Durch das Virus droht das Burnout
Med in Switzerland #23 September 2020
MMS Gemessen an der Einwohnerzahl, zählte Südafrika schon vor der Corona-Pandemie weltweit die meisten Opfer von sexueller und häuslicher Gewalt. Die strengen Lockdown-Massnahmen der letzten Monate haben die Ausbreitung des Virus zwar eindämmen können, jedoch die Zahl der Fälle von geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt in die Höhe schnellen lassen. Ausgerechnet in einer Zeit, in der die ohnehin hohe Zahl der Gewaltopfer nochmals ansteigt, ist die Arbeit der HelferInnen massiv beeinträchtigt. Am Beispiel der Arbeit von Lifeline, südafrikanische Partnerorganisation von terre des hommes schweiz, zeigt sich, wie gross der psychische Druck und die konkreten Hindernisse für die Hilfesuchenden als auch Helfenden sind. Ein Bericht von Hafid Derbal und Tayson Mudarikiri, terre des hommes schweiz. (Foto: Wichtige und öffentlichkeitswirksame Proteste wie hier 2018 sind heute nicht mehr möglich / © terre des hommes schweiz)
The world needs a better World Health Organisation
The WHO has done well against covid-19. But it needs more muscle and more money
The Economist "THE GLASS and metal headquarters of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN’s health agency, contrast starkly with their bucolic surroundings in the hills around Geneva. The only dabs of colour are the flags of its 194 member-states. For now the American flag still flutters beside the rest. But if President Donald Trump has his way, by July 2021 it will be gone. America is the WHO’s biggest donor. A tenth of its staff are American. Its influence runs through the agency, right down to the peanut-butter cups in the staff vending machine. It is an odd time to cut ties with the world’s foremost public-health body. There is a pandemic going on." (Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash)
Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2)
This meeting was organized and co-hosted by GENDRO and Women in Global Health together with the WHO Secretariat. It was announced as follows: “Through a dynamic, solutions-oriented dialogue session, this will be an opportunity to highlight three specific aspects of gender transformation: leadership, including in the response to COVID at local, national, regional and international levels; data, particularly strategies to ensure the collection and use of gender disaggregated data in times of COVID; and health care, with a focus on women on the frontlines. The session seeks to focus on solutions and strategies for progress, including what civil society asks of WHO and also what civil society itself can do.” (Photo: MONUSCO Photos/flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
UNAIDS "A new report from UNAIDS shows how countries grappling with COVID-19 are using the experience and infrastructure from the AIDS response to ensure a more robust response to both pandemics. COVID-19 and HIV: 1 moment, 2 epidemics, 3 opportunities—how to seize the moment to learn, leverage and build a new way forward for everyone’s health and rights shows that by identifying the dynamic changes needed, systems can be found that are effective, inclusive, equitable and sufficiently resourced. “Given the epic dimensions of the emergency, the world needs unity and solidarity,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. “Our decades-long fight against HIV offers essential lessons. By heeding those lessons and working together, we can ensure that national health responses deliver on the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the health and well-being of all.” (Photo by SJ Objio on Unsplash)
Health Policy Watch "Dire predictions of Africa being overwhelmed by a tsunami of COVID-19 infections and deaths have not materialized – yet – and this is confounding many researchers. So whether the reason is the continent’s youthful population, a certain level of “herd immunity” gained from prior exposure to other coronaviruses, or simply a lack of adequate disease surveillance, experts are trying to understand the reasons why." (Photo by Morning Brew on Unsplash)
World Health Organisation (WHO) "The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly disrupted freight movement, particularly by air, of essential health supplies, while nationally lockdowns disrupted pharmaceutical production. These and other unexpected supply chain disruptions all significantly complicated the delivery of vital health products just when health services needed them the most. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) through the‘ Strategic Fund for Essential Medicines and Public Health Supplies’ responded quickly to minimize the impact by working with three key stake holdergroups regional and national health authorities, technical experts, and suppliers." (Photo: OEA - OAS/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
British Medical Journal (bmj) "How does one fight an invisible, insidious, and all but intractable foe worth 30 kb in size? In Kenya, the hundred and fiftieth day of COVID-19 passed on 9th August 2020, nine months after the virus manifested itself in the Chinese province of Wuhan. The pandemic has brought forth some key learnings in the process. Even though modern science has risen at breath-taking speed, the most effective tools are still the public health measures, from the 19th century – quarantine and social distancing. The crisis has given us an opportunity to witness the speed and volume of innovation from local innovators and universities to give doctors a broader range of weapons." (Photo: AMISOM Public Information/flickr, CC0 1.0)
Times LIVE "The effect of lockdown on gender-based violence (GBV) has been laid bare by a researcher who collected data from every support call centre. The government GBV and femicide command centre alone recorded more than 120,000 victims in the first three weeks of lockdown, said Rose Gawaya, a gender adviser at the Social Policy Network." (Photo by Mélodie Descoubes on Unsplash)
Comundo Die aktuelle Krise trifft armutsbetroffene Länder einiges stärker als bislang angenommen. Allein in Lateinamerika ist laut aktuellen Schätzungen der Vereinten Nationen bis Ende 2020 mit 45 Millionen Arbeitslosen zu rechnen. Nun warnt Comundo vor langfristigen sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Folgen und fordert das Parlament auf, seinem 0,5%-Versprechen endlich nachzukommen. (...) «Wir sind besorgt über diese mangelnde Solidarität der Schweiz und fordern eine Korrektur des Entscheids durch den Ständerat», sagt Erik Keller, Geschäftsleiter von Comundo. (Foto: Lizeth Salazar Bustos/AVE)
Christoffel Blindenmission Schweiz (CBM) Die Corona-Pandemie stellt die Welt vor ungeahnte Herausforderungen. Gesellschaften weltweit sind gefordert, sich in einer neuen Normalität zurechtzufinden. Was als Gesundheitskrise begann, hat schnell Konsequenzen in weiteren Bereichen nach sich gezogen und stellt Bildungssysteme, Arbeitsmärkte und nicht zuletzt das gesellschaftliche Miteinander auf die Probe. Die aktuellen Ereignisse unterstreichen, dass Krisen kein Silo-Denken kennen und alle Menschen betroffen sind, wenngleich die einen mehr als die anderen, sei es aus gesundheitlichen, finanziellen und/oder sozialen Gründen und Ungleichheiten. (...) Menschen mit Behinderungen zählen zu den am stärksten betroffenen Menschen der Corona-Krise und müssen seit dem Ausbruch des Virus zusätzliche Barrieren und Ungleichheiten in allen Lebensbereichen bewältigen, in der Schweiz und in den Ländern des Globalen Südens. (Foto: CBM)
The Lancet "The tidal wave of information on the internet concerning the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in difficulties in discerning truth from fiction. This so-called infodemic, defined by WHO as an “overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that makes it harder for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when needed”, has become a major threat to public health. Infection rates will rise if people are confused about restrictions and patients may be harmed if they use unproven treatments or bogus remedies." (Photo by Tiffany Tertipes on Unsplash)
Devex "In late July, the World Health Organization announced that over 10,000 healthcare workers in Africa had tested positive for COVID-19. This raised concerns about the ability of countries like Nigeria — which only has 0.4 doctors per 1,000 people to begin with — to successfully control a pandemic that has overwhelmed even better-resourced health systems. As the pressure increased on a handful of key health facilities across the country, so too did the risk of infection for the health professionals working there." (Photo: PATH global health/flickr, CC BY 2.0)
New York Times (NYT) "As the world sketches out post-pandemic plans, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of U.N. Women, explains why having more women in leadership positions could lead to better results. As she speaks, it’s like a drumbeat — how girls need to complete their education, how they need access to technology, how child marriage and pregnancy will set a girl on a path of economic hardship. You can hear it as she points to girls who are trafficked — “you know they are lost to society and their rights will be violated in unimaginable ways.” And you can hear it as she speaks of the cycles of violence, abuse and poverty that trap women and girls for life. If they raise their voices, the outcomes may be more dangerous than if they stay silent." (Photo: Peace Research Institute Oslo - PRIO/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Mission 21 Nothilfe in Zeiten von Corona, dieses Thema beschäftigt Mission 21 weltweit. Denn Covid-19 trifft jene Länder besonders hart, die ohnehin schon zu kämpfen haben - mit Gewalt und Bürgerkrieg, mit der Versorgung von Vertriebenen, mit Hunger, fehlender Gesundheitsversorgung, mit Mangel in jeder Hinsicht. Kamerun, ein eigentlich reiches Land, ist von jedem dieser Aspekte betroffen.
Enfants du Monde Finden Sie in der neuesten Ausgabe der vierteljährlich erscheinenden Zeitschrift von Enfants du Monde heraus, wie sich unsere Teams im Hauptquartier und vor Ort auf die COVID-19 Gesundheitskrise eingestellt haben und unsere Gesundheits- und Bildungsprogramme in der ganzen Welt fortsetzen. Im Rahmen unserer Gesundheitsprogramme konzentrierten wir uns insbesondere auf den Schutz des Gesundheitspersonals und der schwangeren Frauen in Burkina Faso, Bangladesch, Haiti und El Salvador, womit wir auch die Massnahmen der Gesundheitsministerien unterstützen. (Foto: Enfants du Monde)
Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (SRK) Bei der Bewältigung der Corona-Epidemie spielen Antikörpertests eine wichtige Rolle. Das Schweizerische Rote Kreuz (SRK) hat deshalb eine Studie ermöglicht, in der kommerziell erhältliche Schnelltests verglichen und bewertet werden. Sie liefert wichtige Anhaltspunkte zur Beschaffung und Wirksamkeit von Antikörpertests für epidemiologische Studien. (Foto: Für die Studie wurden mehrere Dutzend Tests beschafft und gemäss Herstellerangaben unter gleichen Bedingungen getestet und verglichen.
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WIRED "For 20 years, Bill Gates has been easing out of the roles that made him rich and famous—CEO, chief software architect, and chair of Microsoft—and devoting his brainpower and passion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, abandoning earnings calls and antitrust hearings for the metrics of disease eradication and carbon reduction. This year, after he left the Microsoft board, one would have thought he would have relished shedding the spotlight directed at the four CEOs of big tech companies called before Congress. But as with many of us, 2020 had different plans for Gates." (Photo: DFID - UK Department for International/flickr, CC BY 2.0)
terre des hommes schweiz Die Corona-Krise stellt die Menschen in der peruanischen Hauptstadt Lima und den anderen Grossstädten vor ernste Schwierigkeiten. Hunderttausende haben seit dem Lockdown keine Lebensgrundlage mehr. Die Folgen sind auch bis in die abgelegenen Andendörfern rund um Huancavelica zu spüren. Dort leisten die jugendlichen Brüder Jhoel und Jhon einen zusätzlichen Effort für die Familie und ihre Zukunft. (Foto: tdhs)
Science "As soon as the first COVID-19 vaccines get approved, a staggering global need will confront limited supplies. Many health experts say it’s clear who should get the first shots: health care workers around the world, then people at a higher risk of severe disease, then those in areas where the disease is spreading rapidly, and finally, the rest of us. Such a strategy “saves the most lives and slows transmission the fastest,” says Christopher Elias, who heads the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Development Division. “It would be ludicrous if low-risk people in rich countries get the vaccine when health care workers in South Africa don’t,” adds Ellen ‘t Hoen, a Dutch lawyer and public health activist." (Photo: Jernej Furman/flickr, CC BY 2.0)