Information shops cowl issues over psychological well being in Ukraine below traumatic circumstances, stresses skilled by refugees, and a scarcity of medical workers within the nation. Individually, the European Society of Cardiology bans Russian medical doctors.
ABC Information:
‘Nation Beneath Stress’: Docs Say Psychological Well being A Prime Precedence In Ukraine
Because the struggle in Ukraine started, greater than 3 million refugees have fled — by bus, practice, automobile and foot — for neighboring international locations. Some have locations in thoughts, whereas others haven’t any plan. However as these displaced residents navigate totally different but equally not possible situations, medical doctors on the international locations that border Ukraine say there is a widespread thread: psychological well being is probably the most usually reported medical drawback. ABC Information interviewed medical doctors from the U.S. and Europe who flew to the border to volunteer. In keeping with these medical doctors, among the many thousands and thousands of refugees, acute stress dysfunction has been reported as a typical ailment. (Kondoleon, 3/22)
Reuters:
500,000 Refugees From Ukraine Have Psychological Well being Points, WHO Says
About half one million refugees from Ukraine who’ve fled to Poland want assist for psychological well being issues, and 30,000 have extreme psychological well being issues, the consultant for the World Well being Organisation in Poland mentioned on Tuesday. Refugees arriving in Poland are affected by a variety of well being issues, together with diarrhea and dehydration, however the primary want is for assist as a consequence of trauma, Paloma Cuchi, WHO consultant in Poland, informed a briefing in Geneva. (3/22)
WRAL.Com:
‘Nurses Wanted:’ Duke Well being Nurse Helps Infants In Ukraine As Bombs Fall Close by
A Duke Well being nurse is again residence within the Triangle after spending practically every week at a hospital in Ukraine. Melissa Babb traveled to the struggle zone to deal with infants in want of coronary heart surgical procedures. She informed WRAL Information about her life-changing expertise, and why she’s keen to do it yet again. The concept started from the protection and luxury of her sofa. Babb was watching TV together with her husband Mitch when she seen a Fb put up: Nurses wanted. (3/22)
Fox Information:
European Society Of Cardiology Bans Russian Docs Amid Ukraine Invasion
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC), a global neighborhood of cardiologists, mentioned in a press release despatched to Fox Information, that it paused the memberships of the Russian Society of Cardiology and the Belarussian Society of Cardiologists amid the continuing invasion of Ukraine, which can also be one in every of its member international locations. Cardiologists in Russia or Belarus are additionally barred from any ESC occasion, together with presenters, the assertion mentioned. “Please allow us to emphasize that this extraordinary measure is under no circumstances directed in opposition to cardiologists, scientists, and different ESC members from the Russian Federation or Belarus. They aren’t accountable for the struggle. They’re our associates and colleagues within the combat in opposition to heart problems.” Stephan Achenbach, President of the ESC, mentioned within the assertion. (McGorry, 3/23)
Reuters:
Ukraine Makes use of Facial Recognition To Determine Useless Russian Troopers, Minister Says
Ukraine is utilizing facial recognition software program to determine the our bodies of Russian troopers killed in fight and to hint their households to tell them of their deaths, Ukraine’s vice prime minister informed Reuters. Reuters solely reported that Ukraine’s Ministry of Protection this month started utilizing know-how from Clearview AI, a New York-based facial recognition supplier that finds pictures on the internet that match faces from uploaded images. It was not clear at the moment how the know-how could be used. (Dave, 3/23)
In world covid information —
CIDRAP:
International COVID-19 Circumstances Climb For Second Week In A Row
Led primarily by surges in Asian scorching spots, COVID-19 instances final week elevated for the second straight week, although deaths continued to fall, the World Well being Group (WHO) mentioned yesterday in its weekly pandemic replace. Final week marked a turnaround in a 5-week decline in instances. Within the continued rise this week, instances had been up 7% in comparison with the week earlier than, the WHO mentioned. Circumstances had been up 21% within the Western Pacific area, an space that features places experiencing surges, together with South Korea, Vietnam, and Hong Kong. (Schnirring, 3/23)
Bloomberg:
Sweden Jumps The Gun On Covid Strategist’s New WHO Job
Sweden’s announcement that Anders Tegnell, the mastermind behind the Scandinavian nation’s controversial Covid-19 technique, had been employed by the World Well being Group has turned out to be untimely. The March 9 report by Sweden’s Public Well being Company FHM mentioned that Tegnell had resigned as state epidemiologist to turn into a senior skilled in a bunch that can coordinate the work between the WHO, the UN Youngsters’s Fund UNICEF and vaccine group Gavi. Svenska Dagbladet first reported that the announcement was met with “shock and confusion” inside the WHO. (Jungstedt, 3/23)
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