To raise awareness and seek the solution for mental health issues during the pandemic, the ASEZ university student volunteer group at the University of Connecticut [UCONN], Southern Connecticut State University, and Yale University hosted an online forum.The forum panelists included the President of UCONN Dr. Thomas C. Katsouleas, General Pediatrician and UCONN Medical School Preceptor Dr. Tina Roman, and Director of Mental Health and Counseling at Yale University Dr. Paul Hoffman. The panelists discussed about mental health among university students. They highlighted the importance of having an open discussion, and offered ways to combat mental health…READ MORE

On July 22, ASEZ
members in Escondido, U.S. cleaned California Center for the Arts and Grape Day
Park in Escondido. About ten members took part in this cleanup, focusing on removing weeds in those areas…READ MORE

The onset and spread of
COVID-19 have affected nearly every country and continent. Not only has the
virus infected, sickened about 190 million people, it killed about 4 million
people as it moved from Asia, to Europe, to the US, and onwards to Central and
South America. On March 11, 2020, the World Health
Organization [WH0] declared global emergency over COVID-19 pandemic. Following
the WHO declaration, national and local authorities began to impose a range of
measures to slow the spread of the virus and alleviate strain on health care
systems. Collectively referred to as “lockdown” measures in most countries,
regulations have included some combination of stay-at-home orders, travel bans,
closures of schools and places of entertainment and restrictions on public and
private gatherings. Strategies aimed at limiting the mobility of the entire
population through measures that require or recommend that residents do not
leave the house except for “essential” activities arguably were among the most
intrusive policies, with wide-ranging collateral effects on society, the
economy and human rights…READ MORE