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What Sub-Saharan African Nations Can Teach the U.S. About Black Maternal Health
While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. policymakers can look to sub-Saharan Africa for guidance on reversing this trend. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPSBy Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Jun 2 2023 (IPS) New research shows that Black mothers in the United States disproportionately live in counties with higher maternal vulnerability and face greater risk of preterm death for the fetus, greater risk of low birth weight for a baby, and a higher number of maternal deaths. While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. poli...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Africa Gender Headlines Health Inequality North America Poverty & SDGs Maternal Health Source Type: news

The costs associated with stroke care continuum: a systematic review
AbstractStroke, a leading cause of death and long-term disability, has a considerable social and economic impact. It is imperative to investigate stroke-related costs. The main goal was to conduct a systematic literature review on the described costs associated with stroke carecontinuum to better understand the evolution of the economic burden and logistic challenges. This research used a systematic review method. We performed a search in PubMed/MEDLINE, ClinicalTrial.gov, Cochrane Reviews, and Google Scholar confined to publications from January 2012 to December 2021. Prices were adjusted using consumer price indices of t...
Source: Health Economics Review - May 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Impact assessment of the Centre for Research Excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation and Brain Recovery
We present the results of applying the Framework to Assess the Impact from Translatio...
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shanthi Ramanathan, Elizabeth Lynch, Julie Bernhardt, Michael Nilsson, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Leeanne Carey, Sandy Middleton, Jan Chamberlain, Frederick Rohan Walker, Penny Reeves and Andrew Searles Tags: Research Source Type: research

In Latin America, Heat Warnings Can Prevent Deaths
Residents of Mexico City take shelter from the heat in a covered area, on a central street in the capital, in the month of March, when spring has not even arrived yet in the country. Heat waves will become more frequent and will last longer, due to the climate emergency. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy/IPSBy Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY, Mar 14 2023 (IPS) On Mar. 9, more than half of Mexico reported maximum temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius, although spring has not even arrived yet in this Latin American country located in the northern hemisphere. In fact, the Megalopolis Environmental Commission, which brings together the federal gov...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emilio Godoy Tags: Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Environment Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Regional Categories Extreme Weather heat waves Mexico Source Type: news

Prehospital emergency department care activations during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge
CONCLUSIONS: After the announcement of public health measures to mitigate COVID-19, ED care activations declined in a large Northeast academic ED, followed by post-peak surges in activations as COVID- 19 cases decreased.PMID:35913181 | DOI:10.5055/ajdm.2022.0417
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - August 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rebecca Leff Alex Fleming-Nouri Arjun K Venkatesh Vivek Parwani Craig Rothenberg Rohit B Sangal Colin T Flood Matthew Goldenberg Charles Wira Source Type: research

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