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Coronavirus spread now a global emergency declares World Health Organization
The rise in new coronavirus cases
outside China, now constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health
Organization’s Emergency Committee declared on Thursday, calling on all
countries...
“Disease Diplomacy” – Post 2019-nCoV,Call to action for Pakistan
After decade of neglect, infectious
diseases (IDs) have re-emerged as a field of inquiry in the area of international
public health and international health security. Gradually,...
Chinese pneumonia outbreak (2019-nCoV): An emerging threat to global public health?
“People’s
live and health should be given top priority and the spread of the outbreak
should be resolutely curbed”. – President Xi Jinping
After decade of neglect,...
China, the “New Things” of New Year’s Eve
The world's most massive seasonal migration begins. From 10th to 15th February
2020, as every year, millions of Chinese will move from one part of...
Nhaka Foundation: Transforming Education and Improving Basic Health Care in Zimbabwe
In this
interview, Patrick Makokoro, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nhaka
Foundation, discusses the organisation's efforts at supporting education and
health care in rural regions...
Lesson to be Learn from Monsanto’s Involvement in the Vietnamese War: The Agent Orange
Monsanto is an American multinational
company founded in 1901 by John Francis Queeny, a thirty-year pharmaceutical
veteran married to Olga Mendez Monsanto, for which Monsanto Chemical...
Health spending set to outpace GDP growth to 2030
Health expenditure will outpace GDP growth over
the next 15 years in almost every OECD country, according to new OECD
forecasts. Health spending per capita will...
Live Simulation Exercise to Prepare Public and Private Leaders for Pandemic Response
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in
partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation will host Event 201: a...
Countries must invest at least 1% more of GDP on primary healthcare
Countries must increase
spending on primary healthcare by at least 1% of their gross domestic product
(GDP) if the world is to close glaring coverage gaps...
Infectious Diseases and National Security: Who will frame National Health Security Policy of Pakistan?
Health
plays an influential role in fostering economic growth and sustainable
development. Because of its indirect impact on human development, better health
boosts rates of economic growth...