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  • Chagas disease: providing free paediatric medicine can enhance diagnosis and treatment

    Documentation resulting in the donation of an important antiparasitic medicine for the treatment of Chagas illness to the World Health Organization (WHO) is within the ultimate stage of preparation.

    A 3-year settlement, between the Mundo Sano Foundation1 (Brazil) and WHO, is anticipated to make obtainable 108 000 tablets of the paediatric formulation of benznidazole2 – a first-line medicine towards Chagas illness. Treatment3 with benznidazole within the early levels of an infection can treatment Chagas illness.

    “Making benznidazole freely obtainable for the treatment of newborns till the age of 18 might be a game-changer within the battle towards Chagas illness” mentioned Dr Mwelece Ntuli Malecela, Director, WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical
    Diseases. “This is not going to solely save future generations from growing life-threatening and deadly issues however can even increase up diagnosis and treatment.”

    Each yr, an estimated 15 000 youngsters are born from contaminated moms. A freely obtainable paediatric presentation of benznidazole with correct dosage is essentially anticipated to contribute to deal with congenital infections.

    “Treating newborns and youngsters was the lacking hyperlink, as we transfer decisively to advocate for the mixing of diagnosis of an infection amongst pregnant ladies and women of child-bearing age into different surveillance programmes, together with HIV and syphilis” mentioned Dr Pedro Albajar Vinas, Medical Officer with WHO’s Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases.  “Diagnosing and treating ladies of this age group earlier than being pregnant can increase successfully stop congenital transmission.” 

    The settlement

    The donation by Mundo Sano Foundation at some point of the settlement includes benznidazole:

    • 105,000 tablets of 100mg
    • 3,000 tablets of 12.5mg

    Furthermore, the Foundation might donate funds of as much as US$100 000 at some point of the settlement to help actions related to distribution of medicines and conferences. The Foundation additionally makes provision for an extension of this settlement past
    the required length of three years.

    The illness

    Chagas illness, often known as American trypanosomiasis, is a doubtlessly life-threatening sickness brought on by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi).

    Although appreciable progress has been achieved, significantly in decreasing vector transmission and screening of blood and organ provide, reaching and diagnosing individuals most affected has been a problem.

    Currently, under-diagnosis of Chagas illness instances is as excessive as 90% and under-diagnosis of congenital transmission is believed to be even greater.

    Globally, an estimated 6-7 million individuals are contaminated with T. cruzi.

    The illness is discovered primarily in endemic areas of 21 continental Latin American international locations4. But motion of individuals to city areas and to different continents has expanded its transmission by means of non vectorial routes, akin to blood transfusion, congenital
    transmission, organ transplants and oral meals contamination.

    Considering the illness as a rising public well being drawback in lots of international locations, the World Health Assembly – WHO’s decision-making physique – determined in May 2019 to commemorate World Chagas Disease Day on 14 April.

    The inaugural celebration occurs this yr.

    1 Mundo Sano is a nonprofit worldwide basis working with the general public and personal sectors, academia, and different worldwide organizations to supply options to the affected communities and generate scientific information. In 2012, it led a public-private consortium in 2012 to provide benznidazole in Argentina.

    2 In 2017, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted benznidazole for the treatment of kids aged 2–12, making it the primary treatment accepted within the United States for Chagas illness.

    3 Nifurtimox can be 100% efficient in curing Chagas illness if given quickly after onset of an infection, together with instances of congenital an infection. It is donated by Bayer who pledged greater than 7.5 million tablets for the interval 2012-2021.

    4 Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela
    (Bolivarian Republic of).

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  • World Health Worker Week – April  5 – 11, 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic and different international emergencies present us as soon as once more the heroic efforts well being staff on the entrance traces make day-after-day to maintain their communities—and the world—protected and wholesome.  The WHO and the Global Health Workforce Network is happy to associate with civil society companions—the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and its members—to honor well being staff throughout World Health Worker Week: April 5-11, 2020. The Eighth Annual World Health Worker Week is yet one more alternative to mobilize communities, companions, and policymakers to extend assist of well being staff worldwide.

    The 2020 theme is Leaders on the Front Line. This theme highlights the want to offer higher management alternatives for frontline well being staff—significantly ladies well being staff, who make up greater than 70% of the worldwide well being workforce. At the identical time, this theme emphasizes how well being staff usually put themselves on the road, usually at nice private danger to themselves and their households, to avoid wasting and enhance lives.

    We invite all well being workforce stakeholders to affix us by elevating public consciousness and fascinating on well being workforce points, and acknowledge the lifesaving contribution of the well being workforce. All actions can be filtered by a World Health Worker Week portal, hosted by the Frontline Health Workers Coalition secretariat at IntraHealth International.

     Some key methods to get entangled:

    • Add your voice to the #WHWWeek dialog on social media! Use the WHWW Social Media Guide with key messages, graphics, and steered tweets.
    • Participate within the WHWW Video Testimonial Series and inform well being policymakers why frontline well being staff are Leaders on the Line and the way we will higher assist them. It’s straightforward to participate—see the guidance and add your video.
    • Celebrate World Health Day on Tuesday, April 7. In this International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, World Health Day will shine a lightweight on the important function nurses and midwives play in offering well being care world wide, and name for a strengthening of the nursing and midwifery workforce. Share and promote World Health Day belongings here.

     

     

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  • WHO to accelerate action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol

    The
    harmful use of alcohol causes roughly Three million deaths yearly and the
    general burden of illness and accidents attributable to alcohol consumption
    stays unacceptably excessive. The tempo of improvement and implementation of
    alcohol insurance policies has been uneven in WHO areas, and assets and capacities
    for implementation of the WHO Global technique to reduce the harmful use of
    alcohol 10 years after its endorsement don’t correspond to the magnitude of
    the issues. On this foundation, the WHO Executive Board in its choice EB146
    (14)     known as for accelerated action to reduce the harmful use of
    alcohol. 

    The Board thought of the report on the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, notably Annex 3, entitled “Implementation of the global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol,” and the report on the findings of the consultative process on implementation of the global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol and the way forward.

    The Board, in its choice EB146 (14),  requested  the WHO Director-General, inter alia, “to develop an action plan (2022-2030) to effectively implement the Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol as a public health priority, in consultation with Member States and relevant stakeholders, for consideration by the 75th World Health Assembly through the 150th session of the WHO Executive Board in 2022”, and “to develop a technical report on the harmful use of alcohol related to cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotional activities, including targeting youth and adolescents, before the 150th session of the WHO Executive Board, which could contribute to the development of the action plan”,  in addition to “to adequately useful resource the work on the harmful use of alcohol.

    In response to choice EB146 (14), the WHO Secretariat will implement the following:

    • March– April 2020: Commissioning of the scoping evaluate on the harmful use of alcohol associated to cross-border alcohol advertising and marketing, promoting and promotional actions, together with concentrating on youth and adolescents.  Commissioning background papers for the report improvement. 
    • ­April-May 2020: Producing zero draft of the working doc for improvement of an action plan (2022-2030) to successfully implement the Global technique to reduce the harmful use with proposed important parts and parts.  
    • ­June 2020: Technical professional conferences organized by WHO headquarters to talk about zero draft of the working doc for improvement of the action plan and the content material of the technical report on the harmful use of alcohol associated to cross-border alcohol advertising and marketing, promoting and promotional actions.  
    • ­July-September 2020: Finalization of the working doc for subsequent session course of. Web-based session on the working doc for improvement of the action plan open to Member States, UN organizations and different worldwide organizations, and non-State actors. All related suggestions acquired will probably be revealed on WHO web site. 
    • ­October 2020 – March 2021: Regional technical consultations with Member States on the working doc for improvement of the action plan (2022-2030). 
    • ­March– April 2021: Development of the first draft of the action plan primarily based on the enter acquired on the working doc in the course of of the regional consultations.
    • April -June 2021: The web-based session on the first draft of the action plan open to Member States, UN organizations and different worldwide organizations, and non-State actors.  All related suggestions acquired will probably be revealed on WHO web site. Discussion of the first draft at the Third WHO Forum on alcohol, medication and addictive behaviours attended by technical focal factors from Member States, representatives of UN entities, civil society organizations, WHO collaborating centres, and academia. Consultation with financial operators in alcohol manufacturing and commerce on their contribution to decreasing the harmful use of alcohol inside their core roles.  An casual session with Member States on the first draft of the action plan.
    • ­July-August 2021: Development of the second draft of the action plan primarily based on the suggestions acquired on the first draft throughout the earlier levels of the session course of. 
    • ­August-November 2021: Briefings on the second draft of the action plan organized at the Regional Committee conferences.  Release of the technical report on the harmful use of alcohol associated to cross-border alcohol advertising and marketing, promoting and promotional actions, together with concentrating on youth and adolescents, with a abstract of fundamental findings and conclusions out there in six languages.  A proper assembly of Member States for consideration of the second draft of the action plan. Finalization of the draft action plan considered suggestions and inputs acquired from Member States and different stakeholders throughout the session course of in April -October 2021.  Development and submission of the report by the Secretariat to 150th session of the Executive Board. 
    • ­January/February 2022: The 150th session of the WHO Executive Board will think about the report of the WHO Director-General containing the draft action plan (2022-2030) to successfully implement the Global technique to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

     

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  • MCO: KPWKM provides SOP for NGOs to channel aid

    MCO: KPWKM provides SOP for NGOs to channel aid

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    KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) has set up a guideline (SOP) to enable non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help distribute donations to those in need during the Movement Control Order (MCO).

    Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun (pix) said the ministry, through the Department of Social Welfare Malaysia (JKM), would ensure that the channeling activities were carried out in accordance with the instructions of the National Security Council (MKN) and the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988.

    Sh said, in accordance with the SOP, the NGOs involved should be welfare-oriented and had to contact the State JKM Operations Room a day before making a donation.

    “Only dry and cooked items are allowed to be distributed and the members of the NGOs involved must wear face masks and gloves and have hand sanitisers during the donations,“ she said in a statement today.

    She added that members of the NGOs should be checked for body temperature, that those with symptoms should not be allowed to be involved and that the members taking part must maintain social distance.

    She said the channeling activity must be limited to two members of the NGOs and had to accompanied by members of the Malaysia Civil Defense Forces (APM) and the Malaysian Volunteer Department (RELA).

    Rina said KPWKM was grateful at the NGOs’ desire to work together to ensure a more effective distribution of donations to the people.

    She said interested NGOs could contact the State JKM Operations Room online which operated for 24 hours, – Bernama

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  • IGP, Police Spokesperson, 10 Others Test Negative For Coronavirus

    IGP, Police Spokesperson, 10 Others Test Negative For Coronavirus

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    IGP, Police Spokesperson, 10 Others Test Negative For Coronavirus

    Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has tested negative for Coronavirus. 

    The IGP received the result of the test on Tuesday after submitting samples on March 27, 2020. 

    Other officers, who also tested negative include Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, DCP Idowu Owohunwa, Head of the Force Technical Intelligence Unit, DCP Lanre Ogunlowo, Personal Physician to the IGP, CSP (Dr) Nonye Welle, Medical Officer, Police Clinic, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP (Dr) Titus Adegbite, Secretary to the IGP, SP Moses Jolugbo, and five other close aides to Adamu. 

    While noting that policing was a high-contact job with its attendant risks, the IGP enjoined police officers nationwide to adhere strictly to all precautionary and safety measures in the course of their day-to-day activities.

    Adamu, according to a statement by Mba, equally enjoined members of the public to voluntarily obey all restriction orders put in place by government.

    Recall that Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, who has tested positive for Coronavirus, earlier this month attended the wedding of the son of the IGP, thereby raising fears that all those he came in contact with including Adamu may have been infected.

    Three of Kyari’s staff were later confirmed to be infected with the virus, leaving several others concerned.

    Nigeria currently has 135 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and two recorded deaths.

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  • Better air quality since first phase of MCO: Tuan Ibrahim

    Better air quality since first phase of MCO: Tuan Ibrahim

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    PUTRAJAYA: The enforcement of the first phase of Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 18 until yesterday has not only helped to break the chain of Covid-19, it has in fact reduced environmental pollution as well, according to Environment Minister Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

    “This followed a reduction of activities such as vehicle exhaust emission, industrial stack emission and open burning,” he said.

    He said a detailed analysis by the Department of Environment (DOE) on several main parameters namely nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and fine particles of 2.5 microns (PM2.5) found their levels have fallen significantly.

    Tuan Ibrahim said the monitoring was conducted at the air quality monitoring stations in Batu Muda and Cheras in Kuala Lumpur as well as Putrajaya.

    “All three areas recorded marked drop of between 55 to 68% for NO2; 17 to 34% for SO2; six to 15% for CO; and six to 14% for PM2.5,” he said in a statement, here today.

    Tuan Ibrahim said apart from that, DOE also expanded the analysis to air quality monitoring stations at several major cities such as Shah Alam, Ipoh, Penang, Kuantan, Seremban, Melaka, Johor Bahru, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu for the same period.

    “The findings also showed significant fall in each parameter with NO2 reduced between 11 to 62%, SO2 between five to 22%, CO between two to 25% and PM2.5 between two to 23%,” he said.

    The latest hourly Air Pollutant Index (API) is available on DOE website at http://apims.doe.gov.my/v2/ or by downloading the official smart phone application, MyIPU via Android Google Play and at Apple App Store.

    Tuan Ibrahim also advised the people not to carry out opening burning to reduce the risk of fires in the hot and dry weather now.

    Members of the public can report cases of open burning to the Fire and Rescue Department at 999 or DOE’s toll free line at 1-800-88-2727. – Bernama

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  • Coronavirus: Abuja Residents Flood Markets, ATMs Ahead Of Lockdown In City, Lagos, Ogun

    Coronavirus: Abuja Residents Flood Markets, ATMs Ahead Of Lockdown In City, Lagos, Ogun

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    Residents of Abuja on Monday thronged banking halls, shopping malls and supermarkets to make last-minute cash withdrawals and purchases of basic food items and toiletries ahead of a lockdown in the city.

    President Muhammadu Buhari had on Sunday ordered a total lockdown of activities in Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory for two weeks as part of measures to stem the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the country.

    As early as 7:00am, residents of Abuja had besieged premises of various banks to make cash withdrawals that would last them for the duration of the restriction. 

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    Customers were seen at a branch of First Bank located in Kubwa struggling to gain access into the banking hall. 

    The situation was the same at the Automated Teller Machine point of many banks where dozens of persons gathered to collect cash.

    Many business owners took advantage of the situation to make extra profit by inflating prices of basic items including foodstuffs following the surge in customers at most markets in Abuja. 

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    Also, filling stations were not left out in the rush as many people were seen trying to buy petrol for domestic use. 

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    Residents expressed mixed reactions on the lockdown order, describing it as a pain and sacrifice citizens had to make to help stop the spread of the virus.

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  • Stimulus package will flow over the three months, says Azmin

    Stimulus package will flow over the three months, says Azmin

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    KUALA LUMPUR: Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (pix) said today that the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package is to cushion the adverse impact caused by Covid-19 on the population’s well-being.

    The Prihatin Rakyat package was announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday (Friday).

    According to the senior minister, the situation would simply deteriorate without any form of assistance: “Companies won’t be able to operate and have no choice but to retrench their workers. We have to resort to this (stimulus), to save these workers and help employers not to dismiss them.”

    “But I am confident that this package is not just about three months but will bring about manifold benefits for the future in economic activities and growth,” he said.

    He said this in a programme, Bicara Naratif Pakej Rangsangan Ekonomi that was telecast live today by Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).

    “As we are aware, the world is facing a difficult situation and Malaysia is no exception in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic slowdown.

    “Malaysia as an oil producing country is also impacted by falling oil prices. Hence, why we must restructure the country and take the bold step of introducing the RM250 billion stimulus package.

    “Our hope is that when the movement control order (MCO) period is over, we can see a situation that is more reassuring,” he said.

    Azmin revealed that the Finance Ministry has prepared a module and specifics to all the ministries, in line with their respective responsibilities, on the disbursement of assistance to the target groups, which would be monitored by the Economic Stimulus Package Implementation and Coordination of National Agencies Unit (Laksana).

    “We have complete data on the recipients from the B40 and small and medium enterprises (SME).

    “As for the M40, we have some setbacks as I mentioned earlier, the government had given less priority to the category. That’s probably the reason why we do not have the complete data but this will be seen to so they too can have their right to assistance,” he added. — Bernama

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  • Sabah, Sarawak not excluded from Prihatin

    Sabah, Sarawak not excluded from Prihatin

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    PUTRAJAYA: The Federal government will cooperate with state governments, specifically in Sabah and Sarawak, to ensure all assistance announced under the people-centric economic stimulus package (Prihatin) reaches them as quickly as possible.

    Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix) said he was aware that those living in longhouses in Sarawak, Orang Asal settlements and in remote areas in every part of the country might worry that aid would reach them late.

    “The Federal government will cooperate with state governments, specifically in Sabah and Sarawak, to ensure all assistance provided by the government will reach them fast,” he said in announcing the RM250 billion package on live television today.

    Muhyiddin said besides ensuring the country’s economic activity continued, the government will also pay attention to domestic investment activities that had high multiplier effects and maintained employment.

    For that purpose, the government has identified several small-scale projects such as improving road conditions, upgrading dilapidated schools in Sabah and Sarawak, cleaning places of worships and police stations as well as enhancing tourism facilities that would benefit G1 to G4 Grade contractors.

    “For that, an allocation of RM2 billion has been set aside,” he said, adding that small-scale projects worth RM2 billion as announced in the previous package would be implemented this April.

    He said these included the RM600 million infrastructure projects in Felda and other areas, RM350 million upgrading of dilapidated schools in Sabah and Sarawak and RM150 million upgrading of public housing for the hardcore poor. — Bernama

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