Category: COVID-19
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Africa closes in on one million COVID-19 cases
A guide to WHO’s guidance on COVID-19
Blood test may identify which COVID-19 patients are best candidates for steroid treatment
Africa: Benefits of childhood vaccination programmes far outweigh risks of COVID-19 transmission
Concerns about lasting heart damage in COVID-19 patients — 2 German studies
Nervous COVID-19 patients want home care rather than hospital admission
Jhb City level responses to drug use and HIV in the context of COVID-19
How Covid-19 emergency procurement turned into a cadres’ feast – COVID-19 Lockdown
UK’s home finger-prick antibody test passes first clinical trial – COVID-19 Lockdown
Why the models got the Western Cape so wrong | COVID-19 Lockdown
CMSA urges govt to reconsider new taxi loading rules | COVID Lockdown
COVID-19 Nationwide Lockdown: Ramaphosa declares schools will shut for 4 weeks – but Grade 12s get 1 week’s break
Zweli Mkhize plays down discrepancy in reported deaths
COVID-19, SA Health General, Webinars
Webinar: COVID-19 in Africa – Eastern Cape, SA, 31st July
Corruption wreaks healthcare services
Webinar: COVID-19 in Africa – Malawi, 24th July (3pm)
An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report
South Africa endures coronavirus crisis as health services collapse – BBC News
Taxi capacity rules ‘justified and supported by science’, says health MEC
SA MRC Reports on Deaths in SA as at 7th July 2020
Staff accuse Médecins Sans Frontières of ‘institutional racism
Neurological associations of COVID-19
Coronavirus chaos: BBC goes inside SA’s ‘hospitals of horrors’
Groote Schuur medic describes her day in a Covid-19 ward
NASREC
Covid-19: Western Cape and Gauteng prepare for the peak
Here are the best and worst materials for face masks
State patients in private hospitals: What’s the deal?
Gauteng’s Nasrec Field Hospital gets first patients after life-saving donations
#Masks4allinAfrica, COVID-19, Global Health
Confusion over masks policy after UK minister says they should not be compulsory – BBC News
COVID-19, Primary health care, SA Health General
Covid-19: Are SA’s district hospitals government’s coronavirus blindspot?
COVID-19, Global Health, Primary health care
PHCPI Blog: Tracking and treating when there aren’t enough tests: Lessons learned from South Boston
COVID-19: Seven lessons from the Western Cape
Johannesburg doctors desperate
#Masks4allinAfrica, COVID-19, WHO Guidelines
WHO acknowledges ‘evidence emerging’ of airborne spread of COVID-19
International Study on Global PHC Response to COVID
MRC Webinar: Clinical Collaboration in the Time of COVID-19
Africa, COVID-19, Educational Resource
The new normal: How virtual can we go?
COVID-19, Educational Resource, Jhb CPD, Webinars
Jhb DFM CPD: COVID-19 Field Hospital in Cape Town 8am, 10th July 2020
Report on Weekly Deaths in South Africa
COVID-19, Patient Advice, SA Health General
Distance, Dose, Dispersion: Experts’ guide on Covid-19 risks in South Africa and how to manage them
COVID-19, Health Systems Information, Primary health care
Covid-19 in New Zealand: A move to online consultations in primary care could widen health inequalities
Community and Communication: Fighting COVID-19 in DRC
Africa, COVID-19, SA Health General, Webinars
Webinar: COVID-19 in Africa – private sector in Jhb, South Africa, 10th July (6pm)
Countries with early adoption of face masks showed modest coronavirus infection rates
COVID-19, Educational Resource, WHO Guidelines
Welcome to OpenWHO
Covid-19 explodes in Gauteng, Dlamini Zuma must make Lockdown 2.0 decision
COVID-19, Educational Resource, SA Health General
HOW TO PROVIDE RESPIRATORY SUPPORT FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS
Webinar: Clinical Collaboration in the Time of COVID-19
Deaths in SA rise significantly higher than predicted – SAMRC report
China warned of mysterious virus 6 months ago. Here’s where the world is at now.
COVID-19, Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, SA Health General
South Africa sets aside more money for Covid-19 but lacks spending strategy
Letter from a doctor: Rats, dirty laundry and finding hope in Eastern Cape hospital
Eastern Cape healthcare has collapsed: ‘Sick people are fighting each other’
Africa, COVID-19, SA Health General, Webinars
Webinar: COVID-19 in Africa – Cape Town, South Africa, 3rd July
London in the Shadow of a Virus – BBC News
Gauteng’s active Covid-19 cases have doubled to over 21 000 in a week, deaths too
Africa, COVID-19, Human Resources, Webinars
Join a panel discussion at AFIHC Virtual Conference 19th August 2020
Combating COVID-19: East meets West
COVID-19, Educational Resource, Global Health, Priority Diseases
IPCRG – Working locally in primary care and collaborating globally to improve respiratory health
COVID-19, Primary health care, SA Health General, Universal Health Coverage
Covid-19 surge: Investing heavily in ICU capacity is not the only option
COVID-19 Promising Practices: SA
WHO Q&A on workplace and COVID-19
COVID-19, Population Health and COPC, Primary health care
COVID training courses for CHWs
Africa, COVID-19, Priority Diseases
The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and COVID-19
COVID-19, Global Health, Primary health care
COVID-19: Primary Health Care Initiatives in Malaysia
#Masks4allinAfrica, COVID-19, Global Health
This simple model shows the importance of wearing masks and social distancing
COVID-19, Global Health, Primary health care
RCGP Webinar on Global Perspective – Primary Care post COVID
COVID focus must stress prevention and good, early treatment
Africa, COVID-19, WONCA Africa
June Lesotho Family Medicine Newsletter
Does anyone remember Life Esidimeni? Of short memories, public service and truth telling
COVID-19, Primary health care, SA Health General
A day in the life of a Covid-19 clinic on the Cape Flats
Webinar: COVID-19 in Africa – Zimbabwe, 26th June
COVID-19, Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
WHO: Use of chest imaging in COVID-19
#Masks4allinAfrica, COVID-19, Global Health
Evidence shows that lockdown was a ‘reckless’ experiment
#Masks4allinAfrica, COVID-19, WHO Global
WHO retracts yet another ‘misunderstood’ statement
Ghost hospital: patients abandoned
#Masks4allinAfrica, COVID-19, WHO Global
Evidence supports physical distancing, masks, and eye protection — WHO commissioned meta-analysis
What you should know about growing indoor plants and gardening
Long Term Investment in Primary Health Care Pays Off in Sri Lanka
South Africa can get Covid-19 under control if it blocks the routes that enable transmission
Beware false negative PCR tests, warns Groote Schuur doctor
Coronavirus: How many more people are dying?
Africa outperforming world with COVID-19
Webinar: COVID-19 in Africa – Botswana, 19th June
Ready to see your doctor but scared to go? Here are some guidelines
Nasal oxygen treatment instead of ventilators sees Covid-19 recoveries at hospital in Cape Town
Steroid dexamethasone praised as ‘major breakthrough’ in coronavirus fight after trial indicates it can save lives
Africa, COVID-19, Priority Diseases
Guidelines for renal care of COVID-19 in Africa
Africa, COVID-19, Universal Health Coverage
COVID-19 is a game-changer for health financing in Nigeria
COVID-19, Population Health and COPC, Primary health care
New routine in primary care: Experiences from an Austrian PHC center during the COVID-19 crisis
Webinar: COVID-19 in Africa – Ethiopia, 12th June
SA amends criteria for Covid-19 testing
COVID-19, Health Systems Information
Adapting Social Determinants of Health Screening for Remote Care
At least half of mystery deaths in Nigeria’s Kano due to COVID-19 – minister
Medical Workers Should Use Respirator Masks, Not Surgical Masks
WHO resumes hydroxychloroquine study for Covid-19, after reviewing safety concerns
COVID-19, SA NHI, Universal Health Coverage