A Quiz From Global Citizen
April 25, 2020
How does the Coronavirus pandemic affect the world’s most vulnerable people? Take this quiz and find out
Author: Helen Alice Springs
Master of Public Health & Tropical Medicine. Long standing experience with infectious disease surveillance (including influenza-like-illness monitoring), outbreak control, case management, vaccination program management. There is no health without liberty and justice. Ask anyone existing in poverty.
Complex and Confusing
April 11, 2020
Until now Cambodia has had minimal Coronavirus infections. Today’s count sits at a total of 121 cases and 0 deaths. However in the face of two different clusters with contact tracing becoming more complex, and hindered by a reluctance of some cases to share the information needed to track their close contacts, Khmer New Year … More Complex and Confusing
Flattening the Fake News
April 7, 2020
Most of us have seen this curve by now, which explains in a single diagram why it’s important to practice the public health recommendations of staying away from each other as much as possible, washing our hands frequently and practicing proper cough etiquette. This picture looks different for different populations right now. Italy, Spain and … More Flattening the Fake News
Age of Uncertainty
March 24, 2020
A report in the New York Times yesterday suggests that there is now evidence of Covid-19 transmitting faster in cold, dry climates and slower in warm, humid climates. Warmer Weather May Slow, but Not Halt Coronavirus by Knvul Sheikh and Ernesto Londono, dated March 22, 2020, discusses a study conducted by researchers at Massachusetts Institute … More Age of Uncertainty
A Viral Escalation
March 10, 2020
The nation’s leader earns less than $1,000 per month. Yet he has a helipad on the roof of his city home, multiple luxury vehicles, travels frequently by private helicopter shielded by two military helicopters leading and following, travels overseas frequently, and his family have homes in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and beyond. When you have … More A Viral Escalation
An Epidemic of Panic
March 7, 2020
A global epidemic is currently rocking humanity’s sanity. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, shortened to SARS-CoV-2, is the official name for the virus that causes the disease known as Covid19. The virus is genetically related to two previous Coronavirus outbreaks. SARS first caused global panic in 2003. That outbreak lasted from November 2002 until July … More An Epidemic of Panic
The Privilege of Health Promotion
January 25, 2020
My friend returned home to Cambodia a few months ago. For three years he experienced severe abuse at the hands of employers in a rich nation paying an extremely low wage, providing slum living conditions and treating my intelligent, kind, funny and impressive friend as though he was a lesser human than themselves. That’s the … More The Privilege of Health Promotion
Listen to the people who cannot speak
January 22, 2020
Over recent weeks I have listened on to Hollywood celebrities and social media stars calling for donations to the bush fire cause in Australia, as friends in Europe and US have asked me where I recommend their bushfire donations be directed. My response has been “give it to people in countries who need it and … More Listen to the people who cannot speak
Humility in Service
December 30, 2019
Cambodian Health Professionals Association of America (CHPAA) are about to embark on their tenth mission from USA to Cambodia where they are setting up shop for a week, offering free medical, surgical and dental treatment to people who otherwise cannot access care. Earlier this year I wrote about my experience traveling to a province outside … More Humility in Service
Oops and Stupid Deaths
December 1, 2019
Dr Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, talks about “oops” health care leading to “stupid deaths”. I have often referred to the destitution seen in Cambodia, caused by people needing to pay from their pockets for all health care costs – that’s “Out Of Pocket Spending”, or “oops”. Health care in Cambodia, and across … More Oops and Stupid Deaths
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