Global and Humanitarian Medicine
Global guidelines for emergency general surgery: systematic review and Delphi prioritization process.
23 Mar, 2022 | 09:53h | UTC
New WHO guidelines on the management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents.
22 Mar, 2022 | 09:52h | UTC
Study on traumatic brain injury highlights global inequality in causes and treatment.
18 Mar, 2022 | 09:37h | UTCNews Release: Largest ever study on traumatic brain injury highlights global inequality in causes and treatment – University of Cambridge
Cohort Study: Association between long-term exposure to air pollution and immune-mediated diseases.
17 Mar, 2022 | 08:40h | UTCNews Release: Long term exposure to air pollution linked to heightened autoimmune disease risk – BMJ Newsroom
Commentaries:
Air pollution linked to higher risk of autoimmune diseases – The Guardian
Breathing Dirty Air Could Raise Your Odds for Rheumatoid Arthritis – HealthDay
Trends in HPV–associated cancers, demographic characteristics, and vaccinations in the US, 2001-2017.
17 Mar, 2022 | 08:16h | UTCAuthor Interview: Trends in Human Papillomavirus–Associated Cancers, Demographic Characteristics, and Vaccinations
Related:
Three-year follow-up of 2-dose versus 3-dose HPV vaccine
CDC: 92% of Human Papillomavirus–Attributable Cancers can be Targeted by HPV Vaccination
Meta-Analysis: Population-level Impact of HPV Vaccination Programs
Four priority actions to slow the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:42h | UTCFour Priority Actions to Slow the Silent Pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance – Health Policy Watch
Related:
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis.
Global, regional, and national prevalence of, and risk factors for, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:49h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
NEW Research—LMICs account for more than 3/4 of global #COPD cases. W/ increased life expectancy in the majority of LMICs, prevalence of COPD in these countries is set to increase.
Study from NIHR @RESPIREGlobal Respiratory Health Unit https://t.co/KD1OSHuMAr pic.twitter.com/Mfm1uJ2tBm
— The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) March 11, 2022
Systematic Review: Point‐of‐care viral load tests to detect high HIV viral load in people living with HIV/AIDS attending health facilities.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:19h | UTC
WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care.
11 Mar, 2022 | 09:56h | UTCNews Release: WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care – World Health Organization
See Guidance: Abortion care guideline – World Health Organization
Commentary: New WHO Abortion Guidelines Include Telemedicine for First Time – Health Policy Watch
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
NEW: WHO releases consolidated guidelines on quality abortion care, aiming to help protect the health of women and girls, and prevent the 25 million unsafe abortions that occur each year https://t.co/GqVOgUEZPl pic.twitter.com/63RTUGUalr
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 9, 2022
RCT: In children with nonsevere, drug-susceptible tuberculosis, treatment for 4 months is noninferior to treatment for 6 months.
10 Mar, 2022 | 11:03h | UTCNews Release: Treatment length reduced for children with tuberculosis – University College London
Commentary on Twitter
Completing 6 months of treatment for tuberculosis in children is a challenge. In this open-label trial involving 1204 children in sub-Saharan Africa and India, 4 months of antituberculosis therapy was noninferior to 6 months of therapy. https://t.co/zkD4URWMru pic.twitter.com/LFR6ZzTKgs
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 9, 2022
New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers.
10 Mar, 2022 | 10:42h | UTCNew WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers – World Health Organization
Executive Summary: Caring for those who care: Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers – World Health Organization
Global burden of heart failure: a comprehensive and updated review of epidemiology.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:11h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Seeing the big picture?️
Assessing the global?burden of #HeartFailure❤️, from prevalence to cost & the #inequities faced by developing countries https://t.co/1klLCTMLTL@CVR_TomaszGuzik @DrMikeDrozd @glenpyle #epidemiology #PublicHealth #HF #CardiovascularResearch pic.twitter.com/XX9iV0C8Mj
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) March 4, 2022
The Lancet Series: Ageing with HIV.
7 Mar, 2022 | 00:35h | UTCHomepage: Ageing with HIV
Editorials:
Series:
Delayed presentation of HIV among older individuals: a growing problem
How health systems can adapt to a population ageing with HIV and comorbid disease
Biological ageing with HIV infection: evaluating the geroscience hypothesis
Over 1 billion people projected to live with obesity by 2030, warns new World Obesity Atlas.
7 Mar, 2022 | 00:12h | UTCReport: Obesity Atlas 2022 – Global Obesity Observatory
National, regional, and global causes of mortality in 5–19-year-olds from 2000 to 2019: a systematic analysis.
3 Mar, 2022 | 08:51h | UTCInvited commentary: Child and adolescent deaths: a call for strengthening mortality surveillance systems – The Lancet Global Health
Prevalence trends of site-specific osteoarthritis from 1990 to 2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
3 Mar, 2022 | 08:27h | UTCNews Release: Study reveals a persistently high burden of osteoarthritis across the globe – Wiley
4 lessons from the life of global health visionary Paul Farmer.
27 Feb, 2022 | 22:42h | UTC4 lessons from the life of global health visionary Paul Farmer – Vox
See also:
What I learned from Paul Farmer: Treat the systems around the patient, not just the disease – STAT
‘He showed us that the moral high ground can win’ – The Harvard Gazette
A Personal Tribute to Dr. Paul Farmer — Who Made Everyone Feel Important – HIV and ID Observations
Global health champion Dr. Paul Farmer has died – NPR
Health care advocate Paul Farmer was ‘a once-in-a-lifetime person,’ says Dr. Fauci – CBC
Opinion: How Paul Farmer helped save the lives of millions of people – The Washington Post
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The man who inspired me to be more selfless – CNN
What I want people to know about Paul Farmer – wbur
At least 5 million children have lost a parent or caregiver due to COVID-19 since March 2020, updated figures suggest.
25 Feb, 2022 | 11:32h | UTCCommentaries:
Related:
More than 1.5 million children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 Has Created Thousands Of Newly Single Parents And Orphans
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
At least 5 million children have lost a parent or caregiver due to #COVID19 since March 2020, updated figures suggest.
Authors urge actions to prioritise affected children, incl. economic strengthening, enhanced community & family support, & education. https://t.co/1slpFhjDJd pic.twitter.com/AvEncg4Yx1
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) February 24, 2022
Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
25 Feb, 2022 | 10:25h | UTC
Mortality from congenital Zika Syndrome — nationwide cohort study in Brazil.
24 Feb, 2022 | 10:18h | UTC
WHO/UNICEF: More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing.
23 Feb, 2022 | 10:42h | UTCCommentary: Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
"We have been targeted with marketing from formula milk companies."
Over half of parents & pregnant women exposed to formula milk marketing, violating international standards and harming child health
-? WHO, @UNICEF survey➡️ https://t.co/86Bf69PSeK#EndExploitativeMarketing pic.twitter.com/BuhQPgM3OX
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) February 22, 2022
WHO: Here are the 16 ‘best buys’ to tackle non-communicable diseases.
23 Feb, 2022 | 10:19h | UTCWHO: Here Are The 16 ‘Best Buys’ To Tackle Non-Communicable Diseases – Forbes
Original Report: WHO Report | Saving lives, spending less: the case for investing in noncommunicable diseases.
Global, regional, and national prevalence estimates of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence against women.
18 Feb, 2022 | 08:44h | UTCNews release: More than a quarter of women have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetimes, finds new study – The Lancet
Commentary: Intimate partner violence against women: a persistent and urgent challenge – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
NEW—Over 1 in 4 women have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetimes, study finds.
Authors highlight urgent need to strengthen the public health response in post-COVID-19 reconstruction efforts. https://t.co/yZ61fqIZlV pic.twitter.com/AeMSicRUY0
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) February 17, 2022
Bioterrorism: An analysis of biological agents used in terrorist events.
18 Feb, 2022 | 08:32h | UTC
Dengue infection: Global importance, immunopathology and management.
18 Feb, 2022 | 08:14h | UTCDengue infection: Global importance, immunopathology and management – Clinical Medicine Journal