Global & Public Health (all articles)
Free Online Course: Systems Thinking In Public Health
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:51h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Systems Thinking In Public Health – Jonhs Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Tropical Parasitology: Protozoans, Worms, Vectors and Human Diseases
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:48h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Tropical Parasitology: Protozoans, Worms, Vectors and Human Diseases – Duke University, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College and Coursera
Free Online Course: Epidemiology in Public Health Practice
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:50h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Epidemiology in Public Health Practice – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Essentials of Global Health
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:47h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Essentials of Global Health – Yale University and Coursera
Global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma
17 Aug, 2017 | 21:39h | UTCInvited commentary: COPD and asthma: the emergency is clear, now is the time for action (free)
The global burden of tuberculosis mortality in children
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCCommentaries: Tuberculosis in children: under-counted and under-treate – The Lancet Global Health (free) AND TB killed an estimated 239,000 children in 2015, nearly all of them untreated, study finds – Science Speaks Blog (free)
Study: probiotics can prevent sepsis in newborns
17 Aug, 2017 | 21:41h | UTCA randomized synbiotic trial to prevent sepsis among infants in rural India – Nature (free PDF)
Commentaries: At Last, a Big, Successful Trial of Probiotics – The Atlantic (free) AND Probiotic Bacteria Could Protect Newborns From Deadly Infection – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND Seeding the Gut Microbiome Prevents Sepsis in Infants – The Scientist (free)
Too much medicine: Mapping the drivers of overdiagnosis to potential solutions
17 Aug, 2017 | 21:37h | UTCAnalysis – Too much medicine: Mapping the drivers of overdiagnosis to potential solutions – The BMJ (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis, ethics, and trolley problems: why factors other than outcomes matter – The BMJ (free) AND The overdiagnosis community targets solutions – The BMJ (free) AND Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome? – The BMJ (free) AND When technology creates uncertainty: pulse oximetry and Overdiagnosis of hypoxaemia in bronchiolitis – The BMJ (free)
Recommendations for HIV Screening of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
17 Aug, 2017 | 16:25h | UTC“@CDC_HIVAIDS recommends men who have sex with men be tested for HIV at least annually”. (RT @CDCMMWR see Tweet)
The Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Might Start With Vaccines
16 Aug, 2017 | 23:02h | UTCThe Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Might Start With Vaccines – Allice Callahan, via FiveThirtyEight (free) (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet with infographic)
Fight Back Against Mosquitos
16 Aug, 2017 | 23:03h | UTCFight Back Against Mosquitos – Gates Notes (free)
Facing Surgery Without An Anesthesiologist On Hand
16 Aug, 2017 | 18:13h | UTCGlobal Health: Imagine: Facing Surgery Without An Anesthesiologist On Hand – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
The Effects of Cannabis Among Adults With Chronic Pain
15 Aug, 2017 | 22:25h | UTCRelated article: Benefits and Harms of Plant-Based Cannabis for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Evidence on cannabis for chronic pain and PTSD – American College of Physician’s, via EurekAlert (free) AND Evidence Lacking on Benefits of Cannabis for Treating Chronic Pain, PTSD – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Limited evidence available to determine effectiveness and safety of cannabis to treat chronic pain – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Little evidence that marijuana helps chronic pain, PTSD, studies find – CNN (free text and video)
Cholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen
15 Aug, 2017 | 22:15h | UTCCholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Yemen’s cholera outbreak passes 500,000 cases – CIDRAP (free) AND More Than 500,000 Infected With Cholera in Yemen – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Unexpected Drawbacks of Rapid Malaria Tests
15 Aug, 2017 | 16:46h | UTCRapid Malaria Tests Work, but With Unexpected Drawbacks – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Original article: The Impact of Introducing Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests on Fever Case Management: A Synthesis of Ten Studies from the ACT Consortium – The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Surgery must be a core part of health care – even in the poorest countries
15 Aug, 2017 | 16:57h | UTCSurgery must be a core part of health care – even in the poorest countries – The Guardian (free)
Related book: Essential Surgery – Disease Control Priorities 3 (DCP3) (free)
Related report: Global Surgery 2030 (free PDF)
Related commentary on the subject: In countries with a shortage of surgeons, other health care workers can fill in the gaps – STAT (free)
Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
15 Aug, 2017 | 15:35h | UTC
Neurologic Complications Associated With the Zika Virus
15 Aug, 2017 | 00:57h | UTCNeurologic Complications Associated With the Zika Virus in Brazilian Adults – JAMA Neurology (free)
Editorial: The Expanding Spectrum of Zika Virus Infections of the Nervous System (free)
Commentary: Brazilian study sheds new light on Zika neuro complications in adults – CIDRAP (free)
Delayed breastfeeding initiation and infant survival
14 Aug, 2017 | 15:23h | UTCThis systematic review and meta-analysis mostly of observational studies suggests early breastfeeding initiation is associated with increased survival. The authors acknowledge that there are many reasons for delayed breastfeeding initiation that may confound the relationship between breastfeeding initiation and mortality, but remember that randomized trials would not be considered ethical, so we must rely on high quality observational data. Based on their analysis, the authors suggest the implementation of programs that emphasize the importance of early initiation of breastfeeding, in addition to promoting exclusive breastfeeding.
Free Online Course: Easing the burden of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:15h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Easing the burden of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease – The University of Sydney and Coursera
Free Online Course: An Introduction to Global Health
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:11h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: An Introduction to Global Health – University of Conpenhagen and Coursera
Free Online Course: The People, Power, and Pride of Public Health
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:16h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: The People, Power, and Pride of Public Health – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Health Across the Gender Spectrum
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:09h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Health Across the Gender Spectrum – Stanford University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:14h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety – The George Washington University and Coursera
Free Online Course – Major Depression in the Population: A Public Health Approach
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:10h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Major Depression in the Population: A Public Health Approach – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera