Global and Humanitarian Medicine
Modeling Study: 20% of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment.
25 May, 2022 | 10:44h | UTCInvited Commentary: Investing in drug-resistant tuberculosis household contact management and preventive treatment – The Lancet Global Health
WHO Interim Guidance: Laboratory testing for the Monkeypox.
24 May, 2022 | 10:51h | UTCLaboratory testing for the monkeypox virus: Interim guidance – World Health Organization
Related:
Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox – World Health Organization
A Novel International Monkeypox Outbreak – Annals of Internal Medicine
EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues – STAT
Monkeypox cases increase across Europe, North America – CIDRAP
Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Epidemiologist and health security expert says clinicians should prepare for Monkeypox.
24 May, 2022 | 10:49h | UTCNews Release: Epidemiologist and health security expert says clinicians should prepare for monkeypox – American College of Physicians
Original Article: A Novel International Monkeypox Outbreak – Annals of Internal Medicine
Related:
Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox – World Health Organization
Laboratory testing for the monkeypox virus: Interim guidance – World Health Organization
EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues – STAT
Monkeypox cases increase across Europe, North America – CIDRAP
Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
WHO Interim Guidance: Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox.
24 May, 2022 | 10:53h | UTCSurveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox – World Health Organization
Related:
Laboratory testing for the monkeypox virus: Interim guidance – World Health Organization
A Novel International Monkeypox Outbreak – Annals of Internal Medicine
EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues – STAT
Monkeypox cases increase across Europe, North America – CIDRAP
Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Editorial | Assistive technologies: time for a shift in thinking.
24 May, 2022 | 07:40h | UTCAssistive technologies: time for a shift in thinking – The Lancet
Related WHO Report:
Report: Global report on assistive technology – World Health Organization
What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both?
23 May, 2022 | 01:48h | UTCWhat’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both? – Science
Related:
Puzzling pediatric hepatitis cases echo an earlier mysterious illness – STAT
Why COVID is a key suspect in severe hepatitis cases in kids worldwide – CBC
Hepatitis outbreak in children: What do we know so far? – Imperial College London
Explaining the unexplained hepatitis in children – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Unexplained hepatitis cases in kids rise to 348 in 20 nations – CIDRAP
Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children – World Health Organization
WHO says 12 countries have reported unusual cases of hepatitis in kids – STAT
Could Mysterious Hepatitis Cases be Triggered by COVID-19? – Health Policy Watch
U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children – STAT
Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe – Associated Press
WHO: Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries.
23 May, 2022 | 01:46h | UTCMulti-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries – World Health Organization
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert – Nature
Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America? – The BMJ
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – STAT
Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? – BBC
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Commentary on Twitter
The WHO has started to report data on the monkeypox outbreak: https://t.co/e3Q23sllvX pic.twitter.com/3WKqj79eLy
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 22, 2022
WHO: 2022 Progress report on the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All.
20 May, 2022 | 11:17h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Progress on the health-related SDGs is further off track – countries have achieved only about one-fourth of what is needed to achieve the SDG health targets by 2030: Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives & Well-being for All #SDG3GAP progress report.
More https://t.co/HF8LO5UbVo pic.twitter.com/kGXoMTHnnh
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 18, 2022
Age distribution of all-cause mortality among children younger than 5 years in low- and middle-income countries.
20 May, 2022 | 10:46h | UTC
Association of extreme heat with all-cause mortality in the contiguous US, 2008-2017.
20 May, 2022 | 10:48h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
1/ Out now in @JAMANetworkOpen. @petegroen
@rm_werner and I demonstrate the association between extreme heat days and all-cause mortality across the contiguous US.@PennLDI https://t.co/s6rPMN7qUD— Sameed Khatana, MD MPH (@SameedKhatana) May 19, 2022
UK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases.
19 May, 2022 | 11:15h | UTCUK, Spain, Portugal report more monkeypox cases – CIDRAP
See also:
U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak – STAT
Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – World Health Organization
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates – UK Health Security Agency
Seven Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in UK Includes Sexually Transmitted Cluster – Health Policy Watch
European outbreak of monkeypox: what you need to know – The Conversation
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry – NPR
Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, U.S. – CBC News
Commentary on Twitter
On the rare monkeypox outbreak in Europe!
Health officials have little clue where people caught the virus. And there's concern the virus may be spreading through the community – undetected – and possibly through a new route of transmission #IDTwitter https://t.co/KOQ8rM2nW9— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem?? (@ABsteward) May 18, 2022
Pollution and health: a progress update.
19 May, 2022 | 11:12h | UTCPollution and health: a progress update – The Lancet Planetary Health
Commentaries:
One in six killed by pollution worldwide, study finds – CNN
Pollution responsible for one in six deaths across planet, scientists warn – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
Pollution resulted in more than 9 million deaths and major losses in economic output in 2019, and there’s been little progress since 2015. Read more in the new update to the Lancet Commission on pollution and health. #SolvePollution #PollutionCommissionhttps://t.co/JQqCiS9s2e pic.twitter.com/hNoePKtRew
— The Lancet Planetary Health (@TheLancetPlanet) May 18, 2022
Systematic Review: Worldwide prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus among patients with cirrhosis at country, region, and global levels.
19 May, 2022 | 10:54h | UTC
WHO Report: Almost one billion children and adults with disabilities and older persons in need of assistive technology denied access.
17 May, 2022 | 11:10h | UTCReport: Global report on assistive technology – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
More than 2.5 billion people – or 1 in 3 people – need one or more assistive products, such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, or apps that support communication and cognition: New WHO & @UNICEF report https://t.co/yMVjdOdREU pic.twitter.com/qpAUegL0K1
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 16, 2022
Explaining the unexplained hepatitis in children.
13 May, 2022 | 11:39h | UTCExplaining the unexplained hepatitis in children – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Related:
Unexplained hepatitis cases in kids rise to 348 in 20 nations – CIDRAP
Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children – World Health Organization
WHO says 12 countries have reported unusual cases of hepatitis in kids – STAT
Could Mysterious Hepatitis Cases be Triggered by COVID-19? – Health Policy Watch
U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children – STAT
Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe – Associated Press
Epidemiological update: Hepatitis of unknown etiology in children.
12 May, 2022 | 10:12h | UTCRelated:
Unexplained hepatitis cases in kids rise to 348 in 20 nations – CIDRAP
Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children – World Health Organization
WHO says 12 countries have reported unusual cases of hepatitis in kids – STAT
Could Mysterious Hepatitis Cases be Triggered by COVID-19? – Health Policy Watch
U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children – STAT
Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe – Associated Press
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Update: #Hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – 11 May 2022
Approximately 106 cases have been identified in 14 EU/EEA countries and 450 cases are reported worldwide.
The cause of the disease is still under investigation.
Read more: https://t.co/B0lLm7I0dV— ECDC Outbreaks (@ECDC_Outbreaks) May 11, 2022
M-A: More evidence on cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes.
12 May, 2022 | 07:59h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Check out a fresh update on the effects of #cashtransfers on #nutrition based on an upgraded database of 129 estimates.
Spoiler: in line with earlier results, impact of cash programs on #stunting is statistically significant but small, i.e., the former reduces the latter by 2.1% https://t.co/kaN6IrDdEo
— Ugo Gentilini (@Ugentilini) April 1, 2022
M-A: Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen.
11 May, 2022 | 10:49h | UTC
M-A: Interventions for neglected tropical diseases among children and adolescents.
11 May, 2022 | 10:44h | UTC
Systematic Review: Interventions promoting child sexual and reproductive health and rights in LMICs.
10 May, 2022 | 10:25h | UTC
WHO launches first ever global report on infection prevention and control.
9 May, 2022 | 02:19h | UTCNews Release: WHO launches first ever global report on infection prevention and control – World Health Organization
Executive Summary: Global report on infection prevention and control – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that good Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programmes where good hand hygiene and other cost-effective practices are followed, 70% of those infections can be prevented #IDTwitter #MedEd https://t.co/qo954eXMm8
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem?? (@ABsteward) May 6, 2022
Rationale and approach to evaluating interventions to promote child health in LMICs.
10 May, 2022 | 10:24h | UTCRationale and Approach to Evaluating Interventions to Promote Child Health in LMICs – Pediatrics
Global inequalities in the double burden of malnutrition and associations with globalization: a multilevel analysis of Demographic and Healthy Surveys from 55 low-income and middle-income countries, 1992–2018.
6 May, 2022 | 10:38h | UTC
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Our paper published today at @LancetGH looks at global inequalities of household-level double burden of malnutrition and associations with globalisation across 55 low- and middle-income countries https://t.co/uz5cnSEhuv @PHPE_IC @ImperialSPH @Imperial_PCPH 1/1
— Evi Seferidi (@e_seferidi) February 9, 2022
Giving people money with no strings attached is good for their health, dozens of studies indicate.
6 May, 2022 | 10:44h | UTC
Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through improving eye health: a scoping review.
5 May, 2022 | 10:01h | UTC