Events & News

The COVID-19 Poverty Tsunami

by globalhealth on Apr 27, 2020 in COVID-19, Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By Prof. Father Michael J. Kelly Guest Writer Contributing to the Key Correspondent Programme Luwisha House, Lusaka, Zambia The earliest laboratory-confirmed case of what has developed into the COVID-19 pandemic was in an elderly man in Wuhan city, central China, whose symptoms began on 1st December 2019. Today (20th...

Webinar Series 2: ‘Donor and Funding Challenges for LMICs and Hospital Readiness in the Time of COVID-19’

by globalhealth on Apr 10, 2020 in COVID-19, Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Student Outreach Group

Webinar Summary Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Update from Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus, a Former Head of the Department of Public Health & Epidemiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: Advised using the WHO situation dashboard and...

Webinar Week 3 Summary: North-South Partnerships in the Context of COVID19: How Best to Respond

by globalhealth on Apr 10, 2020 in COVID-19, Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Student Outreach Group

Webinar Summary Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Ruari Brugha Anchor’s Update: provided a weekly update on the COVID-19 status globally. Ben Simms: Chief Executive, THET Partnership for Global Health. Maintaining communication is crucial with partnerships. Best way of...

Webinar Series Week 4 Summary: Lessons learned from HIV, Ebola and other epidemics & how can behavioral research help us respond to COVID-19

by globalhealth on Apr 10, 2020 in Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

Webinar Summary Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Anchor Ruairi Brugha Update: Described the being used for suppression around Asia such as contact tracing with mobile phone which enhances ease of tracing contacts that individuals with Coronavirus have been exposed to. This can be...

One Doctor for Every 12,000 Patients in Zambia – A Cause for Concern

by globalhealth on Apr 9, 2020 in Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By Guest Writer Contributing to the Key Correspondent Programme, Prof Father Michael Kelly in Lusaka, Zambia At the time of writing (7th April, 2020), Zambia appears to be keeping the COVID-19 infection in check. So far there have been only 39 confirmed cases and one virus-related death, while for the past four days no...

A quick guide to Safe Shopping during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

by globalhealth on Mar 30, 2020 in COVID-19, Events & News, News, News & Events

The lack of consistent hygiene standards in supermarkets across Ireland has prompted the Irish Global Health Network in partnership with the Environmental Health Association of Ireland and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health in the UK to release guidelines for shoppers to help reduce the incidence of the...

Irish AIDS Day – fast-track to end AIDS by 2030

by globalhealth on Jun 14, 2019 in Events & News, News

In support of the fast-track to end AIDS in Ireland’s cities by 2030, The Irish Forum for Global Health are delighted by the government’s recent endorsement of the Paris Declaration. We salute HIV Ireland for their commitment in bringing this issue to the attention of the Irish public and driving the agenda...