Coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever,[7] fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, loss of smell, and loss of taste.[8][9][10] Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days after exposure…
Coronavirus disease 2019
Coronavirus disease 2019
Coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever,[7] fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, loss of smell, and loss of taste.[8][9][10] Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days after exposure…
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Launch of the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Vizag (India)-ECHO Hub
On 2 June 2020, in collaboration with the NICPR-ECHO Superhub, the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre at Vizag (India) launched their ECHO hub alongwith their first online cancer screening training program for Nurses. This day also marked the 6th anniversary of the cancer centre. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/homi-bhabha-cancer-hospital-celebrates-sixth-anniversary/article31734313.ece
World No Tobacco Day 2020
The World No Tobacco Day was celebrated on 31 May this year on the theme “Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use”. An online zoom session was conducted with insightful talks by Dr. Suzanne Nethan, NICPR-ECHO (India) & Dr. Amit Yadav, University of California (USA) on the various tobacco…
Utilizing the ECHO model to democratize knowledge and save lives around the globe
Project ECHO, an innovative model which effectively upskills existing health systems, uses proven adult learning techniques and simple video technology to connect groups of frontline healthcare providers (spokes) with specialists at a distant medical center (hub) for weekly “virtual rounds”. These sessions, designed around case-based learning and mentorship, help local health workers gain the expertise…
Project ECHO and Cancer Screening Initiatives – An Interview with Dr. Roopa Hariprasad
This week’s edition of HealthTroopers, we interviewed Dr. Roopa Hariprasad, Gynecologist and Scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute of Cancer Prevention Research (NICPR). Dr. Roopa Hariprasad is involved in community-based screening and early detection of oral, cervical and breast cancers. We chatted with her to discuss the current status…
NICPR using smartphones to train doctors to detect cancer in initial stage
There are three types of most common cancers – breast, uterine cervix and oral – in India and they account for one third or nearly 35 per cent of the country’s cancer burden. All of them are usually detectable at early stages, and malignancies of the oral cavity and cervix have precancerous stages that are…