The Global Fund

OCTOBER 1, 2024

On the occasion of the 61st Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), health ministers and delegations from member states met today in Washington DC to review the progress made through the Elimination Initiative (EI). The Global Fund and other partners expressed their continued support for this initiative.

Communicable Diseases 40

Communicable Diseases 40

Public Health Insider

JULY 10, 2024

Our communicable disease expert, Dr. Eric Chow, explains what we’re seeing in King County, why he’s concerned about increases in long COVID, and what “up-to-date” on vaccination means. You’ve probably heard that more folks are sick with COVID.

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Communicable Diseases 52

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

MAY 19, 2022

His research interests focus on the health effects of physical activity on non-communicable diseases. His research interests focus on the health effects of physical activity on non-communicable diseases. Dr Knut Eirik Dalene ( @knuteirik47 ) is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo.

Mental Health and Public Health 52

Mental Health and Public Health Non-communicable Diseases Media and Health Communication Surveillance Systems 52

KFF Health News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

“We have had multiple dairies refuse a site visit,” wrote the communicable disease program manager in Weld, Colorado, in a July 2 email. . “[REDACTED] does not feel that they need MSU Extension to come out,” she added, referring to outreach to farmworkers provided by Michigan State University.

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 22, 2020

This technology can also estimate how quickly — and where — a communicable disease might spread next. Multiple research papers have already demonstrated how useful machine learning can be for digesting real-time social media posts and status updates.

Socioeconomic Status and Health 117

Socioeconomic Status and Health Media and Health Communication Ageing and Health Risk Factors 117

Tulane Public Health Blog

APRIL 14, 2024

Chronic disease Communicable disease Mental health Climate change Nutrition Maternal and child health While these are some key areas of focus, there are many more that global health professionals can specialize in. Such a response is also essential for creating a more equitable global health community.

Global Health 52

Global Health Mental Health and Public Health Maternal and Child Health Nutrition and Public Health 52

Big Cities Health Coalition

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Subscribe to our newsletter MEET THE EPIS: Lawrence Lee Communicable disease epidemiologist, Public HealthSeattle & King County Tell us a little about the work you do as an epidemiologist.

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Violence Prevention Communicable Diseases Reproductive Health Health Policy 52

Tulane Public Health Blog

APRIL 14, 2024

Instead, emergency teams delegate tasks to volunteers and professionals in other fields while carefully managing the response efforts to effectively implement their plans.

Disaster and Emergency Management 52

Disaster and Emergency Management Emergency Preparedness and Response Occupational Health and Safety Health Education and Training Organizations 52

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Much is known about the main causes of death and how mortality has been shifting from most deaths around the world being caused by communicable diseases towards most being due to non-communicable causes. However, less is known about the heterogeneity in these causes of death.

Health Disparities 52

Health Disparities Health Inequalities Ageing and Health Social Determinants of Health 52

Gideon

APRIL 8, 2020

Tracey McNamara on West Nile Fever and COVID-19 As interviewed by Edward Borton, GIDEON What was the experience of discovering a new and emerging communicable disease outbreak on your doorstep?

Media and Health Communication 52

Media and Health Communication Communicable Diseases Health Policy 52

Global Bioethics Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This initiative is welcome news to health systems and patients in the developing world, because of the gradual epidemiological transition taking place there from infectious disease (HIV, tuberculosis.) to non-communicable disease (especially cancer). Any improvement in cancer care could be lifesaving.

Non-communicable Diseases 40

Non-communicable Diseases Communicable Diseases 40

The Network for Public Health Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Network has a broad range of knowledge in the use of law and policy to promote health equity and improve public health in the areas of: Housing; Food Security; Mental health and Suicide Prevention; Harm reduction; Communicable Diseases; Climate Change; Emergency Preparedness; Vaccines; Data Sharing and Privacy; Public Health Authority and Operations; (..)

Health Equity 52

Health Equity Mental Health and Public Health Climate Change and Health Social Determinants of Health 52

Institute of Public Health

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Ms Costello said: “ Faced with mounting challenges that affect our health – widening health inequalities, a cost of living crisis, the global climate crisis, and a rise in non-communicable diseases - there is a prime opportunity to reframe our approach to health on the island of Ireland and to harness enhanced cross border cooperation on shared public (..)

Health Policy 52

Health Policy Public Health Law and Regulation Tobacco Control Ageing and Health 52

Monday Morning

AUGUST 30, 2022

There will be no shortage of old and new problems to solve in the years ahead—inequities, climate, preventing future pandemics, gun violence and opioid deaths; preserving reproductive rights, and dealing with the rising incidence of non-communicable diseases.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights 52

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Health Education and Training Organizations Nutrition and Public Health Maternal and Child Health 52

HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 25, 2024

We have had multiple dairies refuse a site visit,” wrote the communicable disease program manager in Weld, Colorado, in a July 2 email. “[REDACTED] does not feel that they need MSU Extension to come out,” she added, referring to outreach to farmworkers provided by Michigan State University. “We

Emergency Preparedness and Response 61

Emergency Preparedness and Response Disease Surveillance Communicable Diseases 61

Gideon

DECEMBER 3, 2020

An “outbreak” is often defined as an increase in case numbers for a particular disease in a defined place and time. Outbreaks can evolve into pandemics (such as with COVID-19) or consist of isolated clusters, especially for rare and less-communicable diseases, and can persist for years and even decades.

Communicable Diseases 40

Communicable Diseases 40

Public Healthy

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

These include communicable disease control, commissioning services like smoking cessation and weight management, through to working with partners to improve the environments we live in. Recognising the wide range of tools available for building health has always been part of public health.

Ethnicity and Health 40

Ethnicity and Health Communicable Diseases 40

Public Health Insider

AUGUST 30, 2024

Mpox is in the news. To understand what this means locally, we sat down with Dr. Matthew Golden, Public Health’s Director of the HIV/STI/HCV Program for some context. The post What the latest mpox emergency declaration means locally appeared first on PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER.

Communicable Diseases 52

Communicable Diseases 52

Big Cities Health Coalition

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But health departments do much more than respond to catastrophic events ; they also ensure our food and water are safe, regulate tobacco, reduce the harms that can come from substance misuse or extreme heat, provide vaccinations for dozens of communicable diseases, and much more.

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 52

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting Emergency Preparedness and Response Public Health Law and Regulation Environmental Health and Safety 52

Sheffield DPH

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Given the difficulties that traditional public health approaches have faced in controlling non-communicable diseases (largely difficulties = lack of political will stoked by food industry PR over decades). Medicalises a social issue. Part of a narrative that individualizes obesity solutions.

Media and Health Communication 40

Media and Health Communication Health Inequalities Non-communicable Diseases Health Economics 40

Mercola

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Your Health Begins in Your Gut In closing, Dietert reminds and encourages us to "do things that support your whole body, do things that support your immune system, even as you're focused on a specific disease or a specific pathogen." The reason for doing this is because everything is connected.

Ageing and Health 64

Ageing and Health Communicable Diseases 64

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Yacong Bo and Xiang Qian Lao Regular exercise is recognised as providing significant lifestyle-related protection against non-communicable diseases. It can also reduce the likelihood of cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature death.

Non-communicable Diseases 52

Non-communicable Diseases Communicable Diseases Ageing and Health Risk Factors 52

Frontiers

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Now, we see the burden of disease is shifting towards non-communicable diseases; heart disease, stroke, and dementia being the leading causes of death worldwide. Pregnancy complications and birth complications have decreased with the availability of antibiotics and a generally higher standard of healthcare.

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Academic and Research Institutions Maternal and Child Health Non-communicable Diseases Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 105

Gideon

JULY 9, 2020

Traditional insurance policies did not typically offer coverage for business interruption due to communicable diseases. Added to this was the fact that epidemic insurance had little precedent as a product. And it is very complex to model and calculate. However, the situation now is that COVID-19 has changed all that.

Communicable Diseases 40

Communicable Diseases 40

Gideon

JANUARY 28, 2021

2016.09.001 [10] T Tulchinsky, and E Varavikova, “ Communicable Diseases ”, The New Public Health (Third Edition), 2014. [Online]. [9] 9] R Sarkar, and S Pradhan, “Leprosy and women”, Int J Women’s Dermatol, vol. 117-121, 2016. Available: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2016.09.001 The post Looking at Leprosy appeared first on GIDEON.

Ageing and Health 52

Ageing and Health Communicable Diseases 52

Gideon

JULY 26, 2021

The best way to catch emerging infectious diseases early is to equip frontline clinicians with comprehensive data on all reported infectious diseases , including: a list of symptoms, the ability to compare conditions with similar presentations, and a history of global outbreaks and documented cases, country-specific notes on disease outbreaks.

Disease Surveillance 52

Disease Surveillance Communicable Diseases 52

The Hill

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

You have a baby, and anywhere in the world, I mean, protecting against polio, against measles, against very serious communicable diseases that, I mean, we would be talking about going back to the, what, the 1700s, 1800s,” Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday during an interview on MSNBC's “The ReidOut.” “I Kennedy Jr. back more than 200 years.

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Community Health Centers Communicable Diseases 145