The AMR Challenge: Accelerating the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Later this month, as world leaders assemble at the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the US HHS Secretary, Alex Azar,...
Nigeria: Hand Hygiene after Pandemics
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Last year, Nigeria observed how an existential threat from the Ebola pandemic reinforced people’s attitude towards hand hygiene – a strongly held idea and...
The Power of Data to Improve Hand Hygiene and Reduce HAIs
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While hand hygiene is widely considered to be the most important factor in preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), hand hygiene compliance rates in hospitals still...
Laboratory-Acquired Infections and the Pandemic. Too Much Speculation, Not Much Action! (Part 1)
By now, we all have heard the latest Wall Street Journal news (1) stating that the U.S. Energy Department believes that the Covid pandemic...
Will Your Genes Work For or Against You During this Pandemic?
The COVID-19 Pandemic has uncovered significant flaws in both our societal and individual physiologic responses to novel viral infections. Individually, in the absence of...
Why the Entertainment Factor Matters in Health Education
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Health education has been around for a long time. There are tried and trusted teaching and education techniques, based on traditional pedagogy, which have...
Antibiotic Resistance – The return of the Four Horsemen
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Antibiotics are almost single-handedly responsible for eliminating deaths and mortality caused by infectious disease. However, antibiotic resistance is disseminating among deadly pathogens, returning us...
Attitudes Toward Utilization Of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets Among Pregnant Women And Care-Takers Of Under-Five
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This study determined the attitudes toward utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets among pregnant women and children under-five in the Ikwerre Local Government Area (LGA)...
Evaluating a ‘no-touch’ UVC Radiation Device on High Touch Surfaces
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The computers at nurse’s stations, patient rooms and mobile carts are used 24 hours a day. They are...
Touchscreens: The Mosquito of the Digital Age
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The widespread and rapidly growing automation and digitization of our world has led to the installation of billions of touchscreens, both in our personal...