Youth exposure to endemic community gun violence: a systematic review - Bancalari P, Sommer M, Rajan S.
Community gun violence persists as a daily reality for many youth in low-income urban communities. While most gun violence research has focused on the direct victims of firearm homicide, exploration into the broader public health repercussions of community... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Africa: Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
[IPS] United Nations -- With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the international response. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 9, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
A medical officer preparing to give a COVID-19 vaccine in Somalia in May 2021. Credit: Mokhtar Mohamed/AMISOMBy Juliet MorrisonUNITED NATIONS, Sep 8 2022 (IPS) With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the international response.
Equity was a top concern during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency health response. The World Health Organization (WHO) helped spearhead several initiatives in an attempt to reduce disparities between nations, notably COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Acces...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Juliet Morrison Tags: Africa COVID-19 Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report South Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Report Reveals Monkeypox Infection Could Cause Heart Injury
[Premium Times] The CDC's 2022 monkeypox global map shows that 100 countries have reported 53,027 confirmed cases, with 93 of the countries said to be non-endemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 6, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Do you really need another Covid jab as a major new booster campaign begins?
Covid is still officially a pandemic, but many experts would now describe it as endemic (something that's constantly present in the population). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Polio Threat Continues to Grow —But a New Vaccine Could Make a Difference
The recent return of polio has hit like something of an epidemiological thunderclap. It was in 1979 that polio was officially declared eradicated in the U.S.—an early step in a multi-generational effort to wipe out the disease around the world. On July 21, however, the New York State Department of Health announced a case of polio in an unvaccinated man in Rockland County, and since then, circulating poliovirus has been found in wastewater there and in neighboring Orange County, as well as in New York City. In London, the virus was also found in wastewater in February, and in Jerusalem, a case of the disease turned up...
Source: TIME: Health - August 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Vaccines Source Type: news
Gambia: Paying a Price - On Monkeypox Outbreak!
[The Point] Vaccines and anti-virals for monkeypox must be made available in endemic countries in Africa. In three weeks since the first case of monkeypox infection was confirmed on May 7 in the U.K. in a person who had just arrived from Nigeria (where the outbreak has been continuing since September 2017) the virus has spread to at least 21 countries and infected 226 people, mainly in Europe and North America. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 29, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Global Monkeypox Cases Drop 21%, Reversing Month-Long Increase
GENEVA — The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and a possible signal the outbreak in Europe may be starting to decline, according to a World Health Organization report issued Thursday.
The U.N. health agency reported 5,907 new weekly cases and said two countries, Iran and Indonesia, reported their first cases. To date, more than 45,000 cases have been reported in 98 countries since late April.
Cases in the Americas accounted for 60% of cases in the past month, WHO said, while cases in Europe comprised about 38%. It said infec...
Source: TIME: Health - August 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Londontime monkeypox wire Source Type: news
Nigeria: Mosquitoes - Environmental Sanitation As Panacea for Malaria Control
[Leadership] Malaria is an endemic disease in Nigeria, being the leading cause of morbidity and mortality with all Nigerians at risk. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - August 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Sexual harassment among college students using public transportation in Kathmandu metropolitan city - Karki U, Maharjan A, Nepal S, Tandukar R.
The objective of this s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Indonesia Announces Its First Case of Monkeypox
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A man in Indonesia has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the country’s first confirmed case of the disease, authorities said late Saturday.
The 27-year-old who lives in the capital, Jakarta, had returned from an overseas trip on Aug. 8, Health Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril said in a news conference. The man began experiencing symptoms five days later and went to see a doctor. He tested positive for monkeypox on Friday night and is now isolating at home, Syahril said.
“This is a self-limiting disease that will disappear after 20 days if the patient does not have any pr...
Source: TIME: Health - August 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Time Tags: Uncategorized indonesia wire Source Type: news
U.S. Offers Extra Monkeypox Vaccine Doses for Gay Pride Events
NEW YORK — The U.S. is setting aside an extra 50,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine for places with upcoming gay pride events, health officials said Thursday.
The number of doses sent to each will be based on factors like the size of the event, how many health workers will be available to give shots, and how many of the attendees are considered at highest risk for catching the virus.
“More shots in arms is how we get the outbreak under control,” Bob Fenton, the White House monkeypox response coordinator, told reporters Thursday. He said the effort is an attempt to “meet people where they are.”
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Source: TIME: Health - August 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate monkeypox Vaccines wire Source Type: news
Polio Is Back. Here ’ s How to Keep Yourself Safe
Until recently, polio had been a relic of history in the U.S. Once a scourge that paralyzed or killed up to tens of thousands of children every year, the U.S. declared the disease officially eradicated in 1979, thanks to widespread vaccination.
But polio is back. On July 21, the New York State Department of Health announced a case of polio in an unvaccinated man in Rockland County. Poliovirus has since been found in wastewater in both Rockland and neighboring Orange County, as well as in New York City.
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The development has led to justified alarm. “Even a single case of pa...
Source: TIME: Science - August 16, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
An autopsy based study of chest injuries in fatal road traffic accidents conducted at IGIMS, Patna, Bihar - Goel N, Kumar A, Kumar S, Prasad M.
BACKGROUND: Thorax (chest) is one of the most important cavities of the human body. Thoracic trauma constitutes 10 to 15% of mortalities in the world wide population. Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is like an endemic disease, which affects mainly young people... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
With monkeypox, profits are once again being put ahead of protecting life | Nick Dearden
As with Covid, corporate interests are taking priority over getting vaccines to people and areas that most need themTwo weeks ago I queued for more than five hours outside a London hospital to receive a monkeypox vaccination. But I ’m one of the lucky ones; thousands of people in at-risk groups haven’t been so fortunate, and it’s about to get worse. Britain, despite being one of the centres of the outbreak, expects torun out of vaccines in the next couple of weeks, with no further deliveries planned until late September.This matters because it ’s a race against time to prevent monkeypox becoming an endemic disease....
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 16, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Nick Dearden Tags: Monkeypox Infectious diseases Vaccines and immunisation Health UK news Medical research Pharmaceuticals industry Source Type: news
