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COVID-19 and indigenous peoples There are 300-500,000 indigenous people across the world in 90 countries. How have they fared in the pandemic? They are vulnerable to COVID-19 for many reasons. Worldwide the World Health Organization estimated more than 70,000 cases of COVID-19 and 2000 deaths have been reported amongst the... search all news

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Disparities in the population at risk of severe illness from COVID-19 by race/ethnicity and income. The article reports disparities in the population at risk for COVID-19. Quantifying disparities in risk is important for allocating resources to prevent, identify, and treat COVID-19-related severe illness and limit diverging outcomes for already vulnerable subgroups. People who are black, American...

Ethnic and regional variations in hospital mortality from COVID-19 in Brazil: a cross-sectional observational study. Background: Brazil ranks second worldwide in total number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Understanding the possible socioeconomic and ethnic health inequities is particularly important given the diverse population and fragile political and economic situation. We aimed to characterise the COVID-19...

Critical review of social, environmental and health risk factors in the Mexican indigenous population and their capacity to respond to the COVID-19. The objective of this study was to conduct a critical analysis of the social, environmental and health risk factors in the Mexican indigenous population in the context of the COVID-19 disease pandemic, and to propose strategies to mitigate the impacts on these communities. Regarding social factors,...

COVID-19, indigenous peoples and tourism: a view from New Zealand. The COVID-19 pandemic's impact is predicted to be long-lasting with intergenerational impacts for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples offer untapped potential for understanding how we are shaping resilient solutions to COVID-19 and similar threats in the future. In New...

The challenges facing indigenous communities in Latin America as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) pandemic struck Latin America in late February and is now beginning to spread across the rural indigenous communities in the region, home to 42 million people. Eighty percent of this highly marginalized population is concentrated in Bolivia, Guatemala,...

COVID-19 and Brazilian indigenous populations. The newly discovered SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of COVID-19, including severe respiratory symptoms with an important lethality rate and high dissemination capacity. Considering the indigenous people of Brazil, it is feared that COVID-19 will spread to these communities, causing another stage of...

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Preparedness and response to pandemics and other infectious disease emergencies. This chapter discusses the principles and practice of emergency preparedness and response as applied to infectious disease emergencies, using influenza as an example. It describes the epidemiology and spread of pandemic influenza, the detection and tracking of influenza viruses, principles of...

The animal connection. This chapter reviews the animal origins of some of the most serious infectious diseases of humans, which include human immunodeficiency virus infections, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It also discusses the role of bats as a reservoir host for other...

A holistic view to managing the inevitable in high-tech and resource-poor settings. This book chapter provides an introduction into disaster medicine and disaster management in both resource-rich and resource-poor setting. It provides a summary of the specific sections in the book, which specifically discusses the following: mitigation, training and medical preparedness; the...

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Traditional knowledge systems and the role of traditional medicine in Jamaica. Jamaica's national motto 'Out of Many, One People' reflects the country's multiracial past and the historic and ongoing influences that many cultures have had on the country's traditional knowledge systems (TKS) and traditional medicine (TM). This review explores Jamaican TKS and TM, from the...

Hand washing - its role in preventing water, foodborne and healthcare-associated diseases. The rise in indices of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance is a cause for concern and calls for multiple approaches for control to be considered. The most exposed parts of the body, such as hands, skin, head and the face are a leading source of these pathogens. Hands in particular are...

Buruli ulcer: currents status and options for future prevention. Buruli ulcer (BU) is a serious skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans infection. Over the last 10 years, the understanding of the epidemiology, ecology, aetiology and physiopathology of BU has progressed considerably. This paper reviews the current knowledge of BU and the options for future...

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