Global and Humanitarian Medicine
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
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
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
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
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
Review | Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
6 Dec, 2022 | 13:54h | UTCRelated WHO Report: Health literacy development for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: Volume 1. Overview – World Health Organization
New WHO report showcases strategies to keep children safe online.
5 Dec, 2022 | 00:24h | UTCNews Release: New report showcases strategies to keep children safe online – World Health Organization
Report: What works to prevent violence against children online? – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
🆕 report by WHO on what works to prevent online violence against children, addressing the growing worldwide concern of keeping children safe online
📌 https://t.co/pDL1l2TKkT pic.twitter.com/uPCJoiIblK
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) December 2, 2022
WHO | Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities.
5 Dec, 2022 | 00:23h | UTCGlobal report on health equity for persons with disabilities – World Health Organization
News Release: Health inequities lead to early death in many persons with disabilities – World Health Organization
Review | One health approach for the control of zoonotic diseases.
5 Dec, 2022 | 00:05h | UTCOne Health Approach for the Control of Zoonotic Diseases – Zoonoses
Commentary: Best practices and challenges in One Health approach to fight zoonotic diseases – News Medical
WHO issues consolidated guide to running effective telemedicine services.
2 Dec, 2022 | 14:43h | UTCNews Release: WHO issues consolidated guide to running effective telemedicine services – World Health Organization
Original Report: Consolidated telemedicine implementation guide – World Health Organization
WHO Pocket book of primary health care for children and adolescents.
1 Dec, 2022 | 14:09h | UTC
RCT | Medical masks vs. N95 respirators for preventing COVID-19 among health care workers.
30 Nov, 2022 | 13:52h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
A randomized trial of medical masks vs N95s in health care workers to prevent Covid https://t.co/CSJkFLE15z
—It's woefully underpowered but ruled out a doubling of hazard for use of medical masks
—In 3 of the 4 countries there was less risk with N95s (p=NS) pic.twitter.com/B7iBvT1J9B— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 28, 2022
WHO report urges more effective prevention of injuries and violence causing 1 in 12 deaths worldwide.
30 Nov, 2022 | 13:55h | UTCNews Release: WHO urges more effective prevention of injuries and violence causing 1 in 12 deaths worldwide – World Health Organization
Report: Preventing injuries and violence: an overview – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
12,000.
🚗 12,000 people.
🔪 12,000 people die from injuries & violence.
🌊 12,000 people die from injuries & violence around the world.
☠️ 12,000 people die from injuries & violence around the world every day.These deaths can be prevented https://t.co/TRbCFKUcdu pic.twitter.com/DtIyLBat3y
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) November 29, 2022
Perspective | Eight billion and counting.
29 Nov, 2022 | 14:19h | UTCEight Billion and Counting – Think Global Health
Prevalence and trend of smokeless tobacco use among adolescents aged 12–16 years in 138 countries/territories.
29 Nov, 2022 | 13:47h | UTC
WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant.
27 Nov, 2022 | 22:31h | UTCWHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant – World Health Organization
News Release: Launch of the WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low birth weight infant – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
🆕 Ahead of #WorldPrematurityDay (17 Nov.), WHO published new guidelines to improve survival and health outcomes for babies born early (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) or small (under 2.5kg at birth) https://t.co/Jl0dg5TMAs pic.twitter.com/ZBn35RwE9G
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) November 15, 2022
Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
27 Nov, 2022 | 22:30h | UTCCommentary: Report highlights the deadly impact of bacterial infections – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
1 in 8 deaths are due to the deadliest bacterial pathogens in the world, making them the second-leading cause of death behind ischemic heart disease @TheLancethttps://t.co/PEPYvxRcqV pic.twitter.com/S6odJodsVj
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) November 21, 2022