Search Tag: public health
Containing COVID-19 in EU: Uncoordinated Efforts Don’t Bring Results
2020 02 Jul
Countries in Europe have started easing drastic lockdown measures, implemented in February-March 2020, as the number of COVID-19 cases in their jurisdictions decline. However, relaxation needs to be coordinated in order to stop community transmission and avoid new COVID-19 outbreaks. You might also like: Mobility, Connectivity... Read more
Assessing COVID-19 Response
2020 15 Jun
A group of experts is proposing a scorecard that may help to assess governments’ pandemic response and better prepare for future outbreaks. You might also like: Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions – What’s Next? In a comment published in Nature Medicine , the authors propose six recommendations with regard to the implementation... Read more
COVID-19 Outbreak in Greece: Current Response, Personal Responsibility and Social Solidarity
2020 24 Mar
COVID-19 is already a severe public health emergency for citizens, societies and economies of 164 countries, inducing not only a major and unprecedented economic shock but also a social turmoil. According to a survey by McKinsey & Company (Craven et al. 2020), the COVID19 outbreak could potentially result in the decrease of global GDP of 2,5-2%... Read more
COVID-19: What Can Healthcare Learn?
2020 09 Mar
Summary: A new decade is normally a time for optimism and fresh starts but what 2020 ushered in was a new coronavirus. Named by WHO as COVID-19, the virus causes severe acute respiratory problems. It is thought to have emerged at a live animal market in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 with an initial trickle of reports... Read more
AI Breast Cancer Diagnosis Matches Two Doctors
2020 02 Jan
A newly-published study in the journal Nature suggests that AI diagnoses breast cancer from mammograms more accurately than radiologists. A computer, specially designed and trained by a team of researchers from international bodies such as Google Health and Imperial College London, performed as well as two doctors working together.... Read more
EHMA 2020 Annual Conference (European Health Management Association)
2020 17 Nov
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS NEW DATES: NOVEMBER 17-19, 2020 Find EHMA on Social Media Read more
APHL 2020 - Association of Public Health Laboratories Annual Meeting
2020 08 Jun
APHL 2020 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find APHL on Social Media Read more