Intensifying climate change impacts, from fiercer heatwaves to more flooded homes, are driving a growing mental health crisis around the world whose costs are so far underestimated and poorly understood, researchers said on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: Focusing on Covid-19 related activities and continuing to provide essential services are important not only to maintain people s trust in the health system but also to minimise any increase in morbidity and mortality from other health conditions, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.
He made these remarks during a high-level virtual panel discussion on Continuity on Health Services during Covid-19 Crisis , according to a health ministry statement.
He appreciated Defeat-NCD Partnership at United Nations Institute for Training and Research for organising a call for action session for countries on Uninterrupted Health Services for NCDs during the Covid-19 Crisis , the statement said.
A year of COVID-19: Global attitudes to vaccination
Since April 2020, YouGov and Imperial College London s Institute of Global Health Innovation have collaborated on a global survey designed to explore the global public s attitudes, behaviours, and perceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed with the help of a group of clinical and technical experts and conducted in 29 countries, areas, and territories, the ongoing survey provides a window into how opinion has shifted over the crisis so far.
Since November, YouGov and ICL have also tracked attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination across the globe in 14 countries - examining whether people are willing to take the vaccine, whether they trust it, and how easy it is to access a coronavirus jab in a respondent s country of residence.
Moderna Vaccine Highly Effective in Adolescents, Company Says
The U.S., which has a surplus of vaccines, could soon have two options for teens while many countries face shortages.
A teen participant in the Moderna vaccine trial received a shot in Houston in February.Credit.Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times
By Emily Anthes
May 25, 2021Updated 6:10 p.m. ET
Moderna said on Tuesday that its coronavirus vaccine, authorized only for use in adults, was powerfully effective in 12- to 17-year-olds. In a clinical trial of the vaccine in adolescents, there were no cases of symptomatic Covid-19 among fully vaccinated teens, the company reported in a news release.
Crucial to prevent morbidities and deaths from other health conditions amid Covid, says Health Minister
May 25, 2021
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‘India has reduced premature NCD related mortalities from 503 to 490 per 100,000 population from 2015 to 2019’
Being overwhelmed with the demands of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, the healthcare system is not able to provide essential healthcare services like before and hence it is vital to scale up action to prevent morbidities or deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said during a panel discussion on “Continuity on Health Services during COVID-19 Crisis” on Tuesday.
“Our health facilities and workforce are currently inundated by a plethora of activities related to controlling the pandemic. In doing so, essential health services which communities expect from the health system do get compromised,” Vardhan said.