Thiếu vắc xin Tiêm chủng mở rộng: Có thể phá huỷ thành tựu phòng, chống dịch của ngành y tế
Ngọc Thuý – Thứ Bảy 30/09/2023 12:16 (GMT+7)
VietTimes – Sau gần 20 năm vắng bóng, căn bệnh bạch hầu đã xuất hiện trở lại tại Hà Giang và Điện Biên với hàng chục người mắc bệnh, trong đó có 3 ca tử vong. Điều này một lần nữa cho thấy tính nghiêm trọng của việc thiếu vắc xin.
Tiêm phòng vắc xin đầy đủ, đúng lịch sẽ giúp trẻ tránh được bệnh và góp phần giảm tải cho các bệnh viện
3 ca tử vong do bạch hầu tại tỉnh Điện Biên và Hà Giang đều có điểm chung là chưa tiêm phòng vắc xin ngừa bệnh bạch hầu hoặc đã từng tiêm nhưng chưa đủ liều, dẫn đến khi mắc bệnh, bệnh nhân chuyển nặng nhanh và tử vong sau vài ngày phát bệnh. Dịch bạch hầu là một minh chứng thực tiễn cho thấy vấn đề vắc xin cấp thiết ra sao, khi nó liên quan đến tính mạng của người dân.
The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip.
CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists and media workers killed, injured, or missing in the war, which has led to the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992.
As of December 21, 2023, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 68 journalists and media workers were among the more than 20,000 killed since the war began on October 7—with more than 19,000 Palestinian deathsin Gaza and the West Bank and 1,200 deaths in Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Reuters and Agence France Press news agencies that it could not guarantee the safety of their journalists operating in the Gaza Strip, after they had sought assurances that their journalists would not be targeted by Israeli strikes, Reuters reported on October 27.
Journalists in Gaza face particularly high risks as they try to cover the conflict during the Israeli ground assault, including devastating Israeli airstrikes, disrupted communications, supply shortages and extensive power outages.
As of December 21:
68 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 61 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese.
CPJ is also investigating numerous unconfirmed reports of other journalists being killed, missing, detained, hurt, or threatened, and of damage to media offices and journalists’ homes.
Pollution in our waterways is not only dangerous and unsanitary for humans but it also affects wildlife. That’s why it is so exciting to see an initiative aimed at preventing such waste.
The Australian city of Kwinana has designed a simple and cost-effective solution to deal with the discharge of waste from drainage systems. The town has put nets on the outlet of drainage pipes.
These nets stop waste and pollutants from leaving the sewers, preventing garbage transported by rain waters from contaminating the town’s local water reserve. It is a simple filtering system and it works like a charm.
Over the past two months, people from over 90 countries have united to call for a sustained ceasefire in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. pic.twitter.com/mstOYzzbzu
This short film pays tribute to professor Saleemul Huq, an environmental and climate change giant who died on 28 October 2023.
Professor Saleemul Huq OBE (1952-2023)
Following the passing of Professor Saleemul Huq, senior fellow of IIED. This book of remembrance is open to all who wish to share their memories of Saleem.
Article, 29 October 2023
Professor Saleemul Huq was an environmental and climate change giant and senior fellow and dear friend of IIED and many IIED colleagues past and present.
The honour was awarded in recognition of his work to build climate expertise in Bangladesh, the UK and across the world.
Saleem was an expert on the links between climate change and sustainable development, particularly from the perspective of vulnerable developing countries. A constant voice for climate action and justice for the global South, he was the lead author of chapters in the third, fourth and fifth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Huq’s work with the IPCC spanned 1997 to 2014 and he contributed to reports that led to the panel being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
He set up the climate change research group at IIED in 2000 and was its initial director – continuing as a senior fellow until 2021 – and worked across the institute to ensure climate was at the heart of all that IIED did.
IIED executive director Tom Mitchell said: “I would like to offer my deepest sympathy and condolences to Saleem’s family and loved ones on behalf of IIED. There was no one quite like Saleem and I will remember his unique combination of warmth, generosity of spirit, academic prowess and enormous standing in climate science.
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