Unconventional responses to unconventional time – Lessons from the Indian state of Kerala’s successful...
Timely interventions and health actions are not the only aspects that enabled the Kerala model of COVID-19 response to be unique. It focused a lot on preparing Kerala as a society to face this adverse condition by building people’s trust in its health system.
Philippines uses ‘drug war’ tactics to fight COVID-19
The Duterte administration has assigned former military generals to deal with Covid-19 and has sent police Special Forces to contain communities.
3 billion people in the world today can’t afford a healthy diet: UN Hunger...
The latest estimates are that a staggering 3 billion people or more cannot afford a healthy diet. In sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, this is the case for 57 percent of the population – though no region, including North America and Europe, is spared.
Malnutrition and Empty International Promises
By Olufunmilayo Akande Today, 16,000 children worldwide die each day before celebrating their fifth birthday as a result of preventable causes linked to malnutrition.
Doctor in Your Pocket – the New Era of Mobile Health!
In recent years, the field of mobile health, or mHealth, has exploded. The power of cell phones and other mobile devices is being harnessed to improve health delivery systems worldwide. For instance, in Malawi, community health workers (CHWs) have been using text messages to improve drug adherence among HIV positive patients. And in India, a potentially disastrous cholera outbreak was avoided during a religious festival in 2001with the help of mobile tools.
