Lancet Planet Health 2021; 5: e542–52
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Human activities are driving fundamental changes to the biosphere and disrupting many of our planet’s natural systems. There is increasing scientific evidence that the unfolding climate crisis, global pollution, unprecedented levels of biodiversity loss, and pervasive changes in land use and cover... threaten nearly every dimension of human health and wellbeing
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                                                                In one of his final essays, statesman and former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said, ‘Snakebite is the most important tropical disease you’ve never heard of’. Mr. Annan firmly believed that victims of snakebite envenoming should be recognised and afforded greater efforts at impro...ved prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. During the last years of his life, he advocated strongly for the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the global community to give greater priority to this disease of poverty and its victims.
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                                                                In 2012, all Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed a historical target to reduce premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases
(NCD). This commitment was echoed in 2015 by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which included a target to reduce premature morta...lity (the
measure of unfulfilled life expectancy and deaths between the ages of 30 and 70 years) from NCD by 30% by the year 2030. The Sustainable Development Goals are especially relevant to cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death globally, with increasing prevalence in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
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                                                                The article "Under- and over-diagnosis of COPD: a global perspective" reviews the worldwide variation in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and issues related to its misdiagnosis. It highlights that COPD is under-diagnosed due to factors such as limited access to spiromet...ry and variable diagnostic criteria, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Conversely, over-diagnosis often results from reliance on non-standard criteria or inadequate spirometry use. The article discusses key risk factors, including age, gender, exposure to pollutants, and comorbidities, and emphasizes the need for standardized diagnostic practices to better address and manage COPD globally.
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                                                                The growing understanding of how sequence information can contribute to improved public health is driving global investments in sequencing facilities and programmes. The falling cost and complexity of generating GSD provides opportunities for expanding sequencing capacity; however, challenges to wid...espread implementation remain. This document provides policy-makers and stakeholders with guidance on how to maximize the public health benefit of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing activities in the short and long term as the pandemic continues to unfold. Practical considerations for the implementation of a virus genomic sequencing programme and an overview of the public health objectives of genomic sequencing are covered. This guidance focuses on SARS-CoV-2 but is applicable to other pathogens of public health concern.
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                                                                his  document,  a  first  of  its  kind,  clearly  sets  out  the  standards  for  rehabilitation  and  provides  guidance  on  building  or  strengthening the capacity of EMTs in this area.The importance of early rehabilitation for functional outcomes is well documented. Rehabilitation needs can pe...rsist far beyond the departure of EMTs; therefore, close, supportive collaboration must be established with local services. Emergency response presents an opportunity to rebuild devastated health systems and build local rehabilitation capacity. This document emphasizes the  importance  of  aligning  practices  to  the  local  context  and  maximizing  opportunities  for  training and mentorship. The minimum standards and recommendations described will result in  faster  access  of  patients  to  rehabilitation  services  and  equipment  and  a  better  transition  between EMTs and local health facilities.
Available in English, German, Arabic, Chinese
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                                                                PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133869 July 28, 2015, p.1-16
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Q8.SCOPING QUESTION: In adults and older adolescents with depressive disorder, what is the comparative effectiveness of different formats of psychological treatments?
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The  prevalence  of  chronic  non-communicable  diseases  such  as  diabetes,  cardiovascular  diseases  and  cancers  has  been  on  the  increase  in  Kenya  in  the  recent  past.  This  has  been  occasioned  by  changes  in  social  and  demographic situation in the country. The life expectancy... in the country is improving, while the country is developing at a rapid pace. This has resulted in  people  living  more  years  and  at  the  time  adopting  lifestyles  that  have  negative impacts on their health. This increase in diabetes and other non-communicable diseases has given rise to a double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Kenya
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                                                                Cases of monkeypox (MPX) acquired in the EU have recently been reported in nine EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands).
Monkeypox (MPX) does not spread easily between people. Human-to-human transmission occurs through close contact ...with infectious material from skin lesions of an infected person, through respiratory droplets in prolonged face-to-face contact, and through fomites. The predominance, in the current outbreak, of diagnosed human MPX cases among men having sex with men (MSM), and the nature of the presenting lesions in some cases, suggest transmission occurred during sexual intercourse
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                                                                21 August 2020
This guidance provides specific considerations for the use of non-medical masks, also known as fabric masks, by children as a means for source control in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. It also advises on the use of medical masks for children under certain conditions.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Johnson CC et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2017, 20:21594 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/21594 | https://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.21594
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Background: Understanding the natural course of child and adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has significant implications for the identification of, and intervention for, at-risk youth. We used a meta-analytic approach to examine longitudinal changes in youth PTSD prevalence and symptom...s over the first 12 months posttrauma.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry57:8 (2016), pp 884–898
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                                                                Research Article 
PLOS Medicine | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002625 July 31, 2018 / 1-19
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Digital health technology can make health systems more efficient and sustainable, facilitating the provision of high-quality 
care across a wide range of contexts and for diverse population health needs. The pace of innovation in digital health is 
rapid and constant, with new interventions bein...g developed,  implemented, tested and refined against a diversity of contexts, 
constraints and challenges to address a variety of health and  health system needs.
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