7 Global Health Issues to Watch in 2017

January 24, 2017This year, our annual list from IntraHealth International is filled with abundant  uncertainty, and a cautious hope for progress.This post originally appeared onHumanosphere.In 2017 new developments, new leaders, and new threats promise to tug the reins of global health organizations and send us off in unexpected directions. In fact, we ’re already feeling the road change beneath us.This year,  IntraHealth International ’s annual list of global health issues to watch is filled with abundant uncertainty, and cautious hope for progress. These aren’t the only issues on our minds, of course—global migration, the refugee crisis, and climate change happening now, for example, will likely affect global health for decad es or even centuries to come.Here are some of the big developments we ’ll be watching and responding to in 2017:7. Superbug: Drug-resistant bacteria are here.Last summer, a Nevada woman went to the hospital with a bacterial infection. She ’d picked it up during a visit to India, where she had broken her thigh and was in and out of care. In Nevada, the hospital gave her antibiotics—it didn’t stop the infection. The doctors tried another kind of antibiotics. That didn’t work either.In the end, researchers found that the bacteria attacking the woman couldn ’t be stopped by any of the 26 antibiotics available today. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refers to the woman’s infection as carbapenem-resistant Enteroba...

Source: IntraHealth International - January 24, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: mnathe Source Type: news