Evaluation of rapid telehealth implementation for prenatal and postpartum care visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in an academic clinic in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

COVID-19 forced healthcare systems to implement telehealth programs, facilitated in Massachusetts by a policy requiring insurers to reimburse for telehealth visits. Prior studies suggest that telehealth is effective for obstetric care, but little is known about its implementation in response to policy changes in underserved communities.

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A New Era for Healthcare in the Post-pandemic World

The most recent development about COVID in India is that it may be reaching a state of endemicity in the country. We have come a long way since the end of March 2020 when the pandemic was first announced in the country. COVID-19 was novel in its true sense. Doctors, healthcare institutions and policy makers alike were grappling with how to deal with coronavirus disease.

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Menkes: Transformasi teknologi kesehatan salah satu fokus pemerintah

Menteri Kesehatan Republik Indonesia Budi Gunadi Sadikin mengatakan transformasi teknologi kesehatan menjadi salah satu fokus pemerintah saat ini, terutama di masa pandemi COVID-19. “Pak presiden memberi tugas ke saya ada tiga. Yang pertama, adalah melaksanakan vaksinasi, mengatasi pandemi, dan melakukan reformasi serta transformasi besar di sektor kesehatan — transformasi teknologi kesehatan,” kata Menkes Budi dalam paparannya pada siaran daring, Kamis.

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Delayed health-seeking causes premature birth

Delayed health-seeking behaviour by some expectant mothers, who present themselves late at health facilities and delay in attending antenatal care are some of the reasons for the rising number of premature births in Namibia.

This was announced by health ministry’s executive director Ben Nangombe yesterday while remembering World Premature Day.

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Permenkes 21 tahun 2021 tentang pelayanan kesehatan kehamilan, melahirkan, kontrasepsi dan seksual

Kementerian Kesehatan menerbitkan Peraturan baru yaitu Permenkes 21 tahun 2021 tentang Pelayanan Kesehatan Masa Sebelum Hamil, Masa Hamil, Persalinan, dan Masa Sesudah Melahirkan, Penyelenggaraan Pelayanan Kontrasepsi, serta Pelayanan Kesehatan Seksual menggantikan Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor 97 Tahun 2014 tentang Pelayanan Kesehatan Masa Sebelum Hamil, Masa Hamil, Persalinan, dan Masa Sesudah Melahirkan, Penyelenggaraan Pelayanan Kontrasepsi, serta Pelayanan Kesehatan Seksual (Berita Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 2014 Nomor 135).

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Lead Fight Against HIV, TB, Malaria, to Build Systems for Health, Equity and Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness

GENEVA – The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved the new Global Fund Strategy: Fighting Pandemics and Building a Healthier and More Equitable World. The new Strategy places people and communities front and center of the fight against HIV, TB, malaria and accelerates the shift to more integrated, people-centered models of prevention, treatment and care.

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