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New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers.

10 Mar, 2022 | 10:42h | UTC

New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers – World Health Organization

WHO Guide: Caring for those who care: Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for 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

Global burden of heart failure: a comprehensive and updated review of epidemiology – Cardiovascular Research

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


The Lancet Series: Ageing with HIV.

7 Mar, 2022 | 00:35h | UTC

Homepage: Ageing with HIV

Editorials:

Ageing with HIV

Time to tackle late diagnosis

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

Intersectionality of stigmas and health-related quality of life in people ageing with HIV in China, Europe, and Latin America

 


Over 1 billion people projected to live with obesity by 2030, warns new World Obesity Atlas.

7 Mar, 2022 | 00:12h | UTC

Commentary: Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas – Health Policy Watch

Report: 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 | UTC

National, regional, and global causes of mortality in 5–19-year-olds from 2000 to 2019: a systematic analysis – The Lancet Global Health

Invited 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 | UTC

Prevalence trends of site-specific osteoarthritis from 1990 to 2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – Arthritis & Rheumatism

News 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 | UTC

4 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 | UTC

News Release:  At least 5 million children have lost a parent or caregiver due to COVID-19 since March 2020, updated figures suggest – The Lancet

Original Study: Global, regional, and national minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and caregiver death, by age and family circumstance up to Oct 31, 2021: an updated modelling study – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Commentaries:

Integrative approaches required to support children affected by COVID-19 – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Millions of children worldwide have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19: “The hidden pandemic” – CBS News

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)

 


Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

25 Feb, 2022 | 10:25h | UTC

Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses – Journal of Internal Medicine

 


Mortality from congenital Zika Syndrome — nationwide cohort study in Brazil.

24 Feb, 2022 | 10:18h | UTC

Mortality from Congenital Zika Syndrome — Nationwide Cohort Study in Brazil – New England Journal of Medicine

 


WHO/UNICEF: More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing.

23 Feb, 2022 | 10:42h | UTC

More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF – World Health Organization

Commentary: Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs – The Guardian

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


WHO: Here are the 16 ‘best buys’ to tackle non-communicable diseases.

23 Feb, 2022 | 10:19h | UTC

WHO: 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 | UTC

Global, regional, and national prevalence estimates of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence against women in 2018 – The Lancet

News 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)

 


Bioterrorism: An analysis of biological agents used in terrorist events.

18 Feb, 2022 | 08:32h | UTC

Bioterrorism: An analysis of biological agents used in terrorist events – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

 


Dengue infection: Global importance, immunopathology and management.

18 Feb, 2022 | 08:14h | UTC

Dengue infection: Global importance, immunopathology and management – Clinical Medicine Journal

 


Guidance for systematic integration of undernutrition in attributing cause of death in children.

17 Feb, 2022 | 08:46h | UTC

Guidance for Systematic Integration of Undernutrition in Attributing Cause of Death in Children – Clinical Infectious Diseases

 


Time for united action on depression: a Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission.

16 Feb, 2022 | 10:18h | UTC

Homepage: Time for united action on depression: a Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission – The Lancet

Editorial: Ensuring care for people with depression (free registration required)

Commission: Time for united action on depression: a Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission (free registration required)

News Release: Overlooked and underfunded—experts call for united action to reduce the global burden of depression – The Lancet

Related: New Global Burden of Disease analyses show depression and anxiety among the top causes of health burden worldwide, and a significant increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


WHO guideline on control and elimination of human schistosomiasis.

16 Feb, 2022 | 10:11h | UTC

WHO guideline on control and elimination of human schistosomiasis – World Health Organization

 


Seminar: Measles.

16 Feb, 2022 | 10:15h | UTC

Measles – The Lancet (free registration required)

See also: Measles Infographics

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Data Review: How many people die from air pollution?

15 Feb, 2022 | 08:37h | UTC

Data Review: How many people die from air pollution? – Our World in Data

Related:

New WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines aim to save millions of lives from air pollution.

Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction mortality

1.8 million excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019, modelling study suggests.

Internalising health-economic impacts of air pollution into climate policy: a global modelling study – The Lancet Planetary Health

Air Pollution Associated with New Causes of Hospital Admissions

Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities

Air Pollution and Estimated Life Expectancy Loss

 


Review: Global accessibility of therapeutics for diabetes mellitus.

13 Feb, 2022 | 21:51h | UTC

Global accessibility of therapeutics for diabetes mellitus – Nature Reviews Endocrinology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)

Related:

New WHO report maps barriers to insulin availability and suggests actions to promote universal access – “100 years after its discovery, insulin still out of reach for many living with diabetes”.

Editorial | Insulin for all: a hope yet to be realized.

One hundred years of insulin therapy.

The state of diabetes treatment coverage in 55 low-income and middle-income countries – fewer than one in ten people with diabetes in LMICs receive comprehensive care such as low-cost medicines to reduce blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, in addition to counseling on diet, exercise and weight.

 


Community control strategies for scabies: A cluster randomized trial showed one dose of Ivermectin was noninferior to two doses (7 to 14 days apart) to reduce the prevalence of the disease at 12 months.

11 Feb, 2022 | 08:38h | UTC

Community control strategies for scabies: A cluster randomised noninferiority trial – PLOS Medicine

News Release: One dose of anti-parasite drug just as effective as two at reducing scabies – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

 


Cluster-Randomized Trial: A multicomponent diagnostic strategy (on-site molecular testing for tuberculosis, guided restructuring of clinic workflows, and monthly feedback of quality metrics) significantly improved the rates of a confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis within 14 days after presentation.

8 Feb, 2022 | 08:43h | UTC

Multicomponent Strategy with Decentralized Molecular Testing for Tuberculosis – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Cohort Study: In high-transmission settings, the use of malaria-preventing mosquito nets in early childhood was associated with increased survival decades later.

3 Feb, 2022 | 08:56h | UTC

Mosquito Net Use in Early Childhood and Survival to Adulthood in Tanzania – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentaries:

Malaria-preventing bed nets save children’s lives—with impacts that can last for decades – Science

Mosquito nets in young children save lives into adulthood – University of Basel

 


Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on pediatric oncology providers globally: A mixed‐methods study.

27 Jan, 2022 | 09:46h | UTC

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on pediatric oncology providers globally: A mixed‐methods study – Cancer

Editorial: The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic in pediatric oncology units: A lesson of resilience and hope – Cancer

News Release: How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted clinicians who care for children with cancer? – Wiley

 


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