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COVID crisis: The situation worsens

Ever since India passed the grim milestone of surpassing one million COVID-19 cases, the country’s COVID crisis shows no sign of abating.  Sunday saw yet another record breached. The number of new reported cases of COVID-19 – the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or simply the coronavirus – numbered at …

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COVID-19: How long until the next million?

While India has recently hit one million cases of COVID-19, the next million may be just a few short weeks away. Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday predicted that India would record two million cases of COVID-19 by the second week of August, a day after the country reported a million infections. This …

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COVID-19: One million cases, no community transmission?

The Government continues to claim — despite cases now exceeding one million — that community transmission of COVID-19 is yet to occur in India. Health Issues India previously noted the Government’s denial of community transmission more than a month ago. In an article published on June 2nd, Health Issues India covered a report drafted by …

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Infodemiology: Fighting the fake news epidemic

The discipline of infodemiology is accruing heightened attention during the COVID-19 pandemic – and for good reason. In an event as deadly as the COVID-19 outbreak, there can be no underestimation of the grave risk misinformation poses, nor can we afford to downplay the necessity of proactively working to mitigate the so-called ‘infodemic’.  This was …

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Why we need to worry about vaccination during COVID

Concerns over the pace of vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic have been amplified by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, amidst fears that fewer children will be vaccinated against life-threatening diseases due to the disruption of the crisis.  “These disruptions threaten to reverse hard-won progress to reach more children and adolescents with a wider …

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India global third for COVID-19 cases

India’s COVID-19 situation continues to escalate, as the country now has the third highest number of cases globally. Figures now exceed 700,000, with numbers near or exceeding 20,000 new cases per day now being the new norm. Weeks of ever-increasing daily figures have seen India climb the ranks of most affected nations in just a …

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HIV/AIDS medicines: COVID hits access

Lost access to HIV/AIDS medicines is no less than a matter of life and death for those affected – but the COVID-19 pandemic has imperilled access to such drugs and, in turn, the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS.  This week marks the 23rd bi-annual International AIDS Conference. The event “provides a platform for discussing …

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PandemiCast XII: How coronavirus has hit businesses and what the situation looks like going forward

In the twelfth edition of PandemiCast, members of the Baird’s CMC family – co-founders Francois Baird and Marta Dourado and shareholder Frederick Fussi – join moderator Mark Chataway to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has affected businesses. Edited by Iknoor Kaur. You can watch the video here. Watch previous editions of PandemiCast here.

Violence against children: It has to stop

This week saw the launch of a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), judging how the world is faring in making progress on eliminating violence against children.  An act of violence against a child poses to be immensely damaging to a child’s emotional and physical wellbeing. As the WHO report outlines, “violence can result …

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Severe COVID-19: One in five at risk

More than one in five people worldwide are at risk of developing severe COVID-19 if infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a major analysis published earlier this week. The research, published in The Lancet, estimates that 1.7 billion people – or 22 percent of the global population – are living with an underlying condition …

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