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These are the 10 biggest global health threats of the decade

(8 days ago) WEBAt the same time, more – and more intense – extreme weather events like drought and floods increase malnutrition rates and help spread infectious diseases like malaria. 2. Delivering health in conflict and crisis. WHO records show attacks on medical staff led to 193 deaths in 2019.

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

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Ten threats to global health in 2019 - World Health …

(6 days ago) WEBIn 2019, air pollution is considered by WHO as the greatest environmental risk to health. Microscopic pollutants in the air can penetrate respiratory and circulatory systems, damaging the lungs, heart and brain, killing 7 …

https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/ten-threats-to-global-health-in-2019

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Top 10 public health challenges to track in 2023: Shifting …

(1 days ago) WEBThe 2022 list of global public health challenges also projected the already obvious high requirement for humanitarian assistance and protection due to political conflicts and natural disasters. done as early as possible to produce sustainable interventions that can effectively adapt to both current and emerging public health …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/puh2.86

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Global Health Center (GHC) CDC

(3 days ago) WEBGlobal Health Center. A disease threat anywhere is a disease threat everywhere. CDC’s Global Health Center works to protect Americans from dangerous and costly public health concerns, including COVID-19, …

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/index.html

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Health highlights 2022 - World Health Organization (WHO)

(3 days ago) WEBThe ACT-Accelerator (a global collaboration to accelerate development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines) has now delivered nearly 2 billion vaccine …

https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/health-highlights-2022/

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CDC Global Health Strategy Global Health CDC

(3 days ago) WEBOur workforce is available to address the most urgent global public health issues. Diverse Partnerships – CDC fosters health diplomacy through its longstanding inter-agency partnerships, bilateral and multilateral partnerships, engagement with the private sector and ongoing collaborations with academic institutions and foundations. CDC is

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/strategy/default.htm

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Global public health intelligence report 2022

(7 days ago) WEBor potential acute public health events that have significant public health implications or the potential to become a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Event is defined by Article 1 of the IHR (2005) as “a manifestation of disease or an occurrence that creates a potential for disease”.

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/372054/9789240073579-eng.pdf

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Public health emergencies of international concern: a …

(3 days ago) WEBDeclaring public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC) is a cornerstone of the IHR. 2 The IHR provide an overarching legal framework that defines countries’ rights and obligations in handling public health events and emergencies that have the potential to cross borders. The IHR are an instrument of international law that …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7798963/

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Health United Nations - الأمم المتحدة

(2 days ago) WEBThe global guardian of public health. The United Nations, since its inception, has been actively involved in promoting and protecting health worldwide. Leading that effort within the UN system is

https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/health

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The Lancet Commission on 21st-Century Global Health Threats

(3 days ago) WEBThe world has lived through an extraordinary global health threat, the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to nearly 20 million deaths, staggering economic losses, a generational decline in human capital, and the first decline in global life expectancy since 1950 (the first year when UN estimates were published).1–4 Another major threat, …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02576-4/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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Global Health - Our World in Data

(8 days ago) WEBThe global distribution of the disease burden. This map shows DALYs per 100,000 people in the population. It is thereby measuring the distribution of the burden of both mortality and morbidity around the world. In some regions with the best health, the rate of DALYs was under 20,000 per 100,000 people in 2019.

https://ourworldindata.org/health-meta

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Public Health Challenges - Wiley Online Library

(6 days ago) WEBAddressing these global public health issues, their determinants, and their solutions, requires interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral and multi-national collaborations . It is of paramount importance for global health experts to continuously monitor prevailing health conditions and accordingly for global health organisations to draft policies and

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/puh2.21

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Global health: current issues, future trends and foreign policy

(3 days ago) WEBInternational public health workers can use evidence to raise awareness, and put health at the heart of climate change debate. coherent and coordinated approach to the many issues that influence global health. 2. The strategy aims to encourage coherence and consistency in government policy that affects global health, and provide a mechanism

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4953612/

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Global Health : NPR

(3 days ago) WEBNPR news on world health issues, disease control, public health and sanitation, and health education. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/

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The impact of COVID-19 on global health goals

(5 days ago) WEBThe World Health Statistics 2021 report presents the most up-to-date data and trends on more than 50 health-related indicators for the Sustainable Development Goal and WHO’s Triple Billion targets.. The data shows that global life expectancy at birth has increased from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.3 years in 2019, and healthy life expectancy …

https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-global-health-goals

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PLOS Global Public Health

(5 days ago) WEBTowards a Feminist Global Health Policy: Power, intersectionality, and transformation. This article presents a framework for a Feminist Global Health Policy (FGHP), outlines the objectives and underlying principles and identifies the actors responsible for its meaningful implementation. Image credit: Figure 2 by Eger et al., CC …

https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/

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Strengthening the basics: public health responses to prevent the …

(7 days ago) WEBVictoria Haldane and colleagues argue that to make covid-19 the last pandemic, public health responses to outbreaks must be strengthened, starting with their most basic functions The covid-19 pandemic has challenged countries to mount and sustain comprehensive public health responses that identify and control an emerging infectious …

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-067510

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Political tensions weaken battle against biggest diseases, warns …

(3 days ago) WEBGlobal political tensions and healthcare inequities are undermining efforts to combat the biggest disease threats, the new head of one of the world’s biggest biomedical charities has warned

https://www.ft.com/content/108dc966-4e43-42da-9dfe-23608d2841e4

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Frontiers Inverting social innovation to transform health system

(1 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Globally, the frequency and severity of climate change-related weather events, including heat waves, cyclones, and droughts, are exacerbating existing health and social inequities ().These inequities are particularly apparent among vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the Global South (1–12), especially in terms of living …

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1333163/full

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research@BSPH Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public …

(1 days ago) WEBResearch at the Bloomberg School is a team sport. In order to provide extensive guidance, infrastructure, and support in pursuit of its research mission, research@BSPH employs three core areas: strategy and development, implementation and impact, and integrity and oversight. Our exceptional research teams comprised of faculty, postdoctoral

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/researchbsph

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Disease Outbreak News - World Health Organization (WHO)

(3 days ago) WEBLatest WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs), providing information on confirmed acute public health events or potential events of concern. According to Article 11.4 of the International Health Regulations (2005) [IHR (2005)], WHO may make information on acute public health events available, if other information about the same event has …

https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news

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Ethical Issues in Breastfeeding and Lactation Interventions: A …

(3 days ago) WEBInfant feeding interventions that promote and support breastfeeding are considered important contributions to global public health. As these interventions often target private settings (e.g., individuals’ homes) and involve vulnerable populations (e.g., pregnant women, infants, and underprivileged families), a keen awareness of ethical …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08903344231215073

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Plastic pollution - resource IUCN

(1 days ago) WEBOver 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year for use in a wide variety of applications. An estimated 20 million metric tons of plastic litter end up in the environment every year. That amount is expected to increase significantly by 2040. Plastic pollution affects all land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. It is a major driver of biodiversity …

https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-brief/plastic-pollution

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AstraZeneca to withdraw COVID vaccine globally as demand dips

(4 days ago) WEBSerum Institute of India Pvt Ltd. Follow. May 8 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca (AZN.L) said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/astrazeneca-withdraw-covid-vaccine-worldwide-telegraph-reports-2024-05-07/

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The CDC issues new rules for bringing dogs into the U.S., aimed at

(3 days ago) WEBThe CDC issued new rules intended to reduce the risk of importing rabies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new rules Wednesday aimed at preventing dogs with rabies from

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/08/1249622314/cdc-rules-dogs-import-travel-international-rabies

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Public health and environment - World Health Organization (WHO)

(Just Now) WEBPublic health and environment. Climate change is impacting human lives and health in a variety of ways. It threatens the essential ingredients of good health - clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food supply, and safe shelter - and has the potential to undermine decades of progress in global health. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change

https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/public-health-and-environment

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Brazil is reeling from catastrophic floods. What went wrong – and …

(5 days ago) WEBIn the country’s south, up to half of the annual predicted rain fell in just 10 days – the third such event in a year. Experts say it is time to plan for a new normal

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/10/brazil-is-reeling-from-catastrophic-floods-what-went-wrong-and-what-does-the-future-hold

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Governments agree to continue their steady progress on proposed

(8 days ago) WEBGovernments meeting at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva agreed to resume hybrid and in-person discussions over coming weeks to advance work on critical issues, including around a proposed new global system for pathogen access and benefits sharing; pandemic prevention and One Health; and the financial …

https://www.who.int/news/item/10-05-2024-governments-agree-to-continue-their-steady-progress-on-proposed-pandemic-agreement-ahead-of-the-world-health-assembly

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