour Dehshal ◽  
Sachiko Hosoya ◽  
Fatemeh Hashemi Bahremani ◽  
Mehdi Tabrizi Namini ◽  
Androulla Eleftheriou
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Iron Chelation ◽  
Clinical Impact ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Chronic Patients ◽  
National Programmes ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
Haemoglobin Disorders ◽  
Disease Specific

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had and continues to have a significant medical, public health, social and economic impact on every society around the world. Some groups of chronic patients including thalassaemia and other haemoglobin disorders were considered from the beginning of the pandemic, as vulnerable and high risk ones with regards to a more severe clinical outcome of the infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). This is because patients with thalassaemia can present with many and multiple co-morbidities including diabetes, heart, liver, endocrine and other conditions mainly secondary to iron overload and consequent to ineffective or suboptimal medical care and/or adherence to chelation treatment in particular. Transfusion dependent patients with β-thalassaemia have been greatly affected across the world, including in Iran, a country geographically situated in the so called thalassaemia belt. Iran with about 20,000 patients with β-thalassaemia and quite successful disease specific prevention and management national programmes faced challenges similar to others. Blood shortages for example consequent to COVID-19 precaution measures taken in every country to contain the virus and the difficulties in accessing drugs including lifesaving ones (iron chelation medication) constitute major challenges. In Iran however, and despite the multiple difficulties as described above, SARS-CoV-2 had a rather small impact regarding infection rates as compared to the rest of the countries, albeit a higher mortality rate reaching 26.5% amongst COVID-19 diagnosed patients. More comprehensive data however from a bigger number of patients with thalassaemia across the world infected with SARS-CoV- 2 is necessary to draw any reliable conclusions as to the level of vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 and importantly the clinical impact of this virus in these patients.

scholarly journals LOCAL MEDIA IN THE CORONA CRISIS: SIGNIFICANCE AND CHALLENGES ON THE EXAMPLE OF POŽEGA 034 PORTAL

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ante Mandarić ◽  
Goran Matijević
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Local Media ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

The epidemic of the disease COVID-19, in Požeština in relation to China, where it originated in other parts of Croatia, appeared somewhat later, while Požega-Slavonia County in terms of total share in relation to other counties in Croatia remained relatively well , 16th place, out of a total of 20 counties, ie a smaller number of patients was recorded. In the conditions of public health danger to the health and lives of people with expressed uncertainty, citizens around the world were flooded with numerous information, about the disease, ways of prevention, treatment that at one point threatened to turn into an infodemia, as warned by the WHO. The importance of crisis communication in such conditions is of great importance, and how governments and headquarters communicate messages about the crisis to the public, which is discussed in the first parts of the paper and points out several inconsistencies and illogicalities in the actions of the state headquarters. prohibition and permission to make recommendations contrary to the epidemiologist’s recommendations. But more important than the recommendations of headquarters and governments, today are the recommendations and news transmitted by digital media, and especially the local ones that bring news and recommendations for the area where we live. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to investigate in the central part the significance of the local 034 Portal in the Corona crisis, and its monitoring of the crisis and its impact on the public. Research through several segments, it was found that the portal maintained the level of reporting on regular events and adjusted reporting on the Crown to the conditions and situation in the county, not leading to sensationalism, concern, fear, but was a carrier of preventive activities and a good ally in the fight. against the epidemic, that is, he followed the guidelines for informing the WHO and did not contribute to the creation of an infodemia.

scholarly journals WINNING THE WAR AGAINST COVID-19 IN MALAYSIA: AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL?

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-149
Author(s):  
Mohd Hafiz Jaafar ◽  
Amirah Azzeri
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
Healthcare Resources ◽  
Epidemic Curve ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
Achievable Goal ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) has initially categorised COVID-19 infection as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in late January 2020 and later on declared the outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. On February 4, 2020 the first Malaysian positive COVID-19 patients was detected. It was estimated through a thorough decision tree technique, cumulatively 22,000 positive patients were expected to be infected nationwide. At the current rate of disease detection, screening yield and clinical capacity in Malaysia, the identification of the positive patients will have to be continuously done until middle of May 2020. In addition, a prediction with the forecasted testing capacity was also conducted. In contrast with the earlier estimation, massive testing causes the number of positive patients to be saturated earlier, by the end of April 2020. Based on the projection, 346, 307 cumulative tests will be conducted with 225,100 cumulative positive cases will be identified. Of the numbers, the cumulative number of patients in care would be 17,631 with 705 cumulative number of admission to intensive care unit and 353 cumulative patients required for ventilator. The cumulative death and cumulative discharge are expected to be 394 and 6008 respectively. Currently, it is challenging for Malaysia to flatten the epidemic curve due to the constraints of healthcare resources. These challenges potentially highlight the need for realistic strategies with regard to the country’s capacity.

scholarly journals Validating a Phenomenological Mathematical Model for Public Health and Safety Interventions Influencing the Evolutionary Stages of Recent Outbreak for Long-Term and Short-Term Domains in Pakistan

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahsan Nawaz ◽  
Xing Su ◽  
Shahid Iqbal ◽  
Hafiz Zahoor ◽  
Ali Asad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Outbreak ◽  
Safety Interventions ◽  
Containment Measures ◽  
The Right

During the outbreak of an epidemic, it becomes significantly essential to monitor the effects of containment measures and forecast the outbreak, including the epidemic peak. Many countries have either implemented strict lockdown to counter the spread of coronavirus disease or taken necessary preventive measures across the world to reduce the outbreak of this epidemic war. Several epidemic models have been presented across the world to examine the effects of public health-related strategies on mitigating the spread of current infectious disease, yet no reputable model has been presented for Pakistan as well as other South-Asian developing countries as per the authors’ knowledge. In this research, an actual coronavirus prediction in Pakistan is presented, which may guide the decision-makers as to how this pandemic has spread across the country and how it can be controlled. Furthermore, in the absence of targeted medicines, the analysis helps to develop a precise plan for the eradication of the outbreak by adopting the calculated steps at the right time. The mathematical phenomenological models have been adopted in this study to predict, project, and simulate the overall affected cases reflected due to the recent outbreak in Pakistan. These models predict the expected growth, and the estimated results are almost well matched with the real cases. Through the calibration of parameters and analyzing the current situation, forecast for the appearance of new cases in Pakistan is reported till the end of this year. The constant level of number of patients and time to reach specific levels are also reported through the simulations. The drastic conditions are also discussed which may occur if all the preventive restraints are removed. This research quantitatively describes the significant characteristics of the spread of corona cases. It acknowledges and provides an understanding of a short-term and long-term transmission of coronavirus outbreak in the country as three evolutionary phases. Therefore, this research provides a pathway to cope with the emerging threat of a severe outbreak in developing and nondeveloping countries.

scholarly journals SISTEM INFORMASI LAYANAN DIGITAL PUSKESMAS BERBASIS ANDROID

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-229
Author(s):  
Hasan Basri ◽  
Dedin Toyibah ◽  
Muhamad Fakhri ◽  
Hanafi Dirgantara Musahar ◽  
Wina Wati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Public Health Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The World

The very rapid development of information technology has proven to play an important role in the accelerated development of information both in the world of industry, government and the world of health, so that it can support the performance of increasing the efficiency, effectiveness and productivity of all elements of society, especially in the world of health, both public and private institutions. or individually or individually, which can encourage the realization of a developed and prosperous society. The health sector is one of the important sectors of development that has the potential to be integrated with the presence of technology. Public health center Bayur Lor. Cilamaya Kulon, Karawang Regency is one of the developing health service centers. The number of patients that continues to increase every day causes new problems in the process of seeking information about patients, the number of patients, the number of visits, total income, and data on existing drug supplies. Because based on the existing problems, the Public health center Bayur Lor. Cilamaya Kulon, Karawang Regency, needs to take advantage of information technology, which can overcome the problems faced, so that public health services can be improved for the realization of the vision and mission of the Public health center Bayur Lor. Cilamaya Kulon. Looking at some of the existing problems, researchers use the waterfall method in making an information system. Applications made in this study are based on android. To facilitate the mention of this application, namely Android-based LAGILEMAS (Public health center Digital Service).  

scholarly journals New Understanding of Dental Public Health: A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Vedanti Kitey ◽  
Kumar Gaurav Chhabra ◽  
Priyanka Paul Madhu ◽  
Amit Reche ◽  
Gunjan Hiware ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Dental Public Health ◽  
Digital Dentistry ◽  
Dental Procedures ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
Therapeutic Services

Oral disorders are a most important public health issue in most of the developing countries, and their prevalence is on the rise. To enhance the population's oral wellbeing by providing preventive and therapeutic services is the main aim of dental public health (DPH). However, due to low requirement of capability and ability among DPH personnel, its accomplishment in India is being probed [1]. For many people, dental care has grown expensive, and a huge number of patients around the world are delaying or ignoring important dental procedures. in addition, the ageing of the worldwide populace, as well as the resulting growth in common and dental concern needs, raises worries about the long-term viability of healthcare organization. These changes underscore the critical requirement for a new dental care representation that is both sustainable and efficient [2]. In this regard, the favorable approach for transforming the scene of oral healthcare is the adoption of scientific advancements in dentistry, commonly known as "digital dentistry" by many.  In addition, the World Health Organization (WHO) campaigns revolutionize on a regular basis, encouraging the creation and spread of community wellbeing practices that are holded up by both documentation and conveyance technology (e-Health) and mobile phones (m-Health) [3]. We can see how scientific developments could facilitate to accomplish these aims by offering constructive apparatus if we focus on the concept of Dental Public Health (DPH) as “the knowledge and art of arresting and scheming dental disorders and understanding dental wellbeing through efficient group hard work” [4].

Getting Indonesia’s HIV epidemic to zero? One size does not fit all

2020 ◽  
pp. 095646242096683
Author(s):  
Keerti Gedela ◽  
Dewa Nyoman Wirawan ◽  
Frank Stephen Wignall ◽  
Hendry Luis ◽  
Tuti Parwati Merati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Context Specific

Indonesia has one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the world. AIDS related deaths in Indonesia have not fallen and have increased significantly since 2010. HIV infection rates remain high and rising in key affected populations. We provide an on the ground, evidence-based perspective of the challenges Indonesia faces. We discuss what is required to adopt tailored public health approaches that address context specific challenges, confront structural barriers and the heterogeneity of the current evolving HIV epidemic.

The effects of Personal, Environmental, and Genetic Factors on Epidemic of COVID-19: A Review of the Current Literature (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hojatollah Kakaei 6th ◽  
Salar Bakhtiyari ◽  
Amin Mirzaei ◽  
Sajad Mazloomi ◽  
Mohsen Jalilian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The City

UNSTRUCTURED COVID-19 is a viral disease that unfolded in the city of Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. The global outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has prompted the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency. The concerns about the COVID-19 disease are the rapid increase in the number of patients as well as the number of deaths compared with SARS disease. Given that there is a remarkable variability amongst people for COVID-19, there really is the possibility that there will be genetic and environmental effects, it is a necessity that their role should be absolutely identified as soon as possible. Various studies have been executed on the effects of genetic and environmental factors such as temperature and humidity on the constancy of the COVID-19 virus. In this review, we aimed to discuss the benefits and effects of these factors on COVID-19 in detail.

Feature extraction and prediction of Dengue Outbreaks

2020 ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
Kunal Parikh ◽  
Tanvi Makadia ◽  
Harshil Patel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithm ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
The World ◽  
Dengue Outbreaks

Dengue is unquestionably one of the biggest health concerns in India and for many other developing countries. Unfortunately, many people have lost their lives because of it. Every year, approximately 390 million dengue infections occur around the world among which 500,000 people are seriously infected and 25,000 people have died annually. Many factors could cause dengue such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, inadequate public health, and many others. In this paper, we are proposing a method to perform predictive analytics on dengue’s dataset using KNN: a machine-learning algorithm. This analysis would help in the prediction of future cases and we could save the lives of many.

Exploring the World Trade Organisation's Trade and Environment/Public Health Jurisprudence as a Model for Incorporating a Trade–Labour Linkage into the Organisation's Multilateral Trade Regime: Should African Countries Accept a Policy Shift?

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65
Author(s):  
Tapiwa V. Warikandwa ◽  
Patrick C. Osode
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Trade ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Trade Regime ◽  
Multilateral Trade ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
The World ◽  
Labour Standards ◽  
The Impact

The incorporation of a trade-labour (standards) linkage into the multilateral trade regime of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been persistently opposed by developing countries, including those in Africa, on the grounds that it has the potential to weaken their competitive advantage. For that reason, low levels of compliance with core labour standards have been viewed as acceptable by African countries. However, with the impact of WTO agreements growing increasingly broader and deeper for the weaker and vulnerable economies of developing countries, the jurisprudence developed by the WTO Panels and Appellate Body regarding a trade-environment/public health linkage has the potential to address the concerns of developing countries regarding the potential negative effects of a trade-labour linkage. This article argues that the pertinent WTO Panel and Appellate Body decisions could advance the prospects of establishing a linkage of global trade participation to labour standards without any harm befalling developing countries.

Eating NAFTA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyshia Gálvez
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Food System ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The North ◽  
The World

In the two decades since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, Mexico has seen an epidemic of diet-related illness. While globalization has been associated with an increase in chronic disease around the world, in Mexico, the speed and scope of the rise has been called a public health emergency. The shift in Mexican foodways is happening at a moment when the country’s ancestral cuisine is now more popular and appreciated around the world than ever. What does it mean for their health and well-being when many Mexicans eat fewer tortillas and more instant noodles, while global elites demand tacos made with handmade corn tortillas? This book examines the transformation of the Mexican food system since NAFTA and how it has made it harder for people to eat as they once did. The book contextualizes NAFTA within Mexico’s approach to economic development since the Revolution, noticing the role envisioned for rural and low-income people in the path to modernization. Examination of anti-poverty and public health policies in Mexico reveal how it has become easier for people to consume processed foods and beverages, even when to do so can be harmful to health. The book critiques Mexico’s strategy for addressing the public health crisis generated by rising rates of chronic disease for blaming the dietary habits of those whose lives have been upended by the economic and political shifts of NAFTA.

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