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Healthy People 2030: Moving toward equitable health and well …

WebGlobally recognized as a roadmap for charting a healthier future, the Healthy People initiative delineates achievable objectives with 10-year targets to guide multi …

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Healthier societies for healthy populations

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic makes the importance of health and wellbeing clear. The pandemic's implications for societies are far reaching. Yet the response to this …

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Looking back and moving forward: Addressing health inequities …

WebWe will likely look back on 2020 as a turning point. The pandemic put a spotlight on existing societal issues, accelerated the pace of change in others, and …

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Global pandemic perspectives: public health, mental health, and …

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has shown how health emergencies can stop sustainable development in its tracks. This crisis has claimed millions of lives and it has …

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What is sexual wellbeing and why does it matter for public health

WebSexual health has provided a guiding framework for addressing sexuality in public health for several decades. Although the WHO definition of sexual health is …

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Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 estimates: implications for …

WebOver the past three decades, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) has produced several iterations of global estimates for various …

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What we need to talk about when we talk about health

WebThe USA is, by far, the leader in worldwide health spending, partly from decades of increasing health investment, which leapt from US$74·6 billion in 1970 to $1·4 trillion in …

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Tocilizumab among patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care …

WebBetween March 1 and April 22, 2020, 764 patients with COVID-19 required support in the ICU, of whom 210 (27%) received tocilizumab. Factors associated with …

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Education: a neglected social determinant of health

WebEducation and health and wellbeing are intrinsically linked. The evidence behind the importance of education as a determinant of health is amongst the most compelling. …

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Pollution and health: a progress update

WebThe Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest environmental risk factor …

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Children and fungal priority pathogens

WebFungal infections affect more than a billion people and best estimates suggest that more than 1·5 million deaths annually worldwide are caused by invasive …

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Seeing the humanity in health

WebMedicine is a visual specialty, but The Lancet is predominantly a journal of words. These words aim to present the best possible view of the state of health and …

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Understanding deaths from diarrhoea in children younger than 5 …

WebDespite a decrease in incidence during the past 30 years, diarrhoea continues to be a major global contributor to deaths among children younger than 5 …

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A new definition of brain health

WebIn 1948, WHO defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Brain health must be the key to …

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Fouad M Fouad: enriching the dialogue on displacement and health

WebAfter the political uprising in Syria in 2011, health workers were targeted by the Syrian regime. “Many of my colleagues were arrested and some tortured to death”, …

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Healthy China: from words to actions

WebWith the largest population in the world, China has made great achievements in health promotion since the 1950s when the life expectancy was less than 45 years. By 1995, …

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Achievement goals and adolescent depression: implications for …

WebSchools have long been recognised as an opportune setting to promote mental health and wellbeing because they provide wide reach and broad access to programmes …

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Strengthening public health in China

WebThis 2020 special issue of The Lancet Public Health highlights important areas for public health in China in the coming years: an ageing population, an unaddressed mental …

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The Lancet, 20 April 2024, Volume 403, Issue 10436, Pages 1513 …

WebThe EASL– Lancet Commission on liver health in Europe: prevention, case-finding, and early diagnosis to reduce liver-related mortality. Tom H Karlsen, Harry …

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The Lancet Global Health Home Page

WebThe Amazon, the world's largest rainforest covering more than 1·6 billion acres 1 extends across numerous South American nations—including Bolivia, Brazil, …

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Proposed bill to support assisted dying in France

WebThe bill closely aligns with Opinion 139, issued by the French National Advisory Ethics Council for Health and Life Sciences (CCNE; Paris, France) in 2022, which …

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HIV among refugee youth in Uganda: unmasking the crisis

WebUganda is one of the countries severely affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and currently hosts the largest number of refugees in sub-Saharan Africa, estimated at …

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Singapore's health-care system: key features, challenges, and shifts

Web1. Singapore's current health-care delivery model comprises a hybrid of public and private elements ( table 1 ). The hospital sector is dominated by public hospitals, …

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Health and health care in Israel: an introduction

WebStarting well before Independence in 1948, and over the ensuing six decades, Israel has built a robust, relatively efficient public system of health care, resulting in good …

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The state of health in Indonesia's provinces, 1990–2019: a …

WebOur findings highlight that Indonesia faces a double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases that varies across provinces. From 1990 to 2019, Indonesia …

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Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way

WebChina implemented the first phase of its National Healthy Cities pilot program from 2016-20. Along with related urban health governmental initiatives, the program has …

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US EPA sets historic new restrictions on toxic PFAS in drinking water

WebNearly half of the tap water systems in the USA are contaminated with toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS), also called forever chemicals. On April 10, …

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The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of

WebThe roots of a dysfunctional health system and the collision of the epidemics of communicable and non-communicable diseases in South Africa can be found in policies …

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UNFPA warns of threats to sexual and reproductive health

WebA well organised pushback against human rights and gender equality is exacerbating marginalisation. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva. This article is …

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A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles

Web4 However, A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles. Mary Elizabeth Williams National Geographic, 2016 Pp 304. ISBN 978-2-4262-1633-6. diagnosis, she is off ered the …

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Sublingual therapy for cobalamin deficiency as an alternative …

WebSublingual therapy for cobalamin deficiency as an alternative to oral and parenteral cobalamin supplementation. Effectiveness of sublingual cobalamin-replacement therapy …

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