Harmful Industry Blowing Smoke on Human Rights
Credit: World BankBy Mary Assunta and Irene ReyesBANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 8 2023 (IPS) As the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ( on Human Rights Day December 10), we turn the spotlight on a glaring contradiction the world is experiencing from a harmful industry. Despite causing 8 million annual deaths and a myriad of diseases, the tobacco industry has enjoyed six decades of the legal right to manufacture and sell its harmful products.
This travesty to human rights remains unaddressed with no admission of liability, compensation for victims, or withdrawal of the product...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mary Assunta and Irene Reyes Tags: Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Uganda: Antibiotic Resistance Is a Silent Epidemic
[Independent (Kampala)] Interview -- Each year antimicrobial resistance - the ability of microbes to survive agents designed to kill them - claims more lives than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Africa bears the brunt of this development, which thrives on inequality and poverty. Nadine Dreyer asked Tom Nyirenda, a research scientist with over 27 years' experience in infectious diseases, what health organisations on the continent are doing to fight this threat to medical progress. Nyirenda is Extraordinary Senior Lecture in the Department of (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 7, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Uganda Source Type: news
Stigma, Regulatory Barriers Delay Mpox Response in DRC Stigma, Regulatory Barriers Delay Mpox Response in DRC
Vaccines and treatments that could help tackle an mpox epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo are lying unused outside the country despite a high death rate.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
DHS and DOJ Announce Dose of Reality Roundtable Discussions on Wisconsin ’s Opioid Epidemic
Discussions on Wisconsin ’s Opioid Epidemic The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are announcing a series of roundtable discussions to hear directly from local communities who are working toward preventing overdose deaths in the state and helping Wisconsinites struggling with o pioid use. “We are calling these roundtable discussions a “ Dose of Reality ” because we want to hear the reality of Wisconsinites experiences in their own communities,” said DHS Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson. “We...(see release)JenniferC.MillerDecember 5, 2023 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - December 5, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: JenniferC.Miller Source Type: news
NCDs Are Killing the Caribbean – PODCAST
By Marty LoganKATHMANDU, Dec 5 2023 (IPS) If I asked you to name the world’s most deadly diseases I’m guessing that you might say HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, cholera, maybe even COVID-19. In fact, those have all been major killers throughout human history – and some like TB continue to be so, especially in low-income countries.
But there is one group of diseases that is responsible for the deaths of more than two-thirds of people on earth. Let that sink in for moment. For every three people who die, two are killed by these illnesses, which are known as non-communicable diseases, or NCDs.
You probably know about many of...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marty Logan Tags: Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Multimedia Podcast TerraViva United Nations Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Source Type: news
Opioid Crisis May Be Driving Surge in Youth Suicides
TUESDAY, Dec 5, 2023 -- Suicide rates for Americans under the age of 18 are rising at unprecedented rates, and a new report points to a likely culprit: The ongoing epidemic of opioid abuse.It ' s not that more kids and teens became abusers of... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Retail pharmacies and drug diversion during the opioid epidemic - Janssen A, Zhang X.
This study investigates the role of retail pharmacy ownership in the opioid epidemic. Using data of prescription opioid orders, we show that compared with chain pharmacies, independent pharmacies dispense 39.1 percent more opioids and 60.5 percent more Oxy... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The sexual and gender-based violence epidemic meets the COVID-19 pandemic: survivors' and advocates' narratives in Egypt - Hassan M, Rizzo H.
This research traces activism over the last 30 years against sexual and gender-based violence with a focus on survivors' and advocates' narratives in Egypt. We argue that several focusing events in Egypt and the support of transnational advocacy networks o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
How Do We Address the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation? How Do We Address the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation?
The US surgeon general proposed a national strategy to promote social connection and combat loneliness.Medscape Pediatrics (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Psychiatry Commentary Source Type: news
South Africa: Integrating HIV and NCD Care Is Critical but Not Straight-Forward, Clinicians Say
[spotlight] With the remarkable success of antiretroviral treatment people living with HIV in South Africa are generally living much longer than they did two decades ago - so much so that overall life expectancy in the country has shot up by around nine years since the peak of South Africa's HIV epidemic in the early 2000s. As a result, more people with HIV are also now living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
South Africa: Integrating HIV and NCD Care Is Critical but Not Straightforward, Clinicians Say
[spotlight] With the remarkable success of antiretroviral treatment people living with HIV in South Africa are generally living much longer than they did two decades ago - so much so that overall life expectancy in the country has shot up by around nine years since the peak of South Africa's HIV epidemic in the early 2000s. As a result, more people with HIV are also now living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 4, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
How the Supreme Court Could Impact Your Taxes & Another Billion $$$ Airline Merger
Episode 205: Happy Monday! Neal and Toby are back in the saddle and are explaining how a massive Supreme Court case around the opioid epidemic could change bankruptcy court rulings forever. Plus, why another court case could impact your taxes and Alaska Air has dolled out almost $2 billion to…#toby #supremecourt #alaskaair #hawaiianairlines (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Will the Supreme Court Reshape US Opioid Epidemic Relief? How Will the Supreme Court Reshape US Opioid Epidemic Relief?
The Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear arguments over the legality of a roughly $6 billion bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Explainer: How will the Supreme Court reshape US opioid epidemic relief?
The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear arguments over the legality of a roughly $6 billion bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful and highly addictive pain medication OxyContin that played a key role in the country's opioid epidemic. If the justices allow the…#ussupremecourt #purduepharma #oxycontin #stamford #connecticut #purdue #chapter11 #usjusticedepartment #sacklers #districtofcolumbia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Explainer-How will the Supreme Court reshape US opioid epidemic relief?
The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear arguments over the legality of a roughly $6 billion bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful and highly addictive pain medication OxyContin that played a key role in the country's opioid epidemic. If the justices allow the…#ussupremecourt #purduepharma #oxycontin #stamford #connecticut #purdue #chapter11 #usjusticedepartment #sacklers #districtofcolumbia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
