News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.                                                     Michel de MontaigneBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Jul 13 2022 (IPS) During the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and fascination how the pandemic swept over the world, while comparing ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts COVID-19 Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

What Future for a World of 8 Billion?
School Opens in Weapons Free Zone East of UNMISS”. Credit: UN Photo/Amanda VoisardBy John WilmothUNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 2022 (IPS) What does a young girl from Juba, in South Sudan, an 8-year-old boy living in the slums of Mumbai, in India, a young mother from the south of Lima, in Peru, and an 83-year-old man enjoying retirement in the suburbs of Stockholm, in Sweden, have in common? Many things, perhaps, but here is one of the most important: they are all members of the human population, whose size will surpass 8 billion people in mid-November 2022. They are part of a common humanity that aspires to live peacefully and...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: John Wilmoth Tags: Development & Aid Featured Gender Global Headlines Health Inequality Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

India & China Continue to Lead – as World Population Projected to Reach 8.0 Billion
Credit: FreepikBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 2022 (IPS) India and China, two Asian nuclear powers who are also longstanding rivals embroiled in the geo-politics of the Indian Ocean region, have remained two of the world’s most populous nations accounting for over a billion people each. But as the world’s population reaches the 8.0 billion mark, come November, India is projected to surpass China. The current numbers stand at 1.44 billion people in China and 1.39 billion in India. But the numbers are expected to change as India races ahead of China. The US ranks third with over 335 million people. By the end of l...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Thalif Deen Tags: Development & Aid Featured Gender Global Headlines Health Inequality Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

Rights Groups Question ‘ Pregnancy Register ’ for Polish Women
Women’s rights groups have questioned the legal provision requiring doctors to collect records on all pregnancies, saying it could be used to monitor abortions. By Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Jul 5 2022 (IPS) Women’s rights groups fear a new legal provision in Poland requiring doctors to collect records on all pregnancies could create what they have described as a ‘pregnancy register’ to monitor whether women are having abortions. Poland has some of Europe’s strictest abortion laws with terminations allowed in only two instances – if the woman’s health or life is at risk and if the pregnancy is the result of eithe...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ed Holt Tags: Editors' Choice Europe Featured Gender Headlines Health Population TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Abortion IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

Animals are Core to Pandemic Prevention – We Must Strengthen Their Defences
Granja Agas, S.A. poultry farm, Motilla del Palancar, Cuenca, Spain. Credit: Guilhem AlandryBy Carel du Marchie SarvaasBRUSSELS, Jul 5 2022 (IPS) The ongoing discussions at the World Health Organization (WHO) around a new, landmark ‘pandemic prevention treaty’ shows that the world is starting to act on the lessons it learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, countries have already taken the first steps towards amending the International Health Regulations that govern the reporting and national responses to emerging pandemics, which were subsequently found to fall short during the initial outbreak of COVID-19. Yet, ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carel du Marchie Sarvaas Tags: COVID-19 Economy & Trade Featured Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Reimagining Ageing: Older Persons as Agents of Development
By Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaBANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 29 2022 (IPS) Older persons are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in agricultural fields producing our food supplies, peddle their wares as street vendors, drive tuk-tuks and buses, exercise in our parks, lead some of the region’s most successful companies and form an integral part of our families. Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaIndeed, population ageing is one of the megatrends greatly affecting sustainable development. People now live longer than ever and remain active because of improved health. We must broaden the narrow view of older persons as requ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Tags: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Economy & Trade Headlines Health Labour Sustainability TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

An experimental study of responses to armed police in Great Britain - Yesberg JA, Bradford B, Dawson P.
This study tested whether the presence of a firearm changed the way people reacted to police among a British sample. Method In an online study, participants were shown images of armed and unarmed police and rated them on a number of var...
Source: SafetyLit - June 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

A VAR analysis of the effects of Al-Shabaab's pledge to Al-Qaeda on bombings and fatalities - Onat I, Guler A, Hsu HY, Reyes J.
Pledging allegiance to a larger terrorist group is assumed to increase activities of religious terrorist groups because of cooperative relationships and further support. In a competing theory, a pledge to another group is viewed as symbolic to motivate a g...
Source: SafetyLit - June 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

‘When it Comes to Gender Equality, Our Best is Not Good Enough’: says Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
By Sania FarooquiNEW DELHI, India, Jun 27 2022 (IPS) The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted lives all over the world. According to this report, gender is emerging as a significant factor in the social, economic and health effects of Covid-19. Women have been hit much harder socially and economically than men. The greatest and most persistent gender gap was seen in employment and uncompensated labour, with 26% of women reporting loss of work compared with 20% of men globally in September 2021. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka UNESCO has projected almost 11 million girls might not return to school due to Covid-19’s unprecedented ed...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sania Farooqui Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Economy & Trade Education Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Labour Multimedia TerraViva United Nations Video Women's Heal Source Type: news

‘When it Comes to Gender Equality, Our Best is Not Good Enough’: says Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
By Sania FarooquiNEW DELHI, India, Jun 27 2022 (IPS) The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted lives all over the world. According to this report, gender is emerging as a significant factor in the social, economic and health effects of Covid-19. Women have been hit much harder socially and economically than men. The greatest and most persistent gender gap was seen in employment and uncompensated labour, with 26% of women reporting loss of work compared with 20% of men globally in September 2021. Phumzile Mlambo-NgcukaUNESCO has projected almost 11 million girls might not return to school due to Covid-19’s unprecedented edu...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sania Farooqui Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Economy & Trade Education Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Labour Multimedia TerraViva United Nations Video Women's Health IPS UN Source Type: news

How Pittsburgh Is Leading the U.S. Back to the Moon
It’s not easy to get from North Lincoln Avenue to the Lake of Death. North Lincoln Avenue is in Pittsburgh; the Lake of Death is on the moon—meaning there’s a tidy 385,000 km (over 239,000 mi.) between them. But before the end of the year, that gap should close—thanks to a modest company in a modest building just a third of a mile northwest of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Heinz Field, tucked humbly between a Wendy’s and a McDonald’s. The building is the headquarters of Astrobotic, which—if all goes according to plan—will launch its Pittsburgh-made Peregrine spacecraft from...
Source: TIME: Science - June 23, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Systematic literature review on variables impacting organization ’s zero accident vision in occupational safety and health perspectives - Ahamad MA, Arifin K, Abas A, Mahfudz M, Cyio MB, Khairil M, Ali MN, Lampe I, Samad MA.
The zero-accident vision has sparked debate in the fields of occupational safety and health. While many organizations and policymakers have successfully implemented the zero-accident vision, numerous notable occupational safety and health scholars from var...
Source: SafetyLit - June 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

The Sustainable Use of Wild Species is Important for Everyone
Salmon fishing. Credit: iStockBy Marla R. Emery, Jean-Marc Fromentin and John DonaldsonBONN, Germany, Jun 22 2022 (IPS) You probably use wild species far more often than you realise. For many people, especially in more developed economies, the use of wild species sounds like something quite removed from their everyday lives – something perhaps more relevant to other people, in other countries. It is a fact, however, that the use of wild species is a vital part of almost every human community. If you eat fish, they are most likely wild species. When you take cough medication, it’s likely to be derived, in part, from wi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marla R. Emery - Jean-Marc Fromentin - John Donaldson Tags: Biodiversity Climate Change Economy & Trade Environment Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Global Headlines Health Natural Resources Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Tobacco Consumption Slows in the West, Grows in Africa, say Researchers
As cigarette smuggling in Southern Africa becomes big business, researchers have expressed concern that tobacco consumption is increasing in younger people and developing countries. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPSBy Ignatius BandaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe , Jun 21 2022 (IPS) Cigarette smuggling has emerged as one of the most lucrative enterprises between Zimbabwe and South Africa, with border authorities seizing contraband worth millions of dollars in recent years. Last month, South African police confiscated cigarettes worth ZAR1,7 million (about USD105,000) from Zimbabwean smugglers who have taken advantage of porous border contr...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ignatius Banda Tags: Africa Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Tobacco Zimbabwe Source Type: news

The Battle for Covid-19 Vaccines: the Rich Prevail Over the Poor
By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 2022 (IPS) The 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) has implicitly rubber-stamped a widely-condemned policy of “vaccine apartheid” which has discriminated the world’s poorer nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, depriving them of any wide-ranging intellectual property rights. As Max Lawson, Co-Chair of the People’s Vaccine Alliance and Head of Inequality Policy at Oxfam, said at the conclusion of the WTO’s ministerial meeting last week: “The conduct of rich countries at the WTO has been utterly shameful”. “The European Union (EU) has blocked anything that resembles a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Thalif Deen Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

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