Global & Public Health (all articles)
Review: Digital Adherence Technologies for the Management of Tuberculosis Therapy
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:26h | UTCRelated: How smartphones are becoming a weapon in the global fight against tuberculosis – STAT (free)
Systematic Review: Effectiveness of Strategies to Improve Health-Care Provider Practices in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:24h | UTC
Perspective: A Pandemic Killing Tens of Millions of People is a Real Possibility
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:24h | UTCRelated: Innovation for Pandemics (free perspectives and video)
WHO Statement: Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak News
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:19h | UTCEbola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Health Organization (free)
Related: DR Congo: managing Ebola virus in war – The Lancet (free) AND Ebola experts from CDC were pulled from outbreak zone amid security concern – STAT (free) AND Ebola showed up in a war zone. It’s not going well – VOX (free) AND Experts Said A War Zone Ebola Outbreak Would Be A Nightmare. It’s Been Even Worse – HuffPost (free) AND DRC Ebola cases top 200 as security problems fuel the spike – CIDRAP (free)
WHO Recommendations: Non-Clinical Interventions to Reduce Unnecessary Cesarean Sections
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:15h | UTCNews Release: New WHO guidance on non-clinical interventions specifically designed to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Non‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section (free review and summary)
The Lancet Series: Optimising Cesarean Section Use
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:14h | UTCSeries: Optimising caesarean section use – The Lancet (free articles and commentaries, registration required)
Commentaries: Caesarean section use has almost doubled globally since 2000 – The Lancet (free) AND C-section births rise rapidly to more than 20 percent worldwide – Reuters (free) AND Rate Of C-Sections Is Rising At An ‘Alarming’ Rate, Report Says – NPR (free) AND C-section deliveries nearly doubled worldwide since 2000, study finds – CNN (free) AND C-section births surge to ‘alarming’ rates worldwide – study – BBC (free)
A Blueprint for the Primary Prevention of Cancer
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:14h | UTCCommentary: Comprehensive report says tobacco control must be highest priority in cancer control – American Cancer Society (free)
Supplement: Digital Health and Health Systems of the Future
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:09h | UTCDigital Health and Health Systems of the Future – Global Health: Science and Practice (free articles)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
Position Statement: Ethics of Outbreaks
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:26h | UTCPart 2: Family-Centered Care (free)
Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless. Now What?
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:27h | UTCAntibiotics May Soon Become Useless. Now What? – WIRED (a few articles per month are free)
CDC Report: Current Tobacco Smoking, Quit Attempts, and Knowledge About Harm in 28 Countries
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:22h | UTC
Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:43h | UTCEnvironmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region (2018) – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Commentary: Noise: The other pollution hurting our health – CNN (free)
The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:54h | UTCThe Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development (free registration required)
Commentaries: Mental health crisis could cost the world $16 trillion by 2030 – Reuters (free) AND Mental health disorders will cause ‘monumental suffering’ and cost £12 TRILLION a year worldwide by 2030 – The Daily Mail (free) AND World in mental health crisis of ‘monumental suffering’, say experts – The Guardian (free)
Randomized Trial: Community-Based Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:48h | UTCEditorial: Of Barbershops and Churches: Can Community-Based Interventions Improve Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients? (free)
Commentaries: Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure – AHA Newsroom (free) AND How church communities can help lower African-Americans’ blood pressure – CNN (free) AND Church-Based Lifestyle Intervention Shows Promise for Lowering BP in Hypertensive African-Americans – TCTMD (free)
Related Study: Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (free study and commentaries)
Methods Guide: Evidence Synthesis for Health Policy and Systems
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:46h | UTCEvidence synthesis for health policy and systems: a methods guide – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @trishgreenhalgh)
800,000 People Kill Themselves Every Year. What Can We do?
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:41h | UTC800,000 people kill themselves every year. What can we do? – The Guardian (free) (via @onisillos)
Related Guidelines: Preventing suicide: A community engagement toolkit – World Health Organization (free PDF) AND Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
“In too many places mental health support services are non-existent and those with treatable conditions are criminalized. Bold action is long overdue”
Systematic Review: Non‐Clinical Interventions for Reducing Unnecessary Caesarean Section
11 Oct, 2018 | 21:36h | UTCNon‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)
Summary: Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section (free)
Study: Outpatient Antibiotics Widely Prescribed Without an Infection Diagnosis
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:10h | UTCOutpatient antibiotics widely prescribed without an infection diagnosis – CIDRAP (free)
Related Commentary: Study Finds Almost Half of Antibiotic Prescriptions Written Without a Diagnosis – Pharmacy Times (free)
CDC Report: Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2017
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:04h | UTCSexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentaries: Sexually transmitted infections are at an all-time high. Urgent action is needed – STAT (free)
Perspective: New Tools in the Ebola Arsenal
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:37h | UTCNew Tools in the Ebola Arsenal – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: DRC Ebola cases rise as security concerns continue – CIDRAP (free) AND Officials fear Ebola epidemic may be spinning beyond their control, threatening regional spread – STAT (free) AND Ebola Likely to Spread From Congo to Uganda, W.H.O. Says – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Study: The Projected Timeframe Until Cervical Cancer Elimination in Australia
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCCommentaries: Modelling cervical cancer elimination – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Australia on track to wipe out cervical cancer within 20 years – The Guardian (free) AND In Australia, Cervical Cancer Could Soon Be Eliminated – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Parkinson’s Disease
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCInvited Commentary: The burden of Parkinson’s disease: a worldwide perspective (free)
“In 2016, 6·1 million people worldwide had Parkinson’s disease, 2·9 million (48%) women & 3·2 million (52%) men; the increase in burden since 1990 was not exclusively explained by an increasing number of older people” (via @TheLancet see Tweet)
Report: Taking Action on Childhood Obesity Report
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:47h | UTCTaking action on childhood obesity report – World Health Organization (free PDF) (via @equitylist)
Perspective: Failing the Public Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:45h | UTCFailing the Public Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
WHO Launches SAFER Alcohol Control Initiative
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:36h | UTCSee also: SAFER High Impact Strategies (free)
Related: WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 (free report and commentaries)