Co-Organized by the National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN), the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Food Security Portal (FSP) project with support from the European Commission. The COVID-19 pandemic poses grave risks…
WhiteBoard style discussion on an article published looking at vitamin D supplementation and the need for admission to the intensive care unit for those who were COVID-19 positive with lung radiographic findings concerning for COVID pneumonia. They supplemented the inactive…
In most countries, women seem to be protected from dying from Covid 19, though the infection rate in men and women is about the same. What is the difference between sex and gender? Sex is biological, gender is a social…
We kick off the fall series of UCSF Covid Medical Grand Rounds with a wide-ranging program on epidemiology and therapeutics. George Rutherford will discuss the current state of the pandemic, including the falling infection rates in the South and West,…
Low morbidity and mortality in Africa so far Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Kenyan blood donors (KEMRI, Wellcome, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Methods Measured IgG prevalence Blood samples from April 30 to June 16, 2020 Account…
Since the treatment for Covid-19 infection is not optimal at this time and since we have not found an effective vaccination yet, we have to rely on proven preventive measures in addition to home confinement, wearing masks and observing social…
