WHO releases guidelines to help countries maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic

Health ArticlesBy Abdul-Qadir March 31, 2020 Leave a comment

The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate effectively. Previous outbreaks have demonstrated that when health systems are overwhelmed, mortality from vaccine-preventable and other treatable conditions can also increase dramatically. During the 2014-2015…

World TB Day 2020 Newsletter

Health ArticlesBy Abdul-Qadir March 31, 2020 Leave a comment

Latest news and updates from WHO Dear colleagues and friends, World TB Day, this year, comes at a sobering time – as the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. We stand in solidarity with those affected, those at the frontlines of the fight to combat COVID-19, as well as those who continue efforts to support…

Information sharing on COVID-19

Health ArticlesBy Abdul-Qadir March 30, 2020 Leave a comment

WHO’s focus at all times is to ensure that all areas of the globe have the information they need to manage the health of their people. In a recent interview, the WHO official who headed the joint international mission to China, did not answer a question on Taiwan’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The question…

Stimulus package will flow over the three months, says Azmin

LifestyleBy Thamin Abdul March 28, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

Effective Ways to Market to Teenagers and Their Parents

MarketingBy abeldecoteau80 March 28, 2020 Leave a comment

Marketing has a certain set of common rules that apply to both online and offline strategies. There should always be a definite target group to which advertisers communicate their ideas instead of voicing them out to the whole global population. There are many products and services centered on teen and parent audiences who are the…

Condom shortage looms after coronavirus lockdown shuts world’s top producer

LifestyleBy Thamin Abdul March 27, 2020 Leave a comment

KUALA LUMPUR: A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer said, after a coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production. Malaysia’s Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom from its three Malaysian factories in the past 10 days due to a lockdown…

How to Effectively Market to the Growing Hispanic Segment

MarketingBy abeldecoteau80 March 27, 2020 Leave a comment

America is fast embracing multiculturalism, and the changing dynamics have produced new dilemmas for the various marketers who are required to reach the people whose language, customs, and tastes aren’t the same as the ?general market?. It will become more critical to have marketing plans that are culturally relevant as the diversity in the population…

Coronavirus: Stop Wasting Testing Kits On Politicians, AIED Tells NCDC

TechnologyBy abeldecoteau80 March 27, 2020 Leave a comment

NCDC The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development has urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to stop wasting “limited testing kits” on political office holders and government officials. In a statement on Thursday by its Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade O’Seun John, the organisation said the unchecked usage of the scarce testing…

COVID-19: Should Education Hit A Pause Or Are We Just Unprepared In Nigeria? By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

TechnologyBy abeldecoteau80 March 27, 2020 Leave a comment

Olabisi Deji-Folutile Olabisi Deji-Folutile Google The world is facing its most trying and unprecedented times as the last few weeks have been most challenging for almost everybody. What started in Wuhan, China, as an epidemic, has put the entire world in disarray. Major streets across the globes have become empty. Both the rich and…

Covid-19: Malaysia preparing smartphone application to track movements

LifestyleBy Thamin Abdul March 26, 2020 Leave a comment

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is preparing a smartphone application that can track movements of individuals in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19, according to Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) Khairy Jamaluddin. He said a similar application had been launched in Singapore which has managed to successfully trace infections through the detection of…

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