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Choosing Wisely initiative was launched 5 years ago

5 Apr, 2017 | 21:50h | UTC

Choosing Wisely initiative was launched 5 years ago, and now has over 490 recommendations from 18 countries (all resources are free)

Lists from other countries: Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia / Choosing Wisely Canada

The Choosing Wisely is a leading effort to encourage conversations aimed at reducing unnecessary tests and treatments to improve value in healthcare.

One in 10 Pregnant Women With Zika in U.S. Have Babies With Birth Defects

5 Apr, 2017 | 21:46h | UTC

One in 10 Pregnant Women With Zika in U.S. Have Babies With Birth Defects – The New York Times (10 articles a month are free)

We’re at more risk than ever of a global pandemic

5 Apr, 2017 | 21:47h | UTC

Seven reasons we’re at more risk than ever of a global pandemic – CNN (free) (RT @AthaliaChristie)

Essentials of Global Health

4 Apr, 2017 | 21:26h | UTC

Just Started! Free Online Course: Essentials of Global Health – Yale University and Coursera

Cardiometabolic Abnormalities Among Normal-Weight Persons From Five Racial/Ethnic Groups

5 Apr, 2017 | 14:59h | UTC

Cardiometabolic Abnormalities Among Normal-Weight Persons From Five Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Two Cohort Studies – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

Sources: Certain Racial/Ethnic Groups More Likely to Have Cardiometabolic Abnormalities at Normal Weight – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Cardiovascular Risk High Among Some Normal Weight Minorities – Medscape (free registration required)

Compared with whites, all racial/ethnic minority groups had higher prevalence of metabolic abnormalities, with a high prevalence even in persons with normal weight. The prevalence of metabolic abnormalities in whites with a BMI of 25 kg/m² corresponded to the prevalence in BMI values of 22.9 kg/m² in African Americans, 21.5 kg/m² in Hispanics, 20.9 kg/m² in Chinese Americans, and 19.6 kg/m² in South Asians.

Child and Adolescent Health From 1990 to 2015

4 Apr, 2017 | 21:28h | UTC

Child and Adolescent Health From 1990 to 2015: Findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2015 Study – JAMA Pediatrics (free)

Editorial: Importance of Innovations in Neonatal and Adolescent Health in Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 (free)

Source: Child Deaths Drop From 14.2 Million In 1990 To 7.3 Million In 2015 – NPR Goats and Soda (free)

An Introduction to Population Health

4 Apr, 2017 | 21:24h | UTC

Free Online Course, Starts April 17. An Introduction to Population Health – University of Manchester and Coursera

To Screen or not to Screen?

4 Apr, 2017 | 21:25h | UTC

Free Online Course, Starts April 10. To Screen or not to Screen? Methods and health policies through case studies – University of Geneva and Coursera

Building Next Generation Immunization Supply Chains

3 Apr, 2017 | 19:26h | UTC

Building Next Generation Immunization Supply Chains – Vaccine Supplement (free)

News release: Global Immunization Impact Constrained by Outdated Vaccine Delivery Systems, Researchers Say – World Health Organization(free)

See also: Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines (free – classic 2015 page with interesting infographics) (RT @stefaniei)

This 29 open access articles are part of a special supplement published in Vaccine to address the challenges of Immunization Supply Chains.

The World Is Unprepared for a Global Pandemic

3 Apr, 2017 | 19:22h | UTC

The World Is Completely Unprepared for a Global Pandemic – Harvard Business Review (free) (RT @glassmanamanda and @BillGates)

Return on investment of public health interventions

3 Apr, 2017 | 19:25h | UTC

Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review – Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health (free)

Source: BMJ News ($)

“For every £1 invested in public health, £14 will subsequently be returned to the wider health and social care economy”. Based on the findings, the authors suggest that cuts to public health services are short sighted and represent a false economy, with substantial opportunity costs.

Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system

31 Mar, 2017 | 19:06h | UTC

Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system – NICE Guideline (free)

News release: Checks needed every year for people with a mental health problem in the criminal justice system, says NICE (free)

Zika Virus Infection and Associated Neurologic Disorders in Brazil

31 Mar, 2017 | 19:05h | UTC

Zika Virus Infection and Associated Neurologic Disorders in Brazil – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter

In Brazil, there were many fewer cases of microcephaly than expected in 2016. The researchers are trying to find an explanation.

Clinical Trials of Therapeutics for the Prevention of Congenital Zika Virus Disease

30 Mar, 2017 | 17:34h | UTC

Clinical Trials of Therapeutics for the Prevention of Congenital Zika Virus Disease: Challenges and Potential Solutions – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)

A National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C

30 Mar, 2017 | 17:23h | UTC

A National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C: Phase Two Report – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine(free)

Press release: U.S. Could Be Rid of Hepatitis B and C as Public Health Problems, Preventing Nearly 90,000 Deaths by 2030, With Better Attention to Prevention, Screening, Treatment, and Creative Financing for Medicines (free)

See also: Phase One Report (free)

U.S. Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C.

100 Objects That Shaped Public Health

30 Mar, 2017 | 17:32h | UTC

100 Objects That Shaped Public Health: From the Obscure to the Everyday, These Objects Tell the Story – Global Health NOW (free)

Very interesting compilation with 100 objects that have made their mark on public health (for better or worse).

WHO Launches Global Effort to Halve Medication-Related Errors in 5 Years

30 Mar, 2017 | 17:30h | UTC

Press release: WHO Launches Global Effort to Halve Medication-Related Errors in 5 Years – World Health Organization (free)

WHO releases new guidance on malaria elimination

28 Mar, 2017 | 16:57h | UTC

A framework for malaria elimination – World Health Organization (free) (RT @Onisillos)

News release: WHO releases new guidance on malaria elimination (free)

“Updated 2017 framework gives guidance, tools, activities and strategies to achieve malaria elimination, 10 years on” (RT @MalariaAtlas)

#WorldTBDay, 24 March 2017

24 Mar, 2017 | 17:19h | UTC

#WorldTBDay, 24 March 2017 – Highlights from Today’s Campaigns and Resources

1 – #WorldTBDay – World Health Organization Campaign (free)

See also: WHO’s work on TB (free)

2 – #WorldTBDay – Ethics guidance for the implementation of the End TB strategy 2017 – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients (free)

3 – #WorldTBDay – The End TB Strategy – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Implementing the end TB strategy: the essentials (free)

4 – #WorldTBDay – Global tuberculosis report 2016 – World Health Organization (free)

News release: WHO report warns global actions and investments to end tuberculosis epidemic are falling far short (free)

5 #WorldTBDay – WHO treatment guidelines for drug-resistant tuberculosis (2016 update) – World Health Organization (free)

See also: WHO resources on drug-resistant tuberculosis (free)

6 – #WorldTBDay – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Campaign (free)

7 – #WorldTBDay – The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free registration required)

“Rise of multi-drug resistant strains of tuberculosis could derail global efforts to eradicate the disease, according to a new report”

8 – #WorldTBDay – Open Access Special collection from Elsevier Journals (free)

9 – #WorldTBDay – Clinical management of adults and children with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

10 – #WorldTBDay – Preventing the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and protecting contacts of infectious cases – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

Prenatal nutrition, socioenvironmental conditions, and child development

27 Mar, 2017 | 00:43h | UTC

Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation and other biomedical and socioenvironmental influences on children’s cognition at age 9–12 years in Indonesia: follow-up of the SUMMIT randomised trial – The Lancet Global Health (free)

Related commentary: Prenatal nutrition, socioenvironmental conditions, and child development (free)

“Maternal MMN had long-term benefits for child cognitive development at 9–12 years of age, thereby supporting its role in early childhood development, and policy change toward MMN”. The related commentary above does not seem to agree with this statement from the authors, stating that the new evidence does not provide enough weight for a policy change from prenatal iron and folate to MMN supplementation.