Covid – Page 2 – Angels in Medicine

Engineers Without Borders USA: Handwashing Stations in Kampala, Uganda

January 9, 2022September 18, 2020

Handwashing plays a vital role in reducing the spread of infectious diseases, including Covid-19. But a large proportion of the global population — the World Bank estimates three billion — does not have consistent access to soap and water. Engineers Without Borders USA is a hard-working group of volunteer engineers who partner with local communities to provide solutions to basic problems such as clean water, electricity and safe sanitary systems.

Covid in Peru: Update from Amazon Promise

October 16, 2023September 16, 2020

Peru’s coronavirus fatality rate is now the highest in the world, surpassing Belgium and exceeding even Brazil and the U.S. In Iquitos, Loreto Province, where the Amazon Promise office is located, the Regional Health Ministry estimates that over 4000 people have died from COVID-19.

Covid-19 in Brazil

January 9, 2022September 11, 2020

“When I arrived in Manaus, the grave diggers were working beyond capacity, all the hospital intensive care units were overflowing with dying patients, and there were lists with hundreds of severely sick patients waiting in health centres for an intensive care hospital bed to become free…”

Cervical Cancer Screening and COVID-19

January 9, 2022September 5, 2020

Grounds for Health is introducing HPV self-sampling in poor coffee-growing regions to reduce exposure to Covid.