Global & Public Health (all articles)
How to make global universal healthcare a reality
9 Jul, 2017 | 00:49h | UTCViewpoint: How to make global universal healthcare a reality – The Guardian (free)
“What is the best model to bring healthcare to all? Our experts offer 11 ideas for increasing access to health services around the world”
Global burden of respiratory syncytial virus in young children
9 Jul, 2017 | 00:42h | UTCInvited commentary: Determining the burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease: the known and the unknown (free)
Commentary: Experts urge action to cut child deaths from deadly lung virus – University of Edinburgh, via EurekAlert (free)
“We estimated that globally in 2015, 33.1 million episodes of RSV-ALRI, resulted in about 3.2 million hospital admissions, and 59 600 in-hospital deaths in children younger than 5 years”. (RT @greg_folkers see Tweet)
Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy
9 Jul, 2017 | 00:40h | UTCDiabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (free registration required)
Invited commentary: The crisis of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa (free registration required)
Commentaries: Alarm Bells Sound on Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa – Medscape (free registration required) AND Increasing diabetes burden in sub-Saharan Africa has potential to reverse health gains of recent years – News Medical (free)
“The growing burden of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa will have huge consequences” (RT @Medscape see Tweet)
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
9 Jul, 2017 | 00:44h | UTC1 – Scientists warn that antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea is on the rise – World Health Organization (free)
News Release: Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed – Word Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: Untreatable gonorrhoea on the rise worldwide – Nature News (free) AND New data show gonorrhea increasingly resistant to antibiotics STAT News (free) AND WHO warns of imminent spread of untreatable superbug gonorrhea – Reuters (free) AND Untreatable gonorrhoea ‘superbug’ spreading around world, WHO warns – The Guardian (free)
Related guideline: WHO guidelines for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Report: Towards Universal Health Coverage: thinking public
9 Jul, 2017 | 00:23h | UTCReport: Towards UHC: thinking public – Word Health Organization (free)
“New WHO report sheds light for first time on the proportion of domestic public funds spent on health in low- and middle-income countries” (RT @WHO see Tweet)
Salt intake and Cardiovascular Disease
9 Jul, 2017 | 00:28h | UTCSalt intake and Cardiovascular Disease – European Heart Journal (free)
Commentary: CardioBrief: Int’l Experts Call Sodium Guidelines Far Too Restrictive – MedPage Today (free)
Summary of the technical report on sodium intake and cardiovascular disease with key recommendations for individuals and policymakers.
Free online course – Easing the burden of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
7 Jul, 2017 | 14:09h | UTCFree online course, starts July 17: Easing the burden of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease – University of Sidney and Coursera
Cancer deaths and cases attributable to lifestyle factors and infections in China
7 Jul, 2017 | 14:03h | UTCCancer deaths and cases attributable to lifestyle factors and infections in China, 2013 – Annals of Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Nearly half of China cancer deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors – American Cancer Society, via EurekAlert (free) AND One million annual cancer deaths in China attributable to lifestyle factors – treehugger (free)
Long-term health status and trajectories of seriously injured patients
7 Jul, 2017 | 14:01h | UTCLong-term health status and trajectories of seriously injured patients: A population-based longitudinal study – PLOS Medicine (free) (RT @karimbrohi see Tweet – “Trauma is a chronic disease”)
“The prevalence of reporting problems at 36-months postinjury was 37% for mobility, 21% for self-care, 47% for usual activities, 50% for pain/discomfort, and 41% for anxiety/depression… the prevalence of ongoing problems at 3-years postinjury is high, confirming that serious injury is frequently a chronic disorder”
Health Care Disparities Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:49h | UTCReview: Health Care Disparities Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: A Literature Review – Cureus (free)
Human African trypanosomiasis control: Achievements and challenges
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:50h | UTCReview: Human African trypanosomiasis control: Achievements and challenges – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (free)
Leishmaniasis: a review
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:39h | UTCLeishmaniasis: a review – F1000 Research (free)
Global Alert: Zika Virus-an Emerging Arbovirus
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:28h | UTCReview: Global Alert: Zika Virus-an Emerging Arbovirus – Eurasian Journal of Medicine (free)
Evacuation of Hospitals during Disaster, Establishment of a Field Hospital, and Communication
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:27h | UTCReview: Evacuation of Hospitals during Disaster, Establishment of a Field Hospital, and Communication – Eurasian Journal of Medicine (free)
Zika Virus and Sexual Transmission
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:26h | UTCReview: Zika Virus and Sexual Transmission: A New Route of Transmission for Mosquito-borne Flaviviruses – Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine (free)
Certain OTC, less expensive hearing aids provide benefit similar to conventional hearing aid
5 Jul, 2017 | 20:48h | UTCPersonal Sound Amplification Products vs a Conventional Hearing Aid for Speech Understanding in Noise – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
The Jama Network – For the Media: Certain OTC, less expensive hearing aids provide benefit similar to conventional hearing aid (free)
Commentaries: Less Expensive Hearing Devices May Work as Well as Traditional Hearing Aids – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Study Boosts Case for OTC Hearing Aids – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND OTC Hearing Devices Effective Alternative for Some, Study Shows – Medscape (free registration required)
“Some over-the-counter sound amplification devices are nearly as effective as prescription hearing aids, according to a small JAMA study” (from Physician’s First Watch)
Prevalence and risk factors for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in people with severe mental illness
5 Jul, 2017 | 18:08h | UTCInvited commentary: Ending HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C: what about people with severe mental illness?
“People with severe mental illness have 3x the general pop risk of HIV & Hepatitis B, and 9x the risk of Hepatitis C” (RT @AllenFrancesMD and @in_psych see Tweet)
New WHO leader should focus on the crushing burden of noncommunicable diseases and injuries
5 Jul, 2017 | 18:09h | UTC
Nearly half of the world’s poor are now children
5 Jul, 2017 | 16:22h | UTCNearly half of the world’s poor are now children – that’s 689m young people – The Conversation (free)
Related report: Children’s Multidimensional Poverty: Disaggregating the global MPI – Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) (free PDF)
Welcoming WHO’s new Director-General
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:32h | UTCWelcoming WHO’s new Director-General – Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (free)
See also: Vision statement by WHO Director-General (free) AND New WHO Priorities (free)
On 1 July 2017, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus started his 5-year term as WHO’s new Director-General.
Tuberculosis: New report highlights need to better tackle world’s deadliest infectious disease
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:48h | UTCOut of Step 2017: TB Policies in 29 countries – A Survey of Prevention, Testing and Treatment Policies and Practices – Médecins Sans Frontières (free PDF)
News release: Tuberculosis: New report highlights need to better tackle world’s deadliest infectious disease (RT @MSF see Tweet)
Antibiotic Resistance Is Lurking in The Environment
3 Jul, 2017 | 17:56h | UTCAntibiotic Resistance Is Lurking in The Environment – The Atlantic (free)
“Immunity to a last-resort antibiotic can develop in bacteria that haven’t been exposed to that antibiotic”.
Benchmarking life expectancy and cancer mortality: global comparison with cardiovascular disease 1981-2010
3 Jul, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCEditorial: Cancer and the limits of longevity – The BMJ (free)
“Declining mortality from CVD was responsible for about half of the life expectancy gains in ages 40-84 in 1981-2010, whereas the contribution from cancer is smaller (up to one fifth) and varied depending on a country’s level of development”
The 8 Things That End Childhood Too Soon
3 Jul, 2017 | 16:59h | UTCThe 8 Things That End Childhood Too Soon: What Clinicians Should Know – Medscape (free registration required)
See also: Stolen Childhoods: End of Childhood Report 2017 (free PDF) AND Save the Children Website (free)
“In this report, Save the Children examined the life events that often signal the end of childhood for too many of the world’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged kids: girls, refugees, street children, and children with disabilities” (from Medscape)
Social Determinants of Health Visualization
3 Jul, 2017 | 16:58h | UTCSocial Determinants of Health Visualization – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (free interactive tool)
“The Social Determinants of Health visualization tool allows you to explore the relationships between determinants of health and health indicators across countries … users can visualize the relationships between these determinants and life expectancy, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) by cause, years lived with disability (YLDs) by cause, and causes of death.”