Lourdes Antenor author

Based on a city where the mountain meets the sea and where antique houses line the streets, my mind is free to wonder, to wander and to write.

mental health
Mental Health
Mental health response during public emergencies in need of improvement
Lourdes Antenor Feb 12, 2021

The importance of integrating mental health into preparedness and response plans for public health emergencies was emphasized by WHO Member States at the WHO Executive

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behavior
Hospitals
How people’s behavior can complicate epidemic outcomes
Lourdes Antenor Feb 11, 2021

A new model of disease spread describes how competing economic and health incentives influence social contact – and vice versa. The result is a complex

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climate change
COVID-19, Healthcare News
Climate change may have played a role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2
Lourdes Antenor Feb 10, 2021

Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a hotspot for bat-borne coronaviruses, by driving growth of forest habitat favoured by

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Ebola
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Ebola virus kills woman in Congo leaving fears of another outbreak
Lourdes Antenor Feb 9, 2021

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to contain a possible Ebola outbreak after a woman has died from the virus. The

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10 million
COVID-19, Healthcare News
10 million additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines secured for Australia
Lourdes Antenor Feb 9, 2021

The Australian Government has secured an additional 10 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine on the advice of the Scientific Industry Technical Advisory

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unita health
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Topics, Strategy
Unita Health marks launch with completion of Charlie Teo’s newest initiative
Lourdes Antenor Feb 9, 2021

Australian construction and fit-out company, Unita, has announced the launch of their new Healthcare division, Unita Health, with world-renowned brain surgeon Professor Charlie Teo, singing

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breast cancer
Healthcare News
Breast cancer is now the most common form of Cancer
Lourdes Antenor Feb 4, 2021

Breast cancer has now overtaken lung cancer as the world’s most commonly-diagnosed cancer, according to statistics released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer

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FIFA
COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals
FIFA and WHO join forces to tackle COVID-19 in #ACTogether movement
Lourdes Antenor Feb 4, 2021

FIFA is teaming up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the need for fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics, and to

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Sexually Transmitted Infections
Healthcare News, International News
Sexually Transmitted Infections estimated to be present in 1 in 5 Americans
Lourdes Antenor Feb 2, 2021

New data published by the CDC estimate that on any given day in 2018, 1 in 5 people in the U.S. has had a form

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WHO
Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
WHO urges countries to prioritize investments in testing
Lourdes Antenor Feb 1, 2021

To address the lack of access to tests and testing services in multiple countries, WHO since 2018 has published a yearly essential diagnostics list (EDL),

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Dr Miriam
Public Health and Careers
Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann is 2021 Senior Australian of the Year
Lourdes Antenor Feb 1, 2021

Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM from the Northern Territory has been named the Senior Australian of the year for 2021. An Aboriginal Artist and Educator,

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chronic pain
Children's Health, Healthcare News
Chronic pain management in children gets new guidelines
Lourdes Antenor Jan 28, 2021

Chronic pain or pain that persists or recurs for longer than three months in children is a significant public health problem and a leading cause

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