Global & Public Health (all articles)
Analysis: Prioritizing Action on Alcohol for Health and Development
12 Dec, 2019 | 08:13h | UTCPrioritising action on alcohol for health and development – The BMJ (free)
See Complete Collection: Solutions for Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases – WHO / The BMJ (free)
Related: WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 (free report and commentaries) AND Alcohol Use and Burden for 195 Countries and Territories – The Lancet (free study and commentaries)
USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
11 Dec, 2019 | 08:29h | UTCRecommendation Statement: Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – US Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Evidence Report: Primary Care Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – JAMA (free)
JAMA Editorials: Updated Guidelines on Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (free) AND Updated US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm—Are We Really Up To Date? (free) AND Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm—A Call to Arms? (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (free audio)
AAP Policy Statement: Unique Needs of the Adolescent
11 Dec, 2019 | 08:26h | UTCUnique Needs of the Adolescent – Pediatrics (free)
News Releases: American Academy of Pediatrics Describes the Unique Needs of Adolescents With New Policy Statement – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND AAP policy: What doctors need to consider when caring for 11- to 21-year-olds – AAP News (free)
Study: Even Light Alcohol Consumption Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
10 Dec, 2019 | 08:28h | UTCLight to moderate amount of lifetime alcohol consumption and risk of cancer in Japan – Cancer (free)
Commentaries: Even light alcohol consumption linked to higher cancer risk in Japan – Wiley (free)
Related: Alcohol and Cancer: A Statement of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (free Statement and commentaries) AND Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies – The Lancet (free study and commentaries)
Randomized Trial: Efficacy Analysis of a Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
9 Dec, 2019 | 01:41h | UTCCommentaries: Typhoid vaccine over 81% effective in tackling disease in Nepal – University of Oxford (free) AND Typhoid vaccine shows protection in phase 3 trial – CIDRAP (free)
WHO/CDC Report: Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:44h | UTCNews Release: More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide – World Health Organization (free)
WHO Fact Sheet: Measles (free)
Commentaries: Global measles deaths rise to 140,000; young kids hit hard – CIDRAP (free) AND With vaccine rates stalled, measles outbreaks deliver deadly, debilitating impacts worldwide – Global ID News (free) AND WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000 – Reuters (free) Measles Numbers Were Bad In 2018. This Year, They’re Even Worse – NPR (free)
WHO World malaria report 2019
6 Dec, 2019 | 10:34h | UTCWorld malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Summary: World malaria report 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: More pregnant women and children protected from malaria, but accelerated efforts and funding needed to reinvigorate global response, WHO report shows (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
WHO releases the new World Malaria Report 2019: https://t.co/rBObT5YmVc.
The report shows that global malaria cases have increased while deaths have decreased.
2018: 228 million people afflicted & around 405 000 killed
2017: 231 million people afflicted & around 416 000 killed pic.twitter.com/fzOdNGJWih— World Health Organization Philippines (@WHOPhilippines) December 4, 2019
[Abstract Only] Study: Growing Acceptability of “Undetectable = Untransmittable” but Widespread Misunderstanding of HIV Transmission Risk Persists
6 Dec, 2019 | 07:38h | UTCGrowing acceptability of Undetectable = Untransmittable but widespread misunderstanding of transmission risk: Findings from a very large sample of sexual minority men in the United States – JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Gay, bisexual men increasingly agree: HIV “Undetectable Equals Untransmittable” – NIH News Releases (free)
Related: Risk of sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus with antiretroviral therapy, suppressed viral load and condom use: a systematic review – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) AND Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): final results of a multicentre, prospective, observational study – The Lancet (free) AND HIV Viral Load and Transmissibility of HIV Infection: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable – JAMA (free PDF) AND UNDETECTABLE = UNTRANSMITTABLE: Public Health and HIV Viral Load Suppression – UNAIDS Explainer (free PDF) AND Science Validates Undetectable = Untransmittable HIV Prevention Message – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (free) AND The “Undetectable = Untransmittable” message goes global: I=I, N=N and B=B – Aidsmap (free)
The BMJ Manifesto for Producing Evidence That is Free of Commercial Influences
4 Dec, 2019 | 08:22h | UTCPathways to independence: towards producing and using trustworthy evidence – The BMJ (free)
See Complete Series: Commercial Influence in Health: from Transparency to Independence (free articles)
Commentary: Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence – The Conversation (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
It’s time to stop the endemic financial entanglement with industry that's distorting the production and use of healthcare evidence, causing harm to individuals and waste for health systems, argue an influential group of international experts in @bmj_latest https://t.co/4mkdYGNRrB pic.twitter.com/YXdrJS4c56
— BMJ Group (@bmj_company) December 3, 2019
Addressing Social Determinants to Improve Population Health: The Balance Between Clinical Care and Public Health
4 Dec, 2019 | 08:19h | UTCAddressing Social Determinants to Improve Population Health: The Balance Between Clinical Care and Public Health – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Antiretroviral Therapy Has Saved Millions of Lives From AIDS and Could Save More
3 Dec, 2019 | 01:05h | UTCAntiretroviral therapy has saved millions of lives from AIDS and could save more – Our World in Data (free)
Perspective: The Case for Mandatory Vaccination
1 Dec, 2019 | 22:01h | UTCThe case for mandatory vaccination – Nature (free)
Related Opinion: Mandate Vaccination with Care (free commentaries)
“When immunization rates dip, legislation is often strengthened. But does the evidence stack up?”
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics
29 Nov, 2019 | 10:16h | UTCA Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Investigational Drugs Reduce Risk of Death from Ebola Virus Disease – NIH News Releases (free) AND New data highlight promise of 2 Ebola treatments – CIDRAP (free) AND Two Ebola treatments yield ‘substantial decrease’ in mortality, landmark trial shows – STAT (free)
Air Pollution Associated with New Causes of Hospital Admissions
29 Nov, 2019 | 08:46h | UTCEditorial: The health effects of fine particulate air pollution (free)
Commentaries: Air pollution linked with new causes of hospital admissions – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Yaguang Wei: The dangers of air pollution for human health – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND More reasons air pollution will send you to the hospital – CNN (free) AND Air pollution linked to increased hospital admissions for kidney disease and sepsis – NHS Choices (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
"It shouldn’t be news to anyone that air pollution causes disease, disability, and death, but this week we add new causes and costs to the charge sheet" @fgodlee https://t.co/vNusGnCGpk
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) November 29, 2019
WHO Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services for a Changing Epidemic
28 Nov, 2019 | 10:33h | UTCConsolidated guidelines on HIV testing services for a changing epidemic – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: WHO Releases New HIV Testing Guidelines To Help Expand Treatment Coverage, Reduce HIV Transmission – Health Policy Watch (free) AND WHO releases new HIV testing guidelines – Global ID News (free)
Viewpoint: Implementation Strategies for Cardiovascular Polypills
27 Nov, 2019 | 08:09h | UTCImplementation Strategies for Cardiovascular Polypills – JAMA (free for a limited period)
See also: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at a Crossroads: Precision Medicine or Polypill? – JAMA (free)
Author Interview: Implementation Strategies for Cardiovascular Polypills (free)
Related: The Polypill Revisited: Why We Still Need Population-Based Approaches in the Precision Medicine Era (free for a limited period) AND Randomized Trial: Polypill for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in an Underserved Population (randomized trials, commentaries and guideline on the subject)
CDC Guidance: Tafenoquine for Prevention and Antirelapse Therapy for Malaria
27 Nov, 2019 | 07:44h | UTCCommentary: CDC Offers Guidance on Tafenoquine for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
CDC Updates Guidance on Pneumococcal Vaccination
27 Nov, 2019 | 07:42h | UTCCommentary: PCV13 No Longer Recommended for All Seniors – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
WHO Report: Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers
26 Nov, 2019 | 08:19h | UTCHealth, safety and dignity of sanitation workers: An initial assessment – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Toxic Conditions Expose Millions Of Sanitation Workers To Infectious Disease & Death – Health Policy Watch (free) AND On World Toilet Day, UN Highlights Plight of Sanitation Workers – IISD (free) AND Even Researchers Were Shocked By How Tough Life Is For Sanitation Workers – NPR (free)
Systematic Review: Comparison of Different HPV Vaccine Types and Dose Schedules for Prevention of HPV‐related Disease in Females and Males
26 Nov, 2019 | 08:14h | UTCComparison of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine types and dose schedules for prevention of HPV‐related disease in females and males – Cochrane Library (free)
[Abstract Only] ‘Lean’ Adoption at Public Hospitals has Improved Finances and Efficiency, Reports Survey
24 Nov, 2019 | 20:31h | UTCOriginal Study: Lean Management and U.S. Public Hospital Performance: Results from a National Survey – Journal of Healthcare Management (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
WHO Study: 81% of Adolescents Not Active Enough
22 Nov, 2019 | 08:40h | UTCNews Release: New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Challenges in global surveillance of physical activity – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free) AND Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health – Health Policy Watch (free) AND A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Physical Activity – TIME (free) AND More than 80% of adolescents not active enough, warns WHO – The Guardian (free) AND Sedentary teens risk health, hearts and minds: WHO study – Reuters (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
NEW: Majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk: findings from first ever global trends for girls and boys aged 11-17 years across 146 countries @WHO https://t.co/hGg1LpJuVr pic.twitter.com/CPDhikMXhi
— The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (@LancetChildAdol) November 21, 2019
CDC Guideline: Managing Patients with Suspected Vaping Associated Lung Injury
22 Nov, 2019 | 08:37h | UTCCommentaries: Two Vaping Advisories Released by CDC – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC Updates Interim Guidance on Vaping-Linked Lung Illness – Physician’s Briefing (free)
CDC 2019 Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship
21 Nov, 2019 | 10:34h | UTCCDC Page: Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (free resources)
Commentary: CDC updates ‘core’ antibiotic stewardship elements for hospitals – CIDRAP (free)
WHO: Mosquito Sterilization Offers New Opportunity to Control Chikungunya, Dengue, and Zika
20 Nov, 2019 | 10:11h | UTCCommentary: UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue – United Nations (free)
Related: Study: Modified Mosquitoes to Reduce Dengue Rates (free study and commentaries) AND Australian Experiment Wipes Out Over 80% of Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes (news release and commentary)