scholarly journals The influenza pandemic in colonial Asante: Lesson drawing for the fight against COVID-19 in the twenty-first century

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Adu-Gyamfi Samuel ◽  
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Tomdi Lucky ◽  
Asiamah Phinehas ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
First Century ◽  
Colonial Administration ◽  
Culture Conflict ◽  
Influenza Pandemics ◽  
Traditional Authorities ◽  
And Control ◽  
Lesson Drawing

This paper pays attention to colonial strategies that were deployed to fight against the influenza pandemic among the Asante of Ghana. It does a comparative analysis of the outbreak and mode of spread of COVID-19 and influenza pandemics in Ghana and Asante, in particular. Based on the theory of lesson-drawing, the authors aimed to ascertain whether the strategies adopted to fight the current COVID-19 pandemic reminisce the earlier strategies deployed during the influenza pandemic of 1918. Based on primary and secondary data, the authors have constructed a history which proffers some insights into the fight against COVID-19. Authors conclude that the various health interventions toward the prevention and control of influenza in Asante during the colonial period were skewed in favour of Europeans and natives who worked within the colonial civil service. This did not support relevant strategies and efforts to reduce the spread of the disease at a faster pace. Despite several efforts made to curtail the spread of the disease, the colonial administration together with traditional authorities encountered challenges of inadequate health personnel, culture conflict, financial. The role of security agencies and the collaboration between the colonial administration and traditional authorities offer a very significant lesson for confronting the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.

scholarly journals Gender dan Penyakit Tuberkulosis: Implikasinya Terhadap Akses Layanan Kesehatan Masyarakat Miskin yang Rendah

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Dewi Rokhmah
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Tuberculosis Patient ◽  
Case Finding ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Treatment Result ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Directly Observed Treatment ◽  
And Control

Saat ini, fokus utama dari pelayanan kesehatan masih bertumpu pada aspek medis yang sangat kurang memperhatikan isu sosial termasuk gender yang merupakan penyebab utama kesenjangan bidang kesehatan di masyarakat kita. Tuberkulosis adalah penyakit yang menyebabkan kematian di seluruh dunia. Gender berperan sebagai salah satu determinan penyakit tuberkulosis meliputi penemuan kasus, diagnosis, dan proses pengobatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis perspektif gender pencapaian Program Tuberkulosis Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) meliputi penemuan, diagnosis pasien, dan hasil pengobatan di Rumah Sakit Paru Jember, tahun 2010. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif analitik menggunakan data sekunder yang berasal dari Laporan Program Tuberkulosis DOTS Tahun 2010. Populasi adalah penduduk yang menderita tuberkulosis yang mendapat pelayanan dalam program DOTS. Sedangkan, sampel dari penelitian ini adalah pasien yang telah didiagnosis tuberkulosis oleh dokter, mendapatkan pelayanan di Poli Paru Rumah Sakit Paru Jember pada tahun 2010. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis secara diskriptif dengan perspektif gender. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam proses penemuan pasien tuberkulosis, perempuan lebih tinggi dari laki-laki. Tetapi dalam proses diagnosis pasien tuberkulosis dan hasil pengobatan pasien tuberkulosis, laki-laki jauh lebih tinggi dari perempuan. Kondisi ini disebabkan karena stigma pada perempuan serta akses dan kontrol perempuan yang rendah terhadap pengelolaan sumber daya untuk kesehatan. Komitmen pemerintah dan masyarakat yang sensitif gender diperlukan dalam intervensi program tuberkulosis DOTS pada masa yang akan datang.Nowadays main focus of health care remains in medical aspect and lack on social issue include gender identities which are being main cause of the health gap in our society. Tuberculosis is a disease caused mortality in the worldwide. The role of gender as a determinant of health status, including all aspects of tuberculosis, from case finding, diagnosis, and treatment result of tuberculosis patient. The objective of this research was an analysis of gender perspective the reach of Tuberculosis Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) program from case finding, diagnosis, and treatment result of tuberculosis patient in Lung Hospital of Jember in 2010. This research was descriptive analytic method used secondary data from the report of Tuberculosis DOTS program at 2010. The population of this research is people with Tuberculosis have accessed services from DOTS program. The sample of this research are man and woman patient, have been diagnosed as tuberculosis patient by doctor, getting services in Lung Poly in Lung Hospital of Jember in 2010. Collected data are analyzed descriptively with a gender perspective. The result of this research shows that in tuberculosis patient finding process, woman is higher than man, but in the diagnosis and treatment result of tuberculosis patient, man is higher than woman. This condition was caused by woman had stigma and low access and control in managing resources for health. Gender sensitivity commitment by government and society is needed to the intervention both in tuberculosis DOTS program applying in the future.

scholarly journals The Role of the Ambon City’s Population and Civil Registration Office in Controlling Incoming Migration

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Rahmawati Sururama ◽  
Tiara Nanuru
Keyword(s):  
Personal Data ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Population Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Population Mobility ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Control

The objectives of this study are to find out the role of the Ambon City’s Population and Civil Registration Office in Controlling Incoming Migration and to find out the obstacles faced by the Ambon City's Population and Civil Registration Office in Controlling Incoming Migration. This study used a qualitative descriptive research method. Data Collection was obtained through observation, interview, and documentation. Data were analyzed using data reduction, display data, and verification. Primary and secondary data were used as the sources for analysis. The informants in this study were the chief of the Population and Civil Registration Office Ambon City and the Population Monitoring and Control Division, as well as the migrants. Ambon City’s Government, through the Population and Civil Registration Office, has carried out its duties as regulated by the Mayor of Ambon Regulation No. 17/ 2009 article 14 paragraph 2, namely: Coordinating the monitoring of urbanization of population and supervising the registration of population mobility flows. The constraints faced by the Ambon City population and civil registration office, namely: Most of the population who migrated to Ambon City did not report themselves so the authorities had difficulty monitoring the flow of urbanization and monitoring population mobility; inspected and supervised residents, who have not lived in Ambon city for six months, have moved to other areas; there is no effort and awareness of people who have been examined and under supervision to change by reporting personal data to the government.

Antiviral use in healthcare workers—A systematic review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Fazia Tadount ◽  
Zineb Laghdir ◽  
Caroline Quach
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Neuraminidase Inhibitors ◽  
Influenza Pandemics ◽  
And Control

Abstract Neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) are likely part of the rapid response and control in influenza pandemics and institutional outbreaks. We conducted a systematic review to appraise the current evidence on the use of NAIs among healthcare workers in the context of an influenza pandemic.

The role of the Federation in communicable disease prevention and control

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (301) ◽  
pp. 387-394
Author(s):  
Cleopas Sila Msuya
Keyword(s):  
High Fat Diet ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Influenza Pandemics ◽  
The World ◽  
Lack Of Exercise ◽  
And Control

As late as the 1970s, conventional wisdom in epidemiology held that communicable diseases were on their way out as the predominant contributor to the world's morbidity profile, and were being replaced by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) comprising degenerative diseases such as diabetes, circulatory disorders and cancers, and by accidents. Except for the developing countries, most of the rest of the world was already experiencing this so-called “epidemiological transition” from the terrible epoch of famines and pestilence that lasted from the dawn of mankind to the middle of this millenium, followed by the age of epidemics that culminated with the influenza pandemics of the earlier part of this century, to the prevailing situation since the 70s where diseases largely due to changed lifestyles — lack of exercise, high-fat diet, smoking and other substance abuses — predominate.

Morphogenesis of a New Human Herpes-Type Virus Isolate (Sasha Virus)

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 592-593
Author(s):  
R. F. Zeigel ◽  
W. Munyon
Keyword(s):  
Virus Isolate ◽  
Calf Serum ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Human Herpes ◽  
Human Embryonic Lung ◽  
Human Herpes Virus ◽  
Intracytoplasmic Inclusions ◽  
Hel Cells ◽  
And Control

In continuing studies on the role of viruses in biochemical transformation, Dr. Munyon has succeeded in isolating a highly infectious human herpes virus. Fluids of buccal pustular lesions from Sasha Munyon (10 mo. old) uiere introduced into monolayer sheets of human embryonic lung (HEL) cell cultures propagated in Eagles’ medium containing 5% calf serum. After 18 hours the cells exhibited a dramatic C.P.E. (intranuclear vacuoles, peripheral patching of chromatin, intracytoplasmic inclusions). Control HEL cells failed to reflect similar changes. Infected and control HEL cells were scraped from plastic flasks at 18 hrs. of incubation and centrifuged at 1200 × g for 15 min. Resultant cell packs uiere fixed in Dalton's chrome osmium, and post-fixed in aqueous uranyl acetate. Figure 1 illustrates typical hexagonal herpes-type nucleocapsids within the intranuclear virogenic regions. The nucleocapsids are approximately 100 nm in diameter. Nuclear membrane “translocation” (budding) uias observed.

The role of copper ions in hydrogen peroxide bleaching: Their origin, removal, and effect on pulp quality

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEDRO E.G. LOUREIRO ◽  
SANDRINE DUARTE ◽  
DMITRY V. EVTUGUIN ◽  
M. GRAÇA V.S. CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Copper Ions ◽  
Peroxide Bleaching ◽  
Metals Removal ◽  
Peroxide Decomposition ◽  
Equipment Corrosion ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Main Effects

This study puts particular emphasis on the role of copper ions in the performance of hydrogen peroxide bleaching (P-stage). Owing to their variable levels across the bleaching line due to washing filtrates, bleaching reagents, and equipment corrosion, these ions can play a major role in hydrogen peroxide decomposition and be detrimental to polysaccharide integrity. In this study, a Cu-contaminated D0(EOP)D1 prebleached pulp was subjected to an acidic washing (A-stage) or chelation (Q-stage) before the alkaline P-stage. The objective was to understand the isolated and combined role of copper ions in peroxide bleaching performance. By applying an experimental design, it was possible to identify the main effects of the pretreatment variables on the extent of metals removal and performance of the P-stage. The acid treatment was unsuccessful in terms of complete copper removal, magnesium preservation, and control of hydrogen peroxide consumption in the following P-stage. Increasing reaction temperature and time of the acidic A-stage improved the brightness stability of the D0(EOP)D1AP bleached pulp. The optimum conditions for chelation pretreatment to maximize the brightness gains obtained in the subsequent P-stage with the lowest peroxide consumption were 0.4% diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), 80ºC, and 4.5 pH.

From Container to Claustrum: Projective Identification in Couples

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Projective Identification ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
As If

This paper is a contribution to the growing literature on the role of projective identification in understanding couples' dynamics. Projective identification as a defence is well suited to couples, as intimate partners provide an ideal location to deposit unwanted parts of the self. This paper illustrates how projective identification functions differently depending on the psychological health of the couple. It elucidates how healthier couples use projective identification more as a form of communication, whereas disturbed couples are inclined to employ it to invade and control the other, as captured by Meltzer's concept of "intrusive identification". These different uses of projective identification affect couples' capacities to provide what Bion called "containment". In disturbed couples, partners serve as what Meltzer termed "claustrums" whereby projections are not contained, but imprisoned or entombed in the other. Applying the concept of claustrum helps illuminate common feelings these couples express, such as feeling suffocated, stifled, trapped, held hostage, or feeling as if the relationship is killing them. Finally, this paper presents treatment challenges in working with more disturbed couples.

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