Global & Public Health (all articles)
Overuse of medications in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review
27 Jan, 2023 | 12:31h | UTC
AHA Report | Heart disease and stroke statistics in the US—2023 update
27 Jan, 2023 | 12:27h | UTCNews Release: COVID toll realized: CVD deaths take big jump, especially among certain populations – American Heart Association
Commentaries:
AHA Presents Up-To-Date Statistics for Cardiovascular Disease – HealthDay
Sobering statistics from the AHA’s 2023 heart disease and stroke update – News Medical
SR | Interventions to improve sanitation for preventing diarrhea
27 Jan, 2023 | 12:15h | UTCInterventions to improve sanitation for preventing diarrhoea – Cochrane Library
Summary: Interventions to improve sanitation for preventing diarrhoea – Cochrane Library
Commentary on Twitter
New @Cochrane_IDG review: Interventions to improve #sanitation for preventing #diarrhoea https://t.co/pMvEzGNJ7q
⭐️sanitation interventions are effective, for young children and all age populations
⭐️effectiveness varies by intervention type & setting
⭐️further research needed— Cochrane_IDG (@Cochrane_IDG) January 25, 2023
WHO Report | Cholera global situation
26 Jan, 2023 | 12:56h | UTCCholera – Global situation – World Health Organization
Commentary: WHO Report: Cholera Resurgent in 2022 After Years of Decline – JAMA
Essential medicines for mental disorders: comparison of 121 national lists with WHO recommendations
26 Jan, 2023 | 12:55h | UTC
WHO | Five billion people unprotected from trans-fat leading to heart disease
24 Jan, 2023 | 14:44h | UTCNews Release: Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease – World Health Organization
Report: Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans-fat elimination 2022 – World Health Organization
Commentary: Five Billion People Exposed to Industrially Produced Trans Fats – Health Policy Watch
Related:
WHO: More than 3 billion people protected from harmful trans-fat in their food
Action Package: WHO Plan to Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids from Global Food Supply
WHO Draft Guideline: Saturated Fatty Acid and Trans-fatty Intake for Adults and Children
Banning trans fats in New York prevented thousands of heart attacks
RCT | Effect of a multicomponent intervention delivered on a web-based platform on hypertension control
24 Jan, 2023 | 14:12h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Cluster RCT: A multicomponent intervention aided by web-based platform improved blood pressure control vs. usual care in China. https://t.co/bsfK5TF1hs
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) December 7, 2022
Health and economic outcomes associated with musculoskeletal disorders attributable to high BMI in 192 countries
23 Jan, 2023 | 13:16h | UTC
Use of wastewater for Mpox outbreak surveillance in California
19 Jan, 2023 | 14:24h | UTCUse of Wastewater for Mpox Outbreak Surveillance in California – New England Journal of Medicine
Related:
Opinion: Wastewater analysis can be a powerful public health tool—if it’s done sensibly.
CDC unveils its latest weapon in Covid-19 detection: wastewater.
[Preprint] Wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern.
Human Waste Could Be The Next Big Weapon in Controlling COVID-19 – TIME
Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one – STAT
The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world – Nature
It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19 – STAT
Coronavirus: Testing sewage an ‘easy win’ – BBC
Commentary on Twitter
In this report, the use of wastewater to conduct surveillance for the presence and spread of mpox in California is described. https://t.co/PJm8fwekxr pic.twitter.com/klzC0mbC0w
— NEJM (@NEJM) January 18, 2023
CDC Study | Working in mining, food services, and construction linked to increased mortality from COPD
19 Jan, 2023 | 14:01h | UTCCommentary: ~10 Percent of Deaths Among Ever-Employed Linked to COPD in 2020 – HealthDay
WHO Report | Close to one billion people globally are served by health-care facilities with no electricity access or with unreliable electricity
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:42h | UTCExecutive Summary: Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities: executive summary – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Only half of hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa have energy access with rural health facilities suffering the most.
🔌 Reliable electricity in health-care facilities is essential to save lives https://t.co/LeIlWdmO31 pic.twitter.com/HulrvN6RPF
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2023
Cancer statistics in the US, 2023
17 Jan, 2023 | 13:24h | UTCCancer statistics, 2023 – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
News Release: American Cancer Society’s annual report on cancer facts and trends released – News Medical / American Cancer Society
Commentaries:
Incidence Drops for Cervical Cancer But Rises for Prostate Cancer – American Cancer Society
A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022
15 Jan, 2023 | 20:33h | UTCA survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022 – Nature Medicine
News Release: Global COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rising but hesitancy remains – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
The third annual iteration of a survey assessing vaccine confidence in 23 countries shows the overall willingness to accept a COVID-19 vaccine has increased, although results were heteregeous across countries, according to a @NatureMedicine paper. https://t.co/0EkMH7oRdn pic.twitter.com/bLc98F9AYt
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) January 13, 2023
UN Report | A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021
13 Jan, 2023 | 13:46h | UTCNews Release: A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report – Word Health Organization
UN Reports:
Never Forgotten – The situation of stillbirth around the globe
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
The death of every child is an enormous tragedy.
In 2021:
♦️ 5 million children died before their 5th birthday
♦️ 2.1 million older children & young people lost their livesThat’s 1 loss every 4.4 seconds!
Most of these deaths were preventable with access to quality healthcare
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 10, 2023
Rapid review on monkeypox policies among the G20 nations: relevance to policy and practitioner
13 Jan, 2023 | 13:34h | UTC
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis | Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update
12 Jan, 2023 | 13:30h | UTCSee also:
– WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment
RCT | Effect of prescriber notifications of patient’s fatal overdose on opioid prescribing at 4 to 12 months
10 Jan, 2023 | 14:50h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Letters notifying clinicians of a patient's fatal overdose reduced opioid prescribing up to one year after receiving the letter. https://t.co/cEU1inH9lE
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) January 6, 2023
Nature announces support for authors from over 70 countries to publish open access
10 Jan, 2023 | 14:46h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
From today, primary research from authors from 70+ countries classified by the World Bank as low-income or lower-middle-income economies accepted for publication in @NatureMedicine or Nature research journals can be published Gold OA at no cost: https://t.co/izXuU2jLDZ
— Nature Medicine (@NatureMedicine) January 9, 2023
WHO Interim Guidance | Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for mpox (monkeypox)
10 Jan, 2023 | 14:45h | UTC
WHO updates recommendations on HPV vaccination schedule
9 Jan, 2023 | 14:57h | UTCNews Release: WHO updates recommendations on HPV vaccination schedule – World Health Organization
Guideline: Human papillomavirus vaccines: WHO position paper, December 2022 – World Health Organization
Commentaries:
WHO supports 1-dose HPV vaccine strategy – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter
🆕 WHO has revised its recommendations on possible schedules for human papillomavirus (#HPV) vaccines & now recommends:
👉1 or 2-doses for girls & women aged 9-20
👉2 doses with a 6-month interval for women 21+https://t.co/m0KZyH6sPR pic.twitter.com/W4PeS4raV9— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 21, 2022
The WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic
9 Jan, 2023 | 14:48h | UTCThe WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic – Nature
Commentary: Pandemic’s Two-Year Global Death Toll May Be Close to 15 Million – HealthDay
WHO manual on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies to promote healthy diets.
16 Dec, 2022 | 13:52h | UTCNews Release: WHO calls on countries to tax sugar-sweetened beverages to save lives – World Health Organization
Related:
M-A: Outcomes following taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages.
Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents – Pediatrics
Cutting back on sugar-sweetened beverages: What works? – Cochrane Library
Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons to date and the future of taxation – PLOS Medicine
Banning the promotion of soft drinks could be more effective than a sugar tax – The Conversation
Sugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
Sugar is addictive and keeps you hooked on unhealthy drinks like sodas & energy drinks.
Break the cycle today for a healthier life! https://t.co/M1GQE4136I pic.twitter.com/06aVCYmeK5— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 13, 2022
Associations between extreme temperatures and cardiovascular cause-specific mortality: results from 27 countries.
15 Dec, 2022 | 13:44h | UTCNews Release: About 1 in 100 heart disease deaths linked to extreme hot and cold weather days – University of Maryland School of Medicine
WHO Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans.
12 Dec, 2022 | 12:52h | UTCCommentary: WHO report shows rising antibiotic resistance, need for better data – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
New WHO report on #AntimicrobialResistance reveals very high levels of resistance in common bacteria frequently causing bloodstream infections in hospitals.
Infection prevention & control is critical to stop the spread and save lives.
More: https://t.co/8dGqw5KgZT pic.twitter.com/XGC2I7KbwB
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 9, 2022
WHO World malaria report 2022.
9 Dec, 2022 | 13:41h | UTCWorld malaria report 2022 – World Health Organization
News Release: Despite continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable in 2021 – World Health Organization
Commentaries:
WHO: COVID disruption resulted in 63,000 more malaria deaths – Associated Press
WHO: Malaria cases, deaths remained stable in 2021, despite COVID – CIDRAP