Vaccine refusal is as dangerous a pandemic as Covid-19
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By Sir Ronald Sanders
Vaccine refusal is fast becoming as dangerous to human health and to economies as the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2019, even before the novel coronavirus was confirmed and began its spread around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that vaccine refusals had led to a resurgence of diseases, such as measles, in countries that were close to eliminating them. The WHO identified vaccine refusal as one of the 10 leading threats to global health. At that time, complacency, inconvenience in access, and a lack of confidence were said to be the driving factors for people’s refusal to inoculate against disease.
ورلڈ ہیلتھ آرگنائزیشن نے ڈومینیکا کو ماں سےبچے کو منتقل ہونے والے ایچ آئی وی کے خاتمے کے حوالے سےبالکل نیاملک قرار دیا ہے - News Makers newsmakers.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsmakers.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PAHO welcomes more covid19 vaccines from US
PAHO director Dr Carissa F Etienne
THE Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday welcomed United States President Joe Biden s announcement on Monday that the US will export 80 million doses of covid19 vaccines within the next six weeks.
In expressing her gratitude for Biden s announcement, PAHO director Dr Carissa Etienne said the Americas have been the epicentre of the pandemic for far too long.
She added the virus is causing the overburdening of communities and health systems in the region and the Americas continue to record high mortality rates from covid even as other parts of the world are heavily unaffected.
Vaccinate or Suffocate – The Stark Choice
By Sir Ronald Sanders
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto. The views expressed are entirely his own)
SECTIONS of the population in many of the 14 independent CARICOM countries are in grave danger of undermining their own health and economic interests by their refusal to be inoculated against the coronavirus, COVID-19.
At the time of writing (May 13), 159.5 million persons have been infected with the virus worldwide. Of this number, almost 3.4 million have died. Shockingly, the countries of the Americas from Canada to Argentina, including the Caribbean, account for almost half of the global infections and deaths – 64.1 million infections and 1.5 million deaths.
World Hypertension Day Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer
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World Hypertension Day is observed globally on 17th May every year to create awareness about hypertension and its preventive measures to the general public
As the COVID-19 pandemic takes a toll on health, keeping a check on your blood pressure (BP) becomes mandatory
The theme for 2021 is Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer which focuses on combating low awareness rates worldwide and accurate blood pressure measurement methods
World Hypertension Day (WHD) is an international day that
strives to educate people across the world about hypertension every year on 17th May, organized by the