endless one axis with the conflict between iran on the one hand and israel and the united states on the other. a more than 40 years, the adversaries have been irreconcilable. there is never been any real dialogue. how did this confrontation begin? how greatest the danger that it was spread the long war. he's real. iran usa starts june 15th on d, w. ah, the new army concept variance be a point 5 has triggered arise and infections in portugal. but in many countries, the pandemic appears to be leveling off right now. what have we learned over the

last 2 years? that's the question we'll be looking at in this weeks cove, at 19 special how is the grown of iris impacted the education system in the philippines? but 1st to germany, where we look at the challenges faced by nurses and care workers, they bore the brunt of the pandemic. so have working conditions now improved. we hear from the staff themselves. oh, you did with a future piece coke. really sick? who cares? the performance rounded off a 2 day meeting of berlin's health care professionals. they're 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, oh, 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. okay, and that's on such shows that it's up to us to take the initiative enhancement that we need to improve our working conditions and the care we give our patients as organ tibetan 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 protesters argued that the government and even promised reform, but fail to deliver on those promises with persistent strikes, 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. and i said that was the last straw as my minor. they poured all their energy and making things better. let's. but it hasn't happened anything from them hobble. so they're done with a profession that's on it here. the situation now was worse than before. the strike

act to ash lemme, 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 va loan 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. a 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 is what's coming up short and 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 of it's less than the south, exclaimed walk of almost all america. new trainees need incentives to stay in the field for the long term. but that's where the problems begin for faster stuff. now

it's been on his gaskins and when you train someone 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've seen a wave of people quitting anger, but right after training were put to work on warrens that are understaffed and many burn out after a year or till 9. so you can get a coffee to for 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 figured out all yourself on some of the host. you're always afraid you'll make a mistake and harm a patient. it's emotionally stressful at every times. 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. they think the new union back to agreement is an opportunity to do just that. escape guns, kam k. it down specifically, we need to the right support for working in these delicate situations to get board, whether it's caring for people while facing serious illness or even death science. we need supervision, is what i need to have. the sense that i can live up to the expectations that people have of me because i this is a great profession 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. meeting mentioned disease me and the tone berlin's healthcare workers are serving as a role model for the health sector nationwide. right now, healthcare workers in western germany are on strike and the activists think your

message will continue to spread in the coming months. okay. oh, wow. so how did the situation in germany compared with the nursing profession elsewhere on nurses and care workers in other countries also pushed to the limit d. w. me the africa spoke to how it cotton. he's the ceo of the international council of nurses. we just learned about the situation of health, co 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 taking a huge tell on health care workers, right? why around the world, both their physical and then mental health. and what we now see is that pressure is

translating into nurses and health care workers quitting, resigning, leaving earlier than i would've otherwise done. we went into this pandemic 6. we in nursing short around the world, what we've done, we think that back to be close to doubling figure. 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 on how we retain the stock that we currently have. these are fairly simple, obvious things that we know about people feeling respected. we're being nice being listened to having a good working conditions there might be equipment to do the job being safe at work . having a not stop is always an issue for nurses to in silicon 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? no, 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. that means another country has paid for the education and then see those nurses recruited from them and they are writing, but he should be compensated by forest. ultimately, this could potentially also leave those 3rd countries with less efficient workforce, right? we absolutely have seen often the effects can be quite too much on the countries.

the health care work is it might only be a small number of workers, but they are coming from jude already has fewer nurses ahead of population isn't right, inequality, distribution of nurses around the world with 10 different similar ratios of nurses to have a 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 lee, that was additional pressure on those. ready 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 is because these big decisions

about the health care country and global health 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. 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 new york. i made up my number and they didn't complete them any morning. michelle obama, let's face it. they can quickly owe money this way up either and a minimum. melanie le, raquel saw many friends drop out of school during the pandemic. some even got married. the philippines have seen one of the toughest locked down 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 i'm telling my, my teachers not to engage too much on the, i'll put on the i mean the complete mess or completeness of the the board to find ways and means give them easy task so that they comply because the various 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 in disadvantage and poor communities, 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 earn enough money for some survive. i want her among the i want them all the study because that is what i do not do the owner, he let him out, and raquel has a bishop plans for the future during the lock down. she enjoyed helping other children in the village with their modules. so she decided to become a teacher. but 1st, you 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 who've learned to take an open approach about the illness, particularly in these times of crisis. ah, the key, the war in ukraine has affected my depression and massively increased my fears. what if we were attacked these fears just add to the thoughts already spinning round in my head, the onions, then it all starts spinning, even more done, hence will quantity of cancer, anguish, neural mental, angling ah,

cod of m and undeserved cliques. minute see these images of the war i ask myself and in my do i feel so bad? it's mittens as others are doing much, much worse. and that triggers massive feelings of guilt. food, even though this illness isn't my full time kind of come, oh, don't come out on a tight and became a time of extreme suicidal thoughts. i was literally waking up every morning and my 1st thought was, i don't want to live anymore and i and i went to bad thinking the same thing and often spent gung promise for the wake up in the morning and think. i could just stay in bed counting, but he doesn't have the motivation. you don't have the strength to get up to cough all books. do you think everything's crap now anyway of his will got on the shy so ah, it is. i do not have any routine of course, collapsed is the korea virus. and i was presley just sitting on my couch thinking, oh great. now i've just moved to a new town that i hardly know anyone here,

but my only chance now is to lose myself in depression of the shoulders moved from one to pull swarms of fuzzy and 100 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 take home that them resulted in panic attacks and a big fear of dying. i took it as low to your daughter on how to my mock total lungs from toward ah, my mind would have been and i paint or draw that always helps me to come down. came 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 with blue scottish 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 course, her middle of allegation gave me to modern middle by now i can sometimes joke about as good when part of me is feeling bad place on her mom. not necessarily

a good joke though. i'm kind of with just a very common disease. no one should feel ashamed in monterey and most and with every voice raised. one more person is talking about it. and maybe there'll be someone who his my story and says, if he can do it, then, so can i by, for lack of modern form christians off when that osmotica modest awesome. do you have any questions? d, w science correspondent derek williams has the answers and will keep you up to date with all the latest research on cove it 19. send an email to cove it producer at d. w dot com. today he answers another question from a viewer. since hunting cove is 19, it feels like i've had one infection often that caused by the 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 . um, those reports are all anecdotal though, 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 cove, its 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, was 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 path engines. 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 bend riddick cells that were produced appeared to be functionally impaired. now, then drelick cells 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 to other bogs, later, but exactly how much would also be different from person to person. m. paypal on the canary islands,

flip hama, a 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. with major volcanic eruption on la pine my in the canaries, the 1st in 50 years on the island lava poured out of the combat b. a hovel quino 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 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 mati facility local. the most difficult thing was to see people totally shattered and seeing the psychological impact of losing their homes. but before i put myself in their place, saw the anxiety, they're still suffering that you're in the middle of a pandemic. that's not yet over on the it still with us and will continue in the future. your in the e. c, i'm a full little hymns 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 cove it and the fallout from the volcano. i had called the delay half year ago during the time that they will k no, it was slight combine 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 a sound from the deep day. it was impossible to restore when our 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 there a little mental little symbol. luckily, at the time of the erection, 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 here. let me see the growth you want to look into for. we concentrated on making sure people met our health measures area. if you feel unwelcome, 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. yeah. in order to avoid infections that but i me the lab about a lot of you no one can say how long it will take for lap hi my to fully recover.

while cold 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 has spread out over the island in addition to the disruptions to working schedules due to cov, it has made rapid progress. very difficult. that's all for this week. stay healthy and see you next time. ah ah, ah, ah

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