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New Urban Health ‘Accelerator’ Aims to Transform Cardiovascular Population Health Globally
ihadmin2May 22, 2023May 22, 2023GenevaThe CARDIO4Cities Accelerator by Novartis Foundation and IntraHealth International aims to replicate the successful CARDIO4Cities approach in 30 major cities within three years to transform cardiovascular population health and equity globally.Results of initial programs in S ão Paulo, Dakar and Ulaanbaatar show the cost-effective approach averted up to 13% of strokes and 12% of heart attacks during implementation.Experts say public-private partnerships are key to address the growing burden of cardiovascular disease, the world ’s leading cause of death,according to the World Health O...
Source: IntraHealth International - May 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: ihadmin2 Source Type: news

Health Worker Training Is Improving Hypertension Care and Prevention in Senegal
October 31, 2019During interviews with almost 2,000 health workers and clients in Dakar, Senegal, IntraHealth International found that some 40% of health workers had not been trained to care for clients with hypertension, and 83% of clients who did not have hypertension knew no more than a single warning sign. But a 2019 evaluation reveals significant progress in under two years.The results from our 2017-2018 situational analysis uncovered gaps in hypertension care and prevention in Dakar, including insufficiencies in equipment, hypertension management skills, and patient education.Those results helped guide theBetter Hear...
Source: IntraHealth International - October 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: Senegal Neema Noncommunicable Diseases Human Resources Management Primary Health Care Source Type: news

Patty Duke's Death Announcement Is A Milestone For Sepsis Awareness
Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke, star of "The Patty Duke Show" and the Broadway play and film “The Miracle Worker,” died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine on Tuesday. Simple though it may seem, her death announcement is a major milestone for the sepsis awareness movement, said Thomas Heymann, executive director of the Sepsis Alliance. The more people are aware of this condition, Heymann said, the stronger their likelihood of saving their own lives or the lives of their loved ones. "The fact that they said Patty Duke’s cause of death was sepsis is relatively new," Heymann said. "It very often ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news