Covid-19, Salud Global e Historia<\/a>\u00a0\u201cResultar\u00eda beneficioso que alguna instituci\u00f3n tome la iniciativa para planificar el futuro de la Salud Global tomando en cuenta a la historia.\u201d Iris Borowy, Distinguished Professor en la Universidad de Shangai, analiza la actual pandemia a partir de epidemias de las ultimas d\u00e9cadas.<\/p>\n Beyond Europe and North America<\/a>\u00a0\u201cJournals such as Hist\u00f3ria, Ci\u00eancias, Sa\u00fade\u2013 Manguinhos do a great service to global academia because they establish excellent academic work as a normal part of the Global South, and the Global South as a normal part of excellent academic work,\u201d Iris Borowy, Distinguished Professor at the Center for the History of Global Development at Shanghai University.<\/p>\n The meaning(s) of global public health history<\/a>\u00a0The papers were prepared before the pandemic, but they are relevant to the moment, as Covid-19 challenges the common assumptions of transnational health.<\/p>\n Borowy, Iris. Medical waste: the dark side of healthcare<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Sept 2020, vol.27, suppl.1.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The\u00a0potential risks of medical waste are manifold: infectious material such as infected blood, human tissues, or body parts can spread diseases and sharp objects can cause injuries, especially for people scavenging on waste disposal sites, a common practice in low-income countries.<\/p><\/div>\n
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), medical waste represents a global health challenge. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities such as laboratories, research centers, autopsy centers, blood banks, and nursing homes all generate waste,\u00a0of which\u00a0 \u00a0approximately 15% may be infecious, toxic, or radioactive.<\/p>\n
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