Global & Public Health (all articles)
Report: Multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea in England
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:15h | UTCReport: Multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea in England: 2018 – Public Health England (free)
Commentaries: In world first, UK reports high-level gonorrhea resistance – CIDRAP (free) AND First case of super-resistant gonorrhea reported – CNN (free)
Related: Scientists warn that antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea is on the rise – World Health Organization (free) AND Untreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know – TIME Health (free)
Safety and mosquitocidal efficacy of high-dose ivermectin when co-administered with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in adults with uncomplicated malaria
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:16h | UTCSafety and mosquitocidal efficacy of high-dose ivermectin when co-administered with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Kenyan adults with uncomplicated malaria (IVERMAL): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free registration required)
Commentaries: Ivermectin: repurposing an old drug to complement malaria vector control – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (free registration required) AND LSTM study shows drug that kills mosquitoes could be used to fight malaria – London School of Tropical Medicine (free) AND Common anti-parasitic could be new tool for malaria control – OnMedica (free)
Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:13h | UTCCommentary: Half of vision impairment in first world is preventable – Cambridge Network (free)
Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis: An Increasing Public Health Concern
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:54h | UTCViewpoint: Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis: An Increasing Public Health Concern – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Ethical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:53h | UTCCommentaries: Ethical Guidance for Volunteer Medical Trips Issued by ACP – Medscape (free registration required) AND Ethical Duties ID’d for Short-Term Global Health Experiences – Physician’s Briefing (free)
The impact of social protection and poverty elimination on global tuberculosis incidence
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:52h | UTC#WorldTBDay (March 24, 2018) – The impact of social protection and poverty elimination on global tuberculosis incidence: a statistical modelling analysis of Sustainable Development Goal 1 – The Lancet Global Health (free)
Commentaries: Predicting the effect of improved socioeconomic health determinants on the tuberculosis epidemic – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND Eradicating poverty would dramatically reduce TB cases, study finds – The Guardian (free)
Ending extreme poverty and expanding social protection is estimated to reduce the incidence of tuberculosis by 84.3%.
The World Health Organization standards for tuberculosis care and management
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:51h | UTC#WorldTBDay (March 24, 2018) – The World Health Organization standards for tuberculosis care and management – European Respiratory Journal (free)
Original Guideline: Compendium of WHO guidelines and associated standards: ensuring optimum delivery of the cascade of care for patients with tuberculosis (free PDF)
“My dream of placing all recent and still valid older WHO TB guidelines into a short compendium, to facilitate life of users, is now accomplished. With this booklet, one can access immediately all WHO standards of TB care”. (via @M_Raviglione see Tweet)
Guideline: Stop smoking interventions and services
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:46h | UTCGuideline: Stop smoking interventions and services – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
Commentaries: Help people make informed decisions when they want to quit smoking, says NICE and Public Health England – NICE News Release (free) AND Doctors should tell patients e-cigarettes ‘less harmful than smoking but not without risk’ – iNews (free)
Related guidelines and reports: E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products: evidence review – Public Health England (free PDF) AND Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (free PDF) AND E-cigarettes: balancing risks and opportunities – British Medical Association (free PDF) AND Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction – Royal College of Physicians (free summary and PDF) AND RCGP Position Statement on the use of electronic nicotine vapour products (E-Cigarettes) – Royal College of General Practitioners (free PDF)
World TB Day, 24 March 2018 – World Health Organization
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:50h | UTC#WorldTBDay (March 24, 2018) – World TB Day, 24 March 2018 – World Health Organization (free resources)
See also: WHO key publications on tuberculosis
Vaccine waning and mumps re-emergence
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:44h | UTCVaccine waning and mumps re-emergence in the United States – Science Translational Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Mumps resurgence likely due to waning vaccine-derived immunity – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Mumps Vaccine Effectiveness Declines Over Time. But There’s A Solution – Forbes (free) AND Mumps Vaccine Protection Wanes Over Time, Study Finds – CommonHealth (free) AND Mumps Is On the Rise. A Waning Vaccine Response May Be Why – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“a booster dose at age 18 should be a straight-forward solution to the problem based on models of how mumps spreads” (from Forbes)
The fraction of cancer attributable to modifiable risk factors
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:45h | UTCCommentaries: New calculations confirm lifestyle changes could prevent 4 in 10 cancer cases – Cancer Research UK (free) AND More than 2,500 cancer cases a week could be avoided – Cancer Research UK (free) AND Four in 10 cancer cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes – The Guardian (free)
Pediatric Hoverboard and Skateboard Injuries
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:36h | UTCPediatric Hoverboard and Skateboard Injuries – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: More Than 26,000 Children Treated for Hoverboard Injuries in 2015-2016 – American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Hoverboards Tied to Nearly 27,000 Pediatric Injuries in First 2 Years on Market – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
The impact of past vaccination coverage and immunity on pertussis resurgence
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:26h | UTCCommentaries: Decades-long trends, not flawed vaccine, explain resurgent whooping cough – University of Michigan, via ScienceDaily (free) AND More Evidence Explains Why Whooping Cough Cases Are Increasing – Forbes (free) AND Waning Vaccine Protection Contributes to Whooping Cough Comeback – AAAS (free)
The Water Gap – state of the world’s water
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:25h | UTCReport: The Water Gap – state of the world’s water – WaterAid (free)
Commentary: More than 800m people need to travel 30 mins for safe water, report finds – The Guardian (free)
Opinion: Abortion access and safety worldwide
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:26h | UTCThe Lancet Editorial: Abortion: access and safety worldwide (free)
Guideline: Alternative Mass Drug Administration Regimens to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:08h | UTCGuideline: Alternative Mass Drug Administration Regimens to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis – World Health Organization (free)
Systematic Review: Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women
30 Mar, 2018 | 02:46h | UTCMefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women (free)
Violence and Mental Health: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Detection
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:45h | UTCReport: Violence and Mental Health: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Detection – National Academies Press (free PDF)
New Tool: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Tracker
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:47h | UTCNew Tool: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Tracker – Our World in Data (free)
Commentary: The U.N. Set 17 Goals To Make The World A Better Place. How’s It Doing? – NPR (free)
“The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are targets for global development adopted in September 2015, set to be achieved by 2030. Here we present data across all available indicators from the Our World in Data database tracking progress towards these goals around the world”.
Low Back Pain – New Series from The Lancet Journals
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:41h | UTCLow Back Pain – New Series from The Lancet Journals
– Homepage and Executive Summary (free)
– Article 1: What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention (free registration required)
– Article 2: Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions (free registration required)
– Invited Commentary: Low back pain: a major global challenge (free registration required)
– Viewpoint: Low back pain: a call for action (free registration required)
Commentaries: Low Back Pain Affects 540 Million People Worldwide, but Too Many Patients Receive the Wrong Care – University of Warwick, via NewsWise (free) AND Lower back pain being treated badly on a global scale, study says – The Guardian (free)
Causes of death among children aged 5–14 years in the WHO European Region
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:40h | UTCInvited commentary: Mortality in older children and adolescents: the forgotten ones (free)
Graphic 1: Top 25 causes of death in the WHO European Region, age 5–9 years, both sexes, 1990 and 2016 (free)
Graphic 2: Top 25 causes of death in the WHO European Region, age 10–14 years, both sexes, 1990 and 2016 (free)
Are we prepared for the looming epidemic threat?
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:36h | UTCAre we prepared for the looming epidemic threat? – The Guardian (free) (via @Onisillos)
Related: The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic – TIME cover story AND The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic – Harvard Business Review (free) AND Seven reasons we’re at more risk than ever of a global pandemic – CNN (free) AND Video: Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat (free)
The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCFree Online Course (small fee if applying for certificate). Starts March 26, 2018. The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future – University of Copenhagen and Coursera
Risk of maternal mortality in women with severe anaemia during pregnancy and post partum
23 Mar, 2018 | 01:59h | UTCCommentaries: Maternal anaemia and risk of mortality: a call for action – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND Risk of maternal death doubled in pregnant women with anemia – MedicalXpress (free)
Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
23 Mar, 2018 | 01:58h | UTCScreening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement – JAMA (free)
Related Recommendation Statement: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force (free)
JAMA Editorials: Sun Protection and Skin Self-examination and the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention (free) AND Should Pediatricians Be More Proactive in Counseling Children About Skin Cancer Risk? Implications of the USPSTF Recommendation Statement (free) AND The Potential of Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (free) AND USPSTF Recommendations for Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Throwing Shade on UV Radiation (free) AND The Value of Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Actions We Can Take Now and Guidance for the Future (free)
Author Interviews: Screening for Skin Cancer (free audio) AND USPSTF Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (free)
Commentaries: Doctors endorse counseling of some kids, young adults to prevent skin cancer – Reuters (free) AND Evidence insufficient to make recommendation regarding visual skin examination by a clinician – The JAMA Network, via EurekAlert (free)