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These are the world’s top health concerns in 2022

(8 days ago) WEBStress is also named by 26% of people as a top health concern, ahead of obesity (22%), as the chart below shows. COVID-19 and mental health are the world’s top health concerns, Ipsos says. Image: …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/global-healthcare-mental-health-survey/

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WHO's 10 most urgent health challenges for the 2020s

(8 days ago) WEBWHO research predictsthat by 2030, there will be a shortfall of 18 million health workers, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. New investment is needed to properly train health workers and provide decent salaries for people in the profession, it says. 9. Keeping adolescents safe.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/who-healthcare-challenges-2020s-climate-conflict-epidemics/

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World Health Statistics 2022 - World Health Organization …

(9 days ago) WEB20 May 2022 – Geneva: The World Health Organization has published its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic – which led to an estimated 4.5 million excess deaths in that year.The statistics reveal the extent to which the pandemic has been affecting health systems worldwide, …

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-05-2022-world-health-statistics-2022

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World Health Statistics - World Health Organization (WHO)

(5 days ago) WEBWorld Health Statistics. WHO's annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for the WHO Member States and each edition supersedes the previous one. All …

https://www.who.int/data/gho/publications/world-health-statistics

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Health Care Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

(1 days ago) WEBFigure 1 shows the sources of health care financing according to country income. On average, almost 50% of health care financing in low-income countries comes from out-of-pocket payments, …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1110897

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Burden of Disease - Our World in Data

(4 days ago) WEBThe global distribution of the disease burden. This map shows the annual rate of DALYs per 100,000 people in the population. It is thereby measuring the distribution of the burden of both mortality and morbidity around the …

https://ourworldindata.org/burden-of-disease

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Healthcare Disparities by Country Commonwealth Fund

(4 days ago) WEBGermany and the Netherlands experienced among the lowest rates of affordability problems and the fewest income-related disparities. Adults in the U.S. with lower or average incomes are more likely to skip needed medical care and have problems paying medical bills than all other countries in this analysis.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/surveys/2023/nov/cost-not-getting-care-income-disparities-affordability-health

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Global health in low-income and middle-income countries: a …

(3 days ago) WEBGlobal health was founded on an egalitarian promise: improve health care for everyone, everywhere. As an area of research, education, and practice that leverages interdisciplinary collaboration and focuses on multinational health-care challenges and solutions,1 global health is a crucial area of discussion and development, especially to reduce the global …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00143-1/fulltext

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These Are the 13 Most Pressing Global Health Issues This Decade

(5 days ago) WEBRead the full list of the WHO’s top health challenges below. 1. Focusing on health when discussing climate change. The climate crisis not only impacts the environment directly, but it also poses many health risks to people all over the world. For instance, nearly 7 million people die from air pollution every year.

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/most-urgent-health-challenges-for-the-2020s/

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Access to Health Care Around the World Is Not Equal. COVID-19 …

(6 days ago) WEBMany health care facilities, meanwhile, often lack supplies as basic as soap and water. Low pay throughout the global health care sector has created a massive shortage in doctors and nurses. More than 45 countries have less than 1 doctor per 1,000 patients, according to the WHO — Tanzania has 1 doctor per 2,500 patients.

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/unequal-health-care-access-covid19/

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Every year nearly 6 million people die in developing countries …

(4 days ago) WEBIf you think it is lack of access to healthcare, think again. A recent report by The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems found that 5.7 million people die in low and middle-income countries every year from poor quality healthcare compared with the 2.9 million who die from lack of access to care. In other …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/11/effects-and-costs-of-poor-quality-healthcare/

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Identifying Major Health-System Challenges in Developing …

(6 days ago) WEBThis finding—equity/poverty focused issues dominate all health-sector policy challenges in developing countries—is important as it can provide a useful target to galvanize global action. The same finding came across all geographic clustering and across the different levels of development ( Figures 2 and 3 ).

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1902671

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U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022 - Commonwealth …

(6 days ago) WEBIn all countries, health spending as a share of the overall economy has been steadily increasing since the 1980s, as spending growth has outpaced economic growth. 4 This growth is in part because of medical technologies, rising prices in the health sector, and higher demand for services. 5 In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2022

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How does the quality of the U.S. health system compare to other …

(1 days ago) WEBA ll-cause mortality rates — the number of deaths per 100,000 people, adjusted for age differences across countries — plateaued in the U.S. in the 2010s, while continuing to fall in other peer nations.From 19 80 to 2020 (the latest year with comparable data), the overall mortality rate from all causes of death in the U.S. fell by about 19%, compared to a 43% …

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality-u-s-healthcare-system-compare-countries/

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Health Care Around the World — Global Issues

(9 days ago) WEBHealth care in developing countries; The health care challenge: services for those with need. The World Health Organization (WHO) is the premier organization looking at health issues around the world. When looking at the pattern of health care around the world, the WHO World Health Report 2008 found some common …

https://www.globalissues.org/article/774/health-care-around-the-world

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World's Unhealthiest Countries, Ranked - Business Insider

(3 days ago) WEBLatvia — 0.40. Blood pressure and binge drinking were to blame for Latvia's place in the top 20. A street food festival in Riga, Latvia. Gints Ivuskans / Shutterstock. =14. Trinidad and Tobago

https://www.businessinsider.com/most-unhealthy-countries-in-the-world-ranked-2019-3

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U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2019 - Commonwealth …

(6 days ago) WEBPer capita health spending in the U.S. exceeded $10,000, more than two times higher than in Australia, France, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.K. Public spending, including governmental spending, social health insurance, and compulsory private insurance, is comparable in the U.S. and many of the other nations and …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019

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Best Healthcare in the World 2024 - World Population Review

(9 days ago) WEBAccording to this index, the ten countries with the best health care are: Country. CEOWORLD Health Care Index (2023) Italy. 72.15. Singapore. 67.22. Iceland. 65.15.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/best-healthcare-in-the-world

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Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the …

(1 days ago) WEBThe countries are also working on bolstering the W.H.O.’s International Health Regulations, which were last revised in 2005 and set detailed rules for countries to follow in the event of an

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/health/pandemic-treaty-vaccines.html

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Efforts to draft a pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on …

(1 days ago) WEBFILE - The logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 11, 2019. A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the …

https://apnews.com/article/world-health-organization-pandemic-treaty-720ae6bec876e8afb0b82649a5b046c8

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Why did global talks to fight pandemics break down?

(1 days ago) WEBAfter the COVID-19 pandemic hit, countries requested the WHO in 2021 to come up with a plan that would outline how countries can share data and resources, and ultimately handle the next big health

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/29/why-did-global-talks-to-fight-pandemics-break-down

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Global health - 80,000 Hours

(5 days ago) WEBTo put this in context: annual health spending in the EU is over $4,500 per capita, in the UK it’s about $5,000 per capita, and in the US it’s nearly $11,000. As a result, there remain many opportunities to scale up treatments that are known to prevent or cure common health conditions in low-income countries.

https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/health-in-poor-countries/

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Billions left behind on the path to universal health coverage

(2 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report, revealing an alarming stagnation in the progress towards providing people everywhere with quality, affordable, and accessible health care. Released ahead of the High-Level Meeting on …

https://www.who.int/news/item/18-09-2023-billions-left-behind-on-the-path-to-universal-health-coverage

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8 Major Problems with the U.S. Healthcare System Today

(4 days ago) WEBRising Expenditures. The U.S. ranks highest in healthcare costs among comparable countries. . 5. High Costs of Care. According to annual report data from the Health Cost Institute, average healthcare prices have increased year over year, with rates that were 15.0% higher in 2018 compared to 2014.. In 2018, U.S. firms and consumers spent 10% …

https://www.medifind.com/news/post/problems-us-healthcare-system

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DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE - 2021 National Healthcare Quality …

(5 days ago) WEBHealthcare delivery is not experienced equitably by all populations. A healthcare disparity is a difference between population groups in the way they access, experience, and receive healthcare. Factors that influence healthcare disparities include social, economic, environmental, and other disadvantages,1, 2 some of which are explored in this report.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578532/

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Are smartphones a problem for teen mental health in developing …

(8 days ago) WEBA you woman checks her smartphone Photo: Simone D. McCourtie. The last 15 years have witnessed the collapse of mental health among adolescents—especially girls—in the United States and other high-income countries. Three in 10 teenage American girls have a major depressive episode each year—a more than doubling of the rate of …

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/investinpeople/Are-smartphones-a-problem-for-teen-mental-health-in-developing-countries

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Top problems facing the US: Inflation, affordable health care Pew

(6 days ago) WEB2. Top problems facing the U.S. Inflation and the affordability of health care top the public’s list of the biggest problems facing the country, with 62% of Americans describing inflation as a very big problem and 60% saying this about health care costs. Narrower majorities say that partisan cooperation (57%), drug addiction (55%) and gun

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/05/23/top-problems-facing-the-u-s/

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Menstrual policies in schools are assessed in a new UNICEF report

(8 days ago) WEBA pioneering program in Ethiopia teaches all students about this "taboo" topic. A new UNICEF report, released on “World Menstrual Hygiene Day," assesses how countries respond to menstrual issues.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/28/g-s1-1310/menstruation-menstrual-education-periods-stigma

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Figures at a glance UNHCR US

(2 days ago) WEBHow many refugees are there around the world? At least 108.4 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are nearly 35.3 million refugees, around 41 per cent of whom are under the age of 18.. There are also millions of stateless people, who have been denied a nationality and lack access to basic rights such as …

https://www.unhcr.org/us/about-unhcr/who-we-are/figures-glance

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Peru classifies transgender identities as 'mental health problems' …

(1 days ago) WEBMay 20, 2024, 8:47 AM PDT. By Joe Kottke. LGBTQ advocates in Peru protested in the capital city of Lima last week after the Health Ministry issued a new law that deemed transgender people as

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/peru-classifies-transgender-identities-mental-health-problems-new-law-rcna152936

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Patrick J. Kennedy discusses mental health parity McKinsey

(7 days ago) WEBDuring his 16-year tenure in the US House of Representatives, Patrick J. Kennedy served Rhode Island’s first congressional district fighting to end discrimination against those with mental illness, addiction, and other brain diseases. He was a lead sponsor of the landmark Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. In 2013, …

https://www.mckinsey.com/mhi/our-insights/mental-and-physical-health-equity-a-medical-civil-right

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The countries where people worry the most about healthcare

(5 days ago) WEBIn Poland, 62% of people are worried about healthcare. This is an increase of 10% from December. A report by professional services firm PwC in 2016 suggests a shortage of funding “has been and will remain a problem” within Poland’s healthcare system. After Hungary and Poland, 46% of people in Brazil worry about healthcare, …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/chart-of-the-day-the-countries-where-people-worry-the-most-about-healthcare/

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Effectiveness and acceptance of group therapy as a mental health

(5 days ago) WEBMental health problems are highly prevalent among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), yet mental health care in African countries is scarce. There is growing interest in understanding the effect of group therapy delivery models and task-shifting to support mental health care in African settings. We conducted a scoping review following the …

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-51021-001

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US health insurer shares fall after UnitedHealth flags Medicaid

(6 days ago) WEBUnitedHealth shares were down 4.2% to $482.46, while rivals Humana (HUM.N), Centene (CNC.N), and Elevance Health (ELV.N) fell 3.2%, 3.7%, and 2.6%, respectively. "We have come through this very

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-health-insurer-shares-fall-after-unitedhealth-flags-medicaid-enrollment-2024-05-29/

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