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philippines? but 1st to germany, where we look at the challenges faced by nurses and care workers, they bought the brunt of the pandemic. so have working conditions now improved. we hear from the staff themselves. oh, you do the same with a future piece. coke. really sick. who cares? the performance rounded off a 2 day meeting of berlin's health care professionals. there are sick of the working conditions in germany's capital. so these health care workers have got

together with the unions to fight for better conditions for hospital staff. oh, no, it's good to hm. that we have his crusade, we haven't seen any improvement in our working conditions during the pandemic. and our jobs were already hard before it started. that's. and that shows that it's a to us to take the initiative and young name isn't that we need to improve our working conditions and the care. we give our patients as long as i'm missing the vitals aren't good. hospitals here are chronically understaffed, leading to heavy workloads. while wages remain low, that's due to budget cuts across the board in the health care system. many of the cuts hit caregivers paychecks and also affect the level of care that patients receive. berlin's hospital protest movement was born last year, spurred on by the nightly applause from the berlin residents who are eager to

support health care professionals and other key workers. during the pandemic, protestors argued that the government had even promised reform, but failed to deliver on those promises. with persistent strides, the protest movement managed to negotiate a deal which on paper at least seemed to fulfill many of their demands. that was in the fall of last year, but hospital administrators had been slow to keep up their end of the bargain. for some, it's just all too much get them in in 2nd, we've lost 6 colleagues in the last 3 months because the new agreement just isn't being implemented. he thought i said that was the last straw as my minor. they put all their energy in making things better, etc. but it hasn't happened lifting symptom, hobble. so they're done with a profession that's on it here. the situation now was worse than before. the strike act to ashley my. it's for on some strike and it's worse still for health care

workers that don't have the backing of a strong union, like those providing in home care or working in care homes for the elderly or disabled. for the leak, val own spent many years caring for the mentally disabled. during the pandemic, he wrote a book about the conditions in the home where he used to work, interviewing many of the workers there are number of them have now also turned their backs on the profession. the hall to albert, i'm carrying for the residence, one on one is hard work and increasingly not as what's coming up short. so it's getting harder to find people wanting to do the job. we have to look hard to find new caregiver somebody on many move on quickly because the pressure has gotten so high. the alberts glass on the south, exclaimed hawk alarms, all of the time. new trainees need incentives to stay in the field for the long term, but that's where the problems begin for faster now has been on, is asking. and when you train them mine and you 1st show them the ropes,

i then work with them and then let them work on their own when didn't of not before these 3 steps that are essential and training are just not happening. i thought is often it's still a hybrid of online courses and face to face training given god and we seen a wave of people quitting you. but right after training were put to work on warrens that are understaffed and many burn out after a year or till 9. so i on get off a heights. we spoke to one trainee who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals. this good news can clear out. as a student, there aren't enough teachers and just not enough staff to guide us. i wish we never did the training. we need to soon come, every time you go to a new ward, you have to figure it out all yourself and some of hostem, you're always afraid you'll make a mistake and harm a patient to sort of just like it's emotionally stressful. my every time of my leave, despite the difficult conditions, every one here has gotten together to exchange ideas. they want to stay in their

jobs and improve the health care system that they think the new union back agreement is an opportunity to do just that. is get guns, concrete down specifically, we need to have the right support for working in these delicate situations. whether it's caring for people cheering birth or well facing serious illness or even death science, we need supervision more. i need to have the sense that i can live up to the expectations that people have of me because this is a great profession as i pass. and i know how important it is. i think it's important that i'm able to give adequate care to the people who put themselves in my hands to hm. mitten mentioned disease me and the tone i was berlin's health care workers are serving as a role model for the health sector nationwide. right now, health care workers in western germany are on strike. and the activists think your message will continue to spread in the coming months. okay,

m. oh, oh. so how did the situation in germany compare with the nursing profession elsewhere and nurses and care workers in other countries also pushed to the limit d. w. me the flicker spoke to how it cotton. he's the ceo of the international council of nurses. we just learned about the situation of healthcare workers here in germany, which unfortunately has not improved over the course of the pandemic. what is it like in other countries? now the pandemic is taken on the health care workers, right? why around the world? both the physical and then mental health. and what we now see is that pressure is translating into medicine, health care workers quitting, resigning,

leaving earlier than they would have otherwise done. we went into this kind of expediency show around the world. what we've done. we think back to be close to doubling. they got one of the biggest issues here in germany is to recruit new healthcare workers. many don't see it as an attractive career. what has to be done to change that not only in germany, but on a global scale, we need to focus much more on how we retain the stuff that we currently have. these are fairly simple, obvious things that we know about people failing respect to being nice, being listened to, having a good working conditions there by the equipment to do the job being safe at work. having a not stop is always an issue for nurses to in a high quality care germany has over the last few years,

try to attract people from abroad for the health care field. what do you think about those initiatives? not just germany. we have seen an increase in recruitment from other countries, particularly from high income countries, looking to recruit from low, low middle income countries. this is becoming a significant problem. it's getting increased global attention because effectively what those high income countries are doing is the cost of educating their own workforce. well, that means another country has paid for the education and then see those nurses from them and they are writing, but he should be compensated by for this. ultimately, this could we also leave those 3rd countries with less efficient workforce, right? we absolutely have seen often the effects can be quite dramatic on the countries the health care work is it might only be

a small number of workers, but they are coming for country already has fewer nurses ahead of population, right, inequality, distribution of nurses around the world with 10 different similar ratios of nurses population. so the impact can be very severe in terms of being able to continue to provide health services and also not forget when your colleagues lead additional pressure on those that state. meaning that they might then exit the workforce. they otherwise would have are there any countries that come to mind where you think they could be real role models for the rest of the world when it comes to welfare of health care workers? i think all countries could do more to have more nursing voices in top leadership positions. so the politicians, policy makers making these because these big decisions about their country and

global help make sure that they are getting expert advice from the nursing profession, which is the largest section of our health care workers. health care was around the world, 60 to 70 percent on nurses, you know, in a might strong health policy and have great health systems if you're not getting that nursing advice. thank you very much for the interview and for your time. howard. my pleasure. thank you. ah this is what remote learning looks like for 17 year old raquel every day she hikes along the

teeny park river to collect the homework assignment. papers covered numbers in this remote part of the philippines. 3 hours, east of manila are down, but her school, like most in the country, has remain closed for over 2 years now. with no internet connection, children in her village have no choice. but to study alone. wilma, finding some of my classmates and would rather be climbs and tell them to make money for others as friends to do their assignment on my number. and they did complete them any more. and michelle, on that, let's face it. they can quickly owe money this way up there and a minimum denila, raquel so many friends drop out of school during the pandemic. some even got married. the philippines have seen one of the toughest locked downs for children worldwide. this public school in a poor suburb of manila is ready to resume face to face classes. the moment they

get the green light director, cecilia regalato is deeply worried about the learning loss and the dropout rate. she says the longer children stay out of school, the less likely they will return most especially those who is kept class and don't comply with the requirements are poor. that's why and telling my my teachers not to engage too much on the output on the i mean the complete mess or completeness of the the boards find ways and means give them easy pass so that they complied. because the parents know how salaries the un children's organisation had already demand that the government should prioritize the reopening of schools. a task that is now up to sarah, to test the freshly elected vice president. and that you cation minister,

who will run country at the side of fed. marcus junior, particularly, and disadvantaged and poor community like recalls village children face an increased risk of exploitation. raquel father admit that with 9 siblings. she has to help out in the house a lot in the mom, mom not what, as long as i early enough money for some survive. i want her one among the oldest study because that is what i do not do the owner. he lay out on multiples, raquel has a business plans for the future. during the locked down, she enjoyed helping other children in the village with their modules. so she decided to become a teacher. but 1st, she really hopes to graduate. after attending in person classes.

the pandemic has also left its mark on young people in germany after more than 2 years of stress with cov 19. now this the war in ukraine too, for youngsters suffering from depression, life is especially tough. we met with 2 young people have learned to take an open approach about the illness, particularly in these times of crisis. ah, to take the rule and ukraine has effected my depression and massively increased my fears. what if we are attacked? these fears just add to the thoughts already spinning round and my head done his let it all start spinning even more than his will quantity of cancer, anguish, nor long mention wing ah cried of am an undeserved creaks minute see these images of the war. i ask myself and in my do i feel so bad?

it's middens as others are doing much, much worse, and that triggers mess of feelings of guilt of food even though this illness isn't my fault, hunker down for mr kung. oh, don't come out on a tight and he came a time of extreme suicidal thoughts over. i was literally waking up every morning and my 1st thought was that i don't want to live any more than i. and i went to bad thinking the same thing and often spent gung on longs for wake up in the morning and think. i could just stay in bed kind of thing because i don't have the motivation. you don't have the strength to get up to cough or because you think everything is crap now anyway, of his will got out in a shy so ah, decided that our daily routine, of course collapsed is the corona virus. and i was precisely just sitting on my couch thinking, oh great, now i've just moved to a new town and i hardly know anyone here when my only chance now is to lose myself in depression of the transmission. when deposits are fully and i have yet enough in

one to time to time, or if time i was consumed by fear. if like me, you have an anxiety or panic disorder, you can totally develop a fear of infection. and dick on that them resulted in panic attacks and a big fear of dying attack. resolute here today i'm had on my mock total lungs from toward ah, my mind of anthony paint or draw that always helps me to come down skim one. even if i sometimes think that didn't turn out so well. but i know that the whole point of art is that it doesn't have to be perfect. perfect then was mm ah. ready so commission, it's nothing, nothing is more important than talking having someone who listens, who takes you seriously, and that's a great, great help in the course of the middle of allegation gave me to modern middle by now i can sometimes joke about as good when part of me is feeling bad because i'm not necessarily a good, so i'm kind of with

a very common disease. no one should feel ashamed and unfair most. and with every voice raised, one more person is talking about it on and maybe there will be someone in his mind story and says if he can do it, then, so can i by for lack of mud, important questions off in that aspect amongst us. oh, do you have any questions? d w science correspondent, derrick williams has the answers. i will keep him up to date with all the latest research ok with 19 send an email to covet producer at d w dot com. today he us is another question from of you at since 119. it feels like i've had one infection after another caused by other bugs. is there a connection? i've talked to a few people who believed that contracting coven 19 made them more susceptible

to other pathogens. and since recovering, they told me they feel like they've been sick from other stuff practically nonstop . i'm, those reports are all anecdotal, vo, and, and rigorously checking the hypothesis of whether sar is covey to is also somehow to blame for post cove infections with other microbes. that would be a big challenge. first and foremost because it's obviously going to be difficult to distinguish between any post covered, acquired illnesses and symptoms that might be caused by long covered estimates differ, but a lot of studies have shown that somewhere between 10 and 30 percent of the people who had about of coven 19 have recurring long coded symptoms for weeks, or maybe even for months afterwards. in other words, sorrows,

covey to has done something to their bodies that makes them continue to feel lousy in some way, and figuring out exactly what's making them feel lousy. whether it's the after effects of the coven infection, or maybe a new infection, with something else entirely, that can be influenced by many factors. so many factors and fat, that proving direct cause and effect would be really hard. um, there are, however, some indications that in some people, at least getting coven 19 can affect the immune system and ways that likely make it harder to fight off other pathogens. for example, in a study published last october, researchers here in germany looking at hospitalized patients, discovered that in them levels of key immune system cells,

known as dendritic cells dropped. they also found that the effect was long lasting and that the den drelick cells that were produced appeared to be functionally impaired. now, then drill excels spread the news about any recent invaders to the immune systems shock troops. so if they stop doing that effectively as the study authors say, then it could have consequences for fighting off subsequent infections caused by other microbes in theory than at least yes. having coven 19 could make you more susceptible other bogs later. but exactly how much would also be different from person to person. m. paypal on the canary island of la

palmer are facing a double challenge in the full of last year. a major volcanic eruption devastated the island residents are still dealing with the consequences now and with the aftermath of the pandemic. we're a major volcanic eruption on la highmark in the canaries. the 1st in 50 years on the island lava poured out of the columbia volcano for 3 months. some 3000 properties were destroyed. displacing 7000 people. the estimated cost of reconstruction on the island is more than $840000000.00 euros. and all this, in the midst of the corona virus pandemic, the hard work of reconstruction has begun. over $900.00 workers have been employed just to clear up the volcanic ash. the public body entrusted to carry out the work by the governments of spain and the canary islands is guessed,

plan a little marquis facility local. the most difficult thing was to see people totally shattered him at seeing the psychological impact of losing their homes. somebody before i put myself in their place, i saw the anxiety. they're still suffering that you're in the middle of a pandemic. that's not yet over on it still with us and will continue in the future . you're in the year. if you see it on a food stamps and homes are slowly being salvaged. this house was covered up to its windows in ash, visitors as well as locals come to see the devastation. in some places, the lava has solidified to create a wall 70 meters high, and it spread out over 3 kilometers on its journey down to the sea. on one side is lush vegetation, on the other lava cuts off a motorway covering entire neighborhoods including a local health center which had been vital during the height of the pandemic. the motorway itself is also blocked,

extending journeys to the south of the island by an extra hour and a half. one resident told us how she struggled to cope with both coded and the fallout from the volcano. i had called the delay half year ago during the time that they will k. no, it was sly, combined into things after dad to a hard time off cove eat. we had to been at home because it was a lot of sulphur and there was no oxygen enough and a lot of asia and it was so dangerous to get out. it was the importance of keep that security at home, that isolation blast the noise of their will. k not constantly, day and night. it was like gast sound from the deep day. it was impossible to restore. we now were in our brain, our head. it was so challenging the islands health service already in overdrive having to deal with more than $11000.00 cases of co at 19 since it's

outbreak also has to deal with health concerns posed by the volcanic eruption. part of the letter being a little mental little symbol. luckily at the time of the rupture, la palmer had good epidemiological data. there were fewer covered cases. as a result, we could allocate time of the epidemiological control of the people coming into the island as well as residents who had contact with others, or were even sharing living spaces. and let me see the growth you want to look into for. we concentrated on making sure people met our health measures garcia if you feel week. um it is very difficult to tell people who have lost their homes. people who have had to move in with neighbors to wear a mask and comply with health measures in order to avoid infections that yeah, but i me the level of awesome that of you know, no one can say how long it will take for lap. hi my to fully recover while coated cases have decreased, the island is still on a high risk alert,

especially for people aged 60 and above. and although rebuilding work has begun the immense amount of volcanic ash that is spread out over the island. in addition to the disruptions to working schedules due to covet, has made rapid progress. very difficult. but sol for this week, stay healthy and see you next time. ah, ah

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