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The APJPH and our owners, the Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, support health and equality for all and we advocate strongly for the health of women and against violence. The WHO issued the following statement last year. “On this International Women’s Day, we imagine a world where every

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We all condemn war.  It is the most senseless of all human foibles.  In the case of Ukraine, we are witnessing a combination of a leader’s ego, a clash of governing principles and the ongoing conflict over religion that has defied a loving solution in Europe for a thousand years. 

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This week the WHO has launched its fourth report on Tobacco Usage. Trend data on tobacco use is now available from 165 countries. Data on E-cigarettes and other inhaled products has not been measured for long enough to be able to determine long-term trends.   The global tobacco usage rates

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Today (November 12) is World Pneumonia Day, which remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide1. Pneumonia is now commonly referred to as Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI). A number of different bacteria and viruses can cause LRTI, including pneumococci (Strep pneumoniae), staphylococci and haemophilus species.  The most common

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Here are some interesting public health developments related to the COVID pandemic Long COVID The WHO has released its first document on “Long COVID” the term being given to describe the symptoms that persist after infection with COVID19. In this document, the definition is very broad, but as more experience

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The Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) will be organising the Scientific Writing Workshop in conjunction with the APACPH2020 Conference “Public Health in the New Normal” on the 5th December 2020, 8 am – 12 pm (GMT +5.5). The speakers and facilitators are Professor Colin Binns, Editor-in-Chief, Asia Pacific

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The current situation is that 40 million confirmed cases have been reported. However, this is a gross under-reporting and the true total is more likely about 300 million cases. A total of 1.1 million deaths. IT will take years to finalise the true total as in many countries we will

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The COVID19 pandemic has been the greatest epidemic facing humanity for 100 years.  Modern societies have come to rely on the rapid development of therapeutics to cure their ills.  There seems to be a reluctance in many societies to apply public health measures that are needed in situations like this.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is having a massive impact on health and nutrition. There have now been several reports of delays to routine child vaccination programs as a result of travel and contact restrictions due to the pandemic.  The effect of these delays may not be immediately obvious as children are

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Corona virus continues its relentless march around the world. As of last night, there have been 14.3 million cases and 602,000 deaths from COVID-19. WHO is currently registering more than 260000 new cases every day.  These figures are likely to be a considerable underestimate of the true number. The COVID-19

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