The number of COVID-19 fatalities in the United States reached the 500,000 mark sometime over the past week the equivalent of killing off the population of two or three small cities in a little over a year. That is more than twice the upper estimate projected by the White House coronavirus task force in late March of last year. Yet the figure, while horrific, is somehow less shocking than it should be when taken by itself. Context matters, and in this case the context is global.
A country with 4.25 percent of the world’s population and 29.4 percent of its wealth has had a little over one-fifth of the global death toll (more than 2.49 million so far, according to the journal
Partnership between Qatar, UN agencies strong, distinguished
17 Feb 2021 - 7:59
H E Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Muraikhi, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General.
QNA
Doha: The relationship between the State of Qatar and United Nations organizations and agencies is firm, strong and distinguished said the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations H E Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Muraikhi.
The cooperation with the UN bodies was crowned with the opening of the representative offices of various UN agencies in Doha Al Muraikhi noted, pointing out that the most recent of which was the opening of the International Hub on Behavioral Insights to Counter Terrorism, which was preceded by the opening of many centers and offices of the UN agencies in various fields.
03-02-2021
WHO/Pierre Albouy
A year since being confirmed as WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge has overseen the endorsement by Member States of the European Programme of Work, 2020–2025 – “United Action for Better Health in Europe” (EPW), which has already had an impact on WHO/Europe’s response to the pandemic.
The EPW includes 4 flagship initiatives: behavioural and cultural insights, mental health, immunization, and digital health. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO/Europe has been leading the way, showing how these initiatives provide support and guidance during health emergencies, and can act as a catalyst for the work of the Regional Office and health authorities in the coming years.
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
by Kristen Senz
26 Jan 2021|by Kristen Senz
Letting credit card customers pay back specific purchases encourages borrowers to go beyond the minimum, says research by
Michael Norton and colleagues.
A novel approach to repaying debt could help consumers free themselves from crushing credit card balances faster, according to new research.
Rather than asking borrowers to make payments toward their total balances, Harvard Business School Professor Michael I. Norton and colleagues tested a method that lets consumers choose which purchases to pay off each month. Consumers who used this “repayment-by-purchase” method, on average, paid 12 percent more toward their balances.
Tang) - plus see below for full authors names and affiliations Determining the success of previous health campaigns relating to pandemics and epidemics can inform future communication strategies for promoting vaccine uptake. Even if people s expressed willingness to get a vaccine SARS-CoV-2, as gauged in global surveys, translates perfectly into vaccine uptake, it is still likely that vaccine hesitancy will impact the vaccination effort against SARS-CoV-2. The aim of this review was to identify and synthesise evidence relating to effective messaging for encouraging vaccination in order to prevent virus transmission during pandemics or epidemics, including COVID-19. In light of evidence of the promise that involving key stakeholders in the design of public health messaging holds (e.g., by fostering co-creation of materials with the understanding of those we wish to engage in target behaviours), the review also examines patient and public involvement (PPI).