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Gender Based Inequalities Amplified by COVID-19 Pandemic

by globalhealth on May 19, 2020 in COVID-19, COVID-19: Gender Resources, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By Professor Father Michael J. Kelly Guest Writer Contributing to the Key Correspondent Programme Luwisha House, Lusaka, Zambia: May 18, 2020 Article Summary: COVID and Gender The United Nations has reminded us that a pandemic amplifies and heightens all inequalities. The circumstances of the current COVID-19 pandemic...

Epidemic Control Equals Health Security: What Developing Countries Can (Still) Learn from the Global North

by globalhealth on May 13, 2020 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News & Events

By Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network, Dr. Sebastian Kevany, MA MPH PhD Limited Learning Opportunities? Unfortunately, there are only a limited number of ways that data or examples from developed countries are likely to help the developing world, and sub-Saharan Africa in particular, in...

Providing essential PPE in direct provision- The Sanctuary Masks Initiative

by globalhealth on May 8, 2020 in COVID-19, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

Written by IGHN Key Correspondent, Ellen O’Hanrahan, 2nd Year Nursing Student, University College Cork 3rd of May 2020 On the 27th of March 2020, an Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar announced people should stay at home, physically distance and only make essential journeys, in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19....

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...

The Road Towards a Cure

by globalhealth on Apr 20, 2020 in COVID-19, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By IGHN Key Correspondent, Quwam Kelani Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that can cause illnesses varying from the common cold to severe diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus named COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) has spawned a pandemic, infecting over 2 million people and more...

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...

“We need to put health before profits, access before patents, transparency of price before trade secrets…” – An overview of Access to Medicine’s Live Conference 2020

by globalhealth on Apr 9, 2020 in Access to Medicines, COVID-19, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

By Ellen Corby, IGHN Professional Intern and Key Correspondent In addition to causing widespread illness, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a reckoning for worldwide health systems. Vulnerabilities and systemic problems in healthcare systems around the world have never been more evident, along with the globally...

AMI Live Web Conference 2020 – Speaker Summaries

by globalhealth on Apr 9, 2020 in Access to Medicines, COVID-19, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, Past Events, Resources

Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Ms. Emily O’Reilly, EU Ombudsman: Opening Remarks: Ms Emily O’Reilly described how research capacity and access have come sharply into focus with the COVID 19 pandemic. Inequalities in access to medicine are already more affected, and she...