UNAIR experts study hematopoietic cells and natural killer cells’ potential as Covid-19 Therapy
UNAIR NEWS – WHO has declared COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) a global pandemic since April 2020. The spread of the virus has increased drastically in a short time. This viral infection starts as the virus enters the cell and replicates /reproduces the host cell, damaging the host cell. Regarding this, a team of Universitas Airlangga experts led by Dr. Purwati, […]
Covid-19 vaccination program, Director of UNAIR Hospital: This is a joint effort to create herd immunity
UNAIR NEWS – All regions in Indonesia started the vaccination process after President Joko Widodo was administered with the vaccine on January 13, 2021. For the initial batch, the vaccination program is aimed at health workers, community leaders, and various elements who are at the front line of Covid-19 pandemic handling. Regarding the vaccination program […]
UNAIR expert: Understand the characteristics of Covid-19 host and prevention in the community
UNAIR NEWS – The covid-19 pandemic that emerged in the end of 2019 has attracted many researchers to carry out various research, both for the realm of science and prevention efforts. One of the experts at Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) who focuses on Covid-19 research is Laura Navika Yamani, S.Si., M.Si., Ph.D. From a popular scientific article uploaded […]
UNAIR Epidemiology expert says Sinovac Vaccine has several advantages
UNAIR NEWS – The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) on Monday, January 11, 2021 issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Sinovac vaccine. In this press release which was carried out online, it was stated that the vaccine efficacy was 65.3 percent. UNAIR Epidemiology Expert Dr. M. Atoillah Isfandiari, dr. M.Kes, said that the announcement of the relatively high efficacy rate was […]
16th GELIAT Airlangga Webinar: Communication as tool to prevent the spread of Covid-19
UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga’s Healthy Mother and Child Movement ( GELIAT ) in collaboration with UNICEF and Faculty of Public Health held the 16th webinar on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. The webinar invited a health promotion team from Health & Hospital Office, community leaders, a team from Non-Governmental Organizations in the field of Health, a team from the Communication and […]
UNAIR Epidemiology Biostatistics expert says Testing and Tracing as options apart from Java-Bali PPKM
UNAIR NEWS – In the beginning of 2021, Indonesia experienced another surge in confirmed cases of Covid-19. On Sunday, January 10, 2021, there were 9,640 new positive cases recorded. So the total positive cases in Indonesia exceeded 828,026. Therefore, the government has re-imposed the PSBB policy, or what is now called as the Enforcement of Community Activities’ Restrictions […]
Mesenchymal Stem Cell as an alternative to ARDS therapy in Covid-19 patients
Since the beginning of March 2020, Indonesia has continued its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and until now there is no sign that the pandemic will end, but it even gets worse. In August 7, 2020, COVID-19 cases in Indonesia surpassed China and set a new record with a total of 121,226 cases, 5,593 deaths, […]
Geliat Airlangga gives Covid-19 education to the community through webinar
UNAIR NEWS – The movement for Healthy Mothers and Children to Build a Bright Family-Based Generation, or commonly known as Geliat Airlangga held a webinar as a form of education for educators, especially for kindergarten during COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, October 2. The topics raised included the role of Geliat Airlangga in child protection, the […]
Vice Governor of East Java: Covid-19 management, must be done carefully
UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) Postgraduate School held “4 th International Conference Postgraduate School ” ( 4 th ICPS ) about Update Management in Covid-19 Pandemic on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 via Zoom. The conference attended by several academics of universities invited Dr. H. Emil Elisianto Dardak, B.Bus., M.Sc as the keynote speaker on behalf of Governor of East Java . On this occasion, Emil said that during the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Postgraduate School’s international conference on Covid-19 management
UNAIR NEWS – This September, the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia has entered its sixth month. There has been no decline in the confirmed cases of Covid-19. As of September 21, there were more than 31 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the world and 248,852 of them are from Indonesia. Responding to this issue, Universitas […]
Anemic and malnourished children vulnerable to Covid-19
UNAIR NEWS – Anemia is one of the biggest contributors to various diseases globally. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that 1.62 billion people or 24.8 percent of the global population suffer from anemia. Surprisingly, almost half were known to be children, followed by pregnant women. According to Dr. M. Atoillah Isfandiari, dr., […]
National Education Day amid pandemic, UNAIR holds competition and webinar
UNAIR NEWS – Covid-19 pandemic does not limit creativity of Universitas Airlangga’s academic community. Despite having to do activities from home, the academic climate from discussions and exchanges of insights can still be build. This time, as a series of 2020 National Education Day commemoration, UNAIR held a webinar activity in the form of a […]