Potential Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Use of Emergency Departments for Acute Life-Threatening Conditions - United States, January-May 2020

Published on June 25, 2020

This report describes the decline in emergency department visits for heart attack, stroke, and hyperglycemic crisis in the 10 weeks following declaration of the COVID-19 national emergency.

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Sustainable by design: a systematic review of factors for health promotion program sustainability

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This review provides clarity regarding existing definitions of sustainability and sustainability frameworks. It identifies fourteen factors that influence program sustainability, which practitioners can consider when planning, developing and implementing Health Promotion Programs. (HPP). BMC Public Health

Podcast series : India experience of online misinformation during the 2018 Nipah outbreak.

June 26, 2020
This podcast series is set in the Indian state of Kerala, whose public health establishment received global acclaim for its management of the deadly Nipah outbreak. The team also talk to international experts about the ways in which our mind processes misinformation and what this means for risk communication during outbreaks. The Batsapp Project