scholarly journals Anesthesiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: Heroes of the front lines or collateral damage?: Anesthesiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Marija Rajković ◽  
Sanja Ratković ◽  
Jovana Stanisavljević ◽  
Adi Hadžibegović ◽  
Miodrag Milenović
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Treatment ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
World Federation ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The People ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The World ◽  
Psychological Pressure ◽  
Safe Anesthesia

Anesthesiologists are ranked among health professionals that are most often affected by burnout syndrome. A critical view is needed to interpret data published about burnout syndrome among anesthesiologists, keeping in mind differences in methodology. This also causes difficulty to estimate the prevalence of overall burnout, no matter which professional group is studied. Safe anesthesia and surgical care are not available when needed for 5 billion of the world's 7 billion people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, even the countries with the highest numbers of Anesthesia Providers faced anesthesia shortages due to significant workload increases. The highly specialized, multidisciplinary treatment of patients during the pandemic, an increased risk of coronavirus infection, staff shortages, and a lack of equipment imposes a significant physical and cognitive burden on anesthesiologists. Burnout syndrome among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is a critical topic. Health care workers and anesthesiologists worldwide reported relevant, work-related psychological pressure, burnout, and somatic symptoms. This fact requires attention as previous studies showed that emotional distress is associated with a long-lasting effect on professionals' health. Increasing the number of anesthesiologists, harmonizing regional, international, and world standards in education and patient safety while addressing the quality of life of anesthesiologists should be our goal, set by The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), so that by 2030, safe anesthesia will be available to all the people in the world.

scholarly journals Impacts of flood disasters in Nigeria: A critical evaluation of health implications and management

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olanrewaju C. Chioma ◽  
Munyaradzi Chitakira ◽  
Oludolapo O. Olanrewaju ◽  
Elretha Louw
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Waterborne Diseases ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The World ◽  
Flood Disasters ◽  
Management Policies

Floods lead to tremendous losses of property, infrastructure, business and increased risk of diseases. Floods are also the most frequent natural disasters, affecting over 2.8 billion people in the world and causing over 200 000 deaths over the past three decades. The World Health Organization categorised the 2012 flood disaster in Nigeria as the worst flood to have hit the country in the past 50 years. This study reviews flood disasters in Nigeria and how they have been managed over the past two decades. The extensive review of the literature is complemented by data obtained from Ajegunle, a community in Ajeromi–Ifelodun Local Government Area. Because of its proximity to water bodies, its large population and its small land mass, the Ajegunle community is highly susceptible to floods and outbreaks of waterborne diseases. The study also discusses the institutionalisation and development of disaster management in Nigeria. Further, it critically evaluates the disaster management framework and other current disaster management policies as well as the effectiveness and functions of the disaster management focus areas and government response. The study takes a historic approach to flood disasters, linking disaster management to human health with a special focus on flood-related infectious diseases, isolating waterborne diseases as being predominant. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to develop an understanding of how the people of Ajegunle are affected by flood disasters. This study reveals poorly managed health reforms and argues that in spite of government’s disaster management policies, there is an absence of organised and coordinated institutional structures to plan and respond to flood emergencies. It also revealed that diarrhoea outbreak was the predominant waterborne disease associated with flood disasters. Although Lagos State has been said to have the best flood preparedness plan in Nigeria, it has failed to reduce the yearly flood disasters and their impact on the health of the people. The article suggests a holistic approach by the government to get stakeholders, especially the health sector, more actively involved in disaster management planning.

scholarly journals Global neurosurgery: current and potential impact of neurosurgeons at the World Health Organization and the World Health Assembly. Executive summary of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies–World Health Organization Liaison Committee at the 71st World Health Assembly

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. E18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Rosseau ◽  
Walter D. Johnson ◽  
Kee B. Park ◽  
Miguel Arráez Sánchez ◽  
Franco Servadei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
Global Surgery ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Federation ◽  
Member States ◽  
World Health Assembly ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Since the creation of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948, the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) has been the major forum for discussion, debate, and approval of the global health agenda. As such, it informs the framework for the policies and budgets of many of its Member States. For most of its history, a significant portion of the attention of health ministers and Member States has been given to issues of clean water, vaccination, and communicable diseases. For neurosurgeons, the adoption of WHA Resolution 68.15 changed the global health landscape because the importance of surgical care for universal health coverage was highlighted in the document. This resolution was adopted in 2015, shortly after the publication of The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery Report titled “Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare and economic development.” Mandating global strengthening of emergency and essential surgical care and anesthesia, this resolution has led to the formation of surgical and anesthesia collaborations that center on WHO and can be facilitated via the WHA. Participation by neurosurgeons has grown dramatically, in part due to the official relations between WHO and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, with the result that global neurosurgery is gaining momentum.

scholarly journals The Global Neurosurgery and the WFNS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-14
Author(s):  
Franco Servadei ◽  
Maria Pia Tropetano
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Care ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
World Health ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
World Federation ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Global Improvement ◽  
Surgical Workforce ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery highlighted surgical care disparities worldwide [1]. No one could ever imagine that Global Neurosurgery would become a real movement, a source of inspiration for others surgical specialties [2]. Over the years, Global Neurosurgery allowed the realization of a collective awareness of surgery as a global health priority. The Neurosurgical community accepted the challenge of delivering timely, safe, and affordable neurosurgical care to all who need it. Multiple efforts have been made to address this need to promote national surgical policies, improve surgical education and training, build quality research, and advocate for the surgical workforce. The critical factor has been the relationship between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). Since 1955, the WFNS has promoted global improvement in neurosurgical care, building neurosurgical capacity through education, training, technology, and research. The goals are ambitious. By creating international partnerships, the WFNS has established multiple training programs in neurosurgical centers in Africa and other countries with limited facilities, allowing residents to work first in the host countries to learn and improve their skills and return to their country of origin [3,4,5]. Furthermore, the WFNS is working on sustainable surgical programs within Low-and Middle-income countries (LMICs) using digital technology [6]. Internet availability allows fast and easy access to digital resources, and digital education has become an emerging tool to bridge the gap between surgeons from High-Income Countries (HICs) and LMICs.

scholarly journals Anesthesia safety standards for operating rooms of small hospitals and surgery clinics

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 514-517
Author(s):  
Yong-Hee Park ◽  
Tae-Yop Kim
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Care ◽  
Operating Rooms ◽  
International Standards ◽  
World Health ◽  
Morbidity Rate ◽  
World Federation ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Anesthesia Safety ◽  
The World

Access to surgical care and essential anesthesia is an integral part of universal health coverage. Also, increasing access to surgical care depends on a parallel increase in access to safe anesthesia. Today, five billion people (more than two-thirds of the world’s population) still do not have adequate, quality surgery and anesthesia care at the right time. Therefore, the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists and the World Health Organization developed the International Standards for Safe Practice of Anesthesia. The standards include the following components, which are essential for the safety of patients undergoing surgical procedures: professional expertise, facilities and equipment, medications and intravenous fluids, monitoring, and anesthesia. In this article, it is emphasized that wherever and whenever possible, anesthesia should be provided, led, or overseen by an anesthesiologist. It is also strongly recommended that essential equipment is in place and adequate training to handle it safely has been provided. Unfortunately, some operating rooms of small hospitals and clinics does not meet the above standards. It may be difficult for each hospital to manage autonomously due to the lack of a unified checklist for essential standardized requirements. By introducing appropriate anesthesia safety standards in the operating rooms of small hospitals and surgery clinics, it will be possible to increase patient safety during surgery performed under general anesthesia, deep sedation, moderate sedation, or regional anesthesia. Through this process, it is expected that the mortality and morbidity rate of unexpected surgery patients can be minimized.

scholarly journals Performance on the Work-related Stress and Job contentment of Primary School Teachers of Government and Private Sectors

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S2) ◽  
pp. 143-147
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Teaching Community ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Related Stress

Teachers have the majority of ingenious personnel and they are not only consider to schools as well as colleges although to for our society. They are shaping the people by their powerful intervention in the life of students. Stress is considered unavoidable in one’s life due to excessive and an increasing workload which leads to complex and multiple dimensional problems in our everyday life of oneself. The world is off-late is said to be a scope of achievement alongside world of stress. Stress is found to be with everyone and at everywhere, starting from our own family, the community circle that we belong to, the society around us and above all the place of work that we're in. Right form birth to death, each and every individual is exposed to stress. The current experimental investigation is discovered the relevant issues corresponding for the stress through job as well as the level of the precaution safety between teachers through reviewing correspondent literatures by earlier results. The example volume of N is 500 is considered also the example recognized population of Chennai teachers as well as its periphery of together private as well as government schools. It is understood through earlier studies as well as investigation so as to stress between teachers has huge level in the current scenario. Hence, the authorities need gets awareness those issues of stress as well as suitable action taken for necessary steps to cope familiar with the changing lives in order to enhance the productivity of the teaching community which is the need of the hour

Universal Values and Muslim Democracy

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Anwar Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
World Today ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Universal Values ◽  
Human Desire ◽  
Dignified Life

This study deals with Universal Values and Muslim Democracy. This essay draws upon speeches that he gave at the New York Democ- racy Forum in December 2005 and the Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy in Istanbul in April 2006. The emergence of Muslim democracies is something significant and worthy of our attention. Yet with the clear exceptions of Indonesia and Turkey, the Muslim world today is a place where autocracies and dictatorships of various shades and degrees continue their parasitic hold on the people, gnawing away at their newfound freedoms. It concludes that the human desire to be free and to lead a dignified life is universal. So is the abhorrence of despotism and oppression. These are passions that motivate not only Muslims but people from all civilizations.

Peacebuilding requirements in post-conflict societies

2020 ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Zyad Samir Al-Dabagh
Keyword(s):  
Major Obstacle ◽  
Normal Life ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

The process of building peace and laying its foundations within the societies of the world, especially those newly emerging from the stage of conflict, are among the important and indispensable matters. Without peace, opportunities diminish in obtaining the essentials of a safe and normal life, and without peace, societies cannot It works and advances towards a better future. However, peacebuilding operations in many societies emerging from conflict or those in which they live may face a set of challenges and obstacles that constitute a major obstacle to them, which necessitates searching for the best ways and means by which these obstacles can be addressed in order to build a real and effective peace that is reflected Positively on the people of those societies.

Covid-19 – rumours and facts in media

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 171-174
Author(s):  
Tarare Toshida ◽  
Chaple Jagruti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

The covid-19 resulted in broad range of spread throughout the world in which India has also became a prey of it and in this situation the means of media is extensively inϑluencing the mentality of the people. Media always played a role of loop between society and sources of information. In this epidemic also media is playing a vital role in shaping the reaction in ϑirst place for both good and ill by providing important facts regarding symptoms of Corona virus, preventive measures against the virus and also how to deal with any suspect of disease to overcome covid-19. On the other hand, there are endless people who spread endless rumours overs social media and are adversely affecting life of people but we always count on media because they provide us with valuable answers to our questions, facts and everything in need. Media always remains on top of the line when it comes to stop the out spread of rumours which are surely dangerous kind of information for society. So on our side we should react fairly and maturely to handle the situation to keep it in the favour of humanity and help government not only to ϑight this pandemic but also the info emic.

The relevance of dietetic approach of Ayurveda from the perspective of COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 748-752
Author(s):  
Swapnali Khabade ◽  
Bharat Rathi ◽  
Renu Rathi
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Healthy Person ◽  
World Health ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Individual

A novel, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causes severe acute respiratory syndrome and spread globally from Wuhan, China. In March 2020 the World Health Organization declared the SARS-Cov-2 virus as a COVID- 19, a global pandemic. This pandemic happened to be followed by some restrictions, and specially lockdown playing the leading role for the people to get disassociated with their personal and social schedules. And now the food is the most necessary thing to take care of. It seems the new challenge for the individual is self-isolation to maintain themselves on the health basis and fight against the pandemic situation by boosting their immunity. Food organised by proper diet may maintain the physical and mental health of the individual. Ayurveda aims to promote and preserve the health, strength and the longevity of the healthy person and to cure the disease by properly channelling with and without Ahara. In Ayurveda, diet (Ahara) is considered as one of the critical pillars of life, and Langhana plays an important role too. This article will review the relevance of dietetic approach described in Ayurveda with and without food (Asthavidhi visheshaytana & Lanhgan) during COVID-19 like a pandemic.

Awareness about Covid 19 Pandemic and its Social Impacts on Normal Human Lifestyle Among Chennai Population

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 659-666
Author(s):  
Anu Iswarya Jaisankar ◽  
Raghu Nandhakumar ◽  
Ezhilarasan D
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Economic Burden ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Normal Human

Covid 19 pandemic is a terrible ongoing pandemic that has spread worldwide. Covid 19 Pandemic has infected more than 188 countries and territories across the globe. The basic biological processes and functional limitations that govern the development and survival of the particular behaviors of the virus continue to be elucidated. On that note, Prevention is the only cure. The World is facing a great economic turmoil. People suffer from Psychological stress and Economic burden combined. Here assessing the Psychological, Physical, Social, Financial and Economic impacts of the Pandemic on the people becomes really very important in analysing the mindset of the people and in evaluating the significance of implemented changes and in implementing new changes. The current study aims at analysing the various impacts of Covid 19 on the people residing at the Greater Chennai corporation circle.

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