Según los datos recogidos por el registro de la Sociedad Española de Nefrología con fecha 1 de mayo de 2021, indican que son 5.155 las personas con enfermedad renal crónica infectadas de COVID-19. Desgraciadamente hemos de lamentar que el número de personas que han perdido la vida durante la pandemia son 1001, lo que supone el 20 % de los pacientes infectados. Una vez más debemos indicar que los pacientes más golpeados por el virus son los que se encuentran en tratamiento de hemodiálisis con un total de 2.886 infectados, el 56,% del total.
Menor incidencia se encuentra en los pacientes que realizan el tratamiento renal sustitutivo en casa, acumulando un 3% del total de los pacientes infectados en tratamiento de diálisis peritoneal. Mientras que el 0,4 %, están en tratamiento de hemodiálisis domiciliaria. El 40 % de las personas con enfermedad renal crónica que se han visto afectados por las consecuencias del COVID-19 están trasplantadas.
Una vez más la nota positiva es que 3.680 personas con enfermedad renal han vencido a la enfermedad, lo que supone el 72% del total de las personas contagiadas.
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Con el objetivo de estudiar las características clínicas y facilitar el pronóstico de los receptores de trasplantes de órgano sólido que padecen Covid-19, la doctora Elisa Cordero en el Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, investigadora en el Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS) y profesora titular del Departamento de Medicina de la Universidad de Sevilla (US), ha liderado un estudio que ha contado con la participación de investigadores de 12 hospitales españoles.
En un comunicado, desde el IBIS se señala que el estudio permite conocer con mayor precisión las complicaciones de la Covid-19 en los receptores de trasplantes de órgano y ha proporcionado indicadores clínicos útiles para identificación precoz de la enfermedad. Esto permite establecer medidas terapéuticas y de cuidados acorde con la valoración individual de cada paciente.
Así, el estudio subraya la necesidad de establecer medidas preventivas por parte de los pacientes recientemente trasplantados para evitar en mayor medida cualquier opción de contagio de la Covid-19.
El proyecto cuenta con el apoyo del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, en la convocatoria de Proyectos de Investigación sobre el SARS-CoV-2 y la enfermedad Covid-19 (COV20/00370) y la Plataforma de Apoyo a la Investigación Clínica del ISCIII.
«En este estudio hemos comprobado que la infección por SARS-CoV-2 en pacientes con trasplante de órgano sólido es más grave, sobre todo en los primeros meses después del trasplante, por lo que es muy importante extremar las medidas de precaución», resalta Cordero.
MÁS DE 200 PACIENTES ANALIZADOS
Para este estudio, se han analizado 210 pacientes con Covid-19, de los cuales 140 (70,5%) fueron varones con una media de edad de 63 años. Indica que se observa que el 90 por ciento de los pacientes padecieron neumonía, siendo los síntomas presentados más frecuentes fiebre, tos, alteraciones gastrointestinales y disnea.
El 17 por ciento de los pacientes requirieron el ingreso en las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) y el 5,7 por ciento sufrieron disfunción del injerto. El estudio concluye con una tasa de mortalidad de los pacientes de la muestra del 21,4 por ciento, 45 de los 210 pacientes estudiados fallecieron.
Algunos de los factores asociados a la necesidad de ingresar en Cuidados Intensivos a los pacientes o fallecimientos fueron la edad avanzada, la insuficiencia respiratoria, un número disminuido de linfocitos y la elevación de la enzima lactato deshidrogenasa.
Fuente: ConSalud
On 9 March 2021, Arigatou International Geneva’s Executive Director, Ms. Maria Lucia Uribe was invited to partake in an online webinar hosted by Shanti Ashram. The webinar was the third installment in a series called the Interactive Knowledge Update. This session, entitled The Rationale and Impact of Successful Convening, focussed on the concept of convening. Defined as the act of bringing people together, usually for a public purpose, convening has come to occupy a critical role for many international organizations.
In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, convening has become even more essential as it brings together various stakeholders across several industries and fields to work collaboratively to address issues facing vulnerable communities. The webinar began with some words from Dr. Subramanian, Former Director, Tamilnadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore. His opening remarks served to clarify the rationale behind the webinar and the necessity for exploring the concept of convening in further detail. As he pointed out, the current COVID-19 pandemic has had such a wide-reaching impact that tackling the various negative effects that have stemmed from it can only be achieved by working collaboratively and that any attempt to tackle these issues individually will ultimately result in failure.
The floor was then ceded to Ms. Uribe who explored in further detail the context in which the discourse surrounding convening finds itself. As she was quick to point out, convening is not simply the act of bringing people together but rather it is a manifestation of our interconnectedness and faith in one another. She went on to highlight the necessity for convening given the current complex challenges emerging as a result of this pandemic. COVID-19 has demonstrated just how interconnected we are as a society and as a people as such it is only through harnessing this interconnectedness through convening that we will be able to tackle these unprecedented issues we are facing.
Three elements were highlighted as critical to convening. Firstly, convening must be built on diversity. Complex problems require us to look at them from a variety of different perspectives and listening to different voices across various sectors. Secondly, convening should be a space for empathic dialogue. This space should not minimize discussions where people disagree but rather foster a space in which disagreement allows us to find common ground and allow diverging opinions to converge into shared solutions. Finally, convening should be a catalyst for change. Convening taps our collective intelligence and allows for collective action. This action, however, can only be actualized if there is a committed community of stakeholders willing to back it up. Ms. Uribe closed by noting two important factors for successful convening. She noted the primal role of solidarity and ethical responsibility which allows us to work successfully with others. Moreover, we should always keep in mind that there is a higher purpose to our collaboration and that it is through our humility to convene that we are able to drive successful convening.
With the framework and context laid out by Ms. Uribe, the floor was then given to Shanti Ashram’s Ramya Devaraj. Ms. Devaraj presented a more in-depth look at how Shanti Ashram has been able to harness the power of convening in addressing issues related to COVID-19 as well as attach explore the theoretical frameworks which define it. As Ms. Devaraj noted, convening is a process in which many organizations already engage in whether consciously or not and Shanti Ashram has been no exception.
After reopening its doors on 7 May 2020, Shanti Ashram set out to address the immediate effects faced by communities. This involved distributing personal protective equipment to children and adults, as well as raising awareness of issues such as violence and domestic abuse which have seen significant increases due to lockdown restrictions. Ms. Devaraj highlighted that, while Shanti Ashram has always convened with a wide array of stakeholders to improve the lives of others, this convening was taken to another level when tasked with dealing with COVID-19. Shanti Ashram was able to address a whole host of issues through their convening with various partners. Their collaboration with Rotary and the Tamil Nadu Public Distribution Services allowed for individuals to receive direct aid in the form of food and other essential supplies. Meanwhile, they also convened with Masonic Medical Centre and PSG Medical School to engage in awareness campaigns around the health of young mothers and issue surrounding child marriage and teenage pregnancy respectively.
During this time Arigatou International and Shanti Ashram collaborated as part of the Children’s Solutions Lab which saw several micro-grants awarded to child-led initiatives. The Children’s Parliament’s project was one of the awardees, receiving 1,500 USD to carry out a child-led project to help tackle poverty through education.
From here, a general examination of the importance of convening was conducted as well as an examination of what successful convening looks like. As noted by Ms. Devaraj, convening has to result in the implementation of solutions as merely identifying problems is not sufficient. With the conclusion of Ms. Devaraj’s presentation the floor was opened to the public for questions and reflections.
Participants reflected on the framing of convening in a more informal context in which stakeholders, often unknowingly, discuss issues they face and in doing so work towards finding a common solution.
We would like to thank Shanti Ashram for inviting us to partake in this engaging webinar to discuss a topic that is becoming exceedingly important in the face of continued adversity.
The full recording of the webinar can be viewed HERE.
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The second webinar of “Solidarity: An ethical imperative for advancing the role of education in migrant and refugee inclusion in Europe” was carried out on 21 April 2021 with more than 50 participants from different fields of work related to education.
Under the title, “Psycho-social support for resilience and well-being of children in the context of migrant and refugee inclusion in Europe,” the webinar aimed at building a dialogue, especially with regards to unaccompanied minors. The session was moderated by Ms. Athanasia Rapti, Social Worker, Scientific Supervisor of Shelter for UAM, SYNYPARXIS.
During the webinar, participants reflected on the multifaceted role of psycho-social support for children as an essential procedure of their transition to adulthood and their smooth inclusion in host societies in Europe. Timely support can empower children, help them build resilience, and ensure their social, emotional and spiritual well-being of children. Psycho-social support can also help create conducive learning environments for children.
“Psychosocial support means support given to victims of disaster, catastrophe, violence and fostering resilience, which aims to ease resumption of normal life by preventing longer-term consequences of potentially traumatic situations,” explained Ms. Athanasia Kotsiatou, Director of Social and Legal Services, SYNYPARXIS.
Ms. Neelam Fida, Global Child Protection Advisor, Islamic Relief spoke about the critical gap in the response to provide spiritual care amongst survivor’s war and violence, considering the intense harm and trauma these children might have experienced, and the essential role that faith leaders can play as Psychosocial First Aiders when they are prepared with the technical know-how.
Ms. Efi Kallou, Educator, Shelters of Unaccompanied Minors, SYNYPARXIS, made a distinction between integration and inclusion. In integration, children are absorbed into the mainstream education system, which helps them become a part of a group but does not help them retain their cultural identity as they are the ones that have to adjust to the existing system. Inclusion educates children in a way that benefits all children, with their participation in the school environment without having to lose their cultural identity.
Panelists shared good practices and tools to support refugee children as well as working with host communities to promote inclusiveness. Mr. Karel Jungheim, Migration Specialist, Kerk in Actie talked about his experience in the Netherlands. He also highlighted how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted especially the refugee children, who have had difficulties in accessing online education during lockdowns. Because of the unfavorable socioeconomic position of parents, refugee children are also more vulnerable to domestic violence.
After the panel discussion, participants formed breakout rooms to discuss reflections and recommendations on challenges, good practices and tools that can be used in the framework of psychosocial support.
The Solidarity project is a collaboration between Arigatou International and the Integration Center for Migrant Workers-Ecumenical Refugee Program (KSPM-ERP), co-funded by the Network for Dialogue (N4D) micro-grant and the KAICIID Dialogue Center.
The last session will be held on 19 May 2021 on the topic of “Ethics Education to foster intercultural and interfaith learning as a dialogical approach to transform migrant, refugee and host community dynamics” Registration is open here.
We thank SYNYPARXIS for their collaboration and the speakers for their thought-provoking conversation. We also thank the participants for their enthusiasm, as well as Network for Dialogue (N4D) and the KAICIID Dialogue Center, without whom this project wouldn’t have been possible.
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On 9 March 2021, Arigatou International Geneva’s Executive Director, Ms. Maria Lucia Uribe was invited to partake in an online webinar hosted by Shanti Ashram. The webinar was the third installment in a series called the Interactive Knowledge Update. This session, entitled The Rationale and Impact of Successful Convening, focussed on the concept of convening. Defined as the act of bringing people together, usually for a public purpose, convening has come to occupy a critical role for many international organizations.
