In the twelfth edition of PandemiCast, members of the Baird’s CMC family – co-founders Francois Baird and Marta Dourado and shareholder Frederick Fussi – join moderator Mark Chataway to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has affected businesses. Edited by Iknoor Kaur. You can watch the video here. Watch previous editions of PandemiCast here.
This week saw the launch of a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), judging how the world is faring in making progress on eliminating violence against children. An act of violence against a child poses to be immensely damaging to a child’s emotional and physical wellbeing. As the WHO report outlines, “violence can result …
More than one in five people worldwide are at risk of developing severe COVID-19 if infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a major analysis published earlier this week. The research, published in The Lancet, estimates that 1.7 billion people – or 22 percent of the global population – are living with an underlying condition …
Desertification is perhaps not as widely publicised an environmental issue as others, but this does not take away from the severity of the threat it poses – that of a fundamental threat to our way of life. India is beset by a plethora of environmental issues – desertification looms among them. As defined in a …
This week we observe International Day of the African Child. COVID-19 is impacting all segments of society and children are hard-hit. In a special edition of PandemiCast, we talk to Professor Anne Njom Nlend and Sheriff Bojang, Jr. about the effect of COVID-19 on children in Africa and their mental, emotional, and physical health. Watch …
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In India and at the global level, the debate over the merits of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a treatment for COVID-19 continues. Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) cited safety concerns as it announced a moratorium on clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine. HCQ is used as a treatment for a number of conditions including malaria and …
This is our tenth episode of PandemICast. We explore public policy for the third time. Watch the video here. For other PandemiCast episodes, click here.
In our ninth episode of PandemiCast, we gather Dr Simon Thornley, Professor J. P. Muliyil and recurring panellist James Snodgrass to take a look at epidemiological models related to the coronavirus pandemic. Edited by Iknoor Kaur. Watch the other editions here.
Around 1.5 million people are affected by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in India — the second-highest disease burden in the world outside of the United States. The findings were uncovered by a study carried out by Wellness 365, a community representing Indian medical professionals and practitioners. Rates of IBD were found to be rising steadily, marking …
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China has announced its intention to provide its citizens in India with access to special flights leaving the country. Such a move comes against a backdrop of ongoing difficulties between the two nations. These difficulties have manifested in border conflicts, with accusations of transgressions into Indian territory by Chinese military forces. Simultaneously, however, Chinese charities …
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