It May Be Fine to Exercise During Long COVID
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 -- People with Long COVID might be able to exercise to improve their health, something that up to now has been discouraged, a new study suggests.“The World Health Organization [WHO] and other major bodies have said that... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Groups Ask WHO to Recognize Chronic Kidney Disease Threat Groups Ask WHO to Recognize Chronic Kidney Disease Threat
Three international nephrology organizations call for World Health Organization recognition of CKD as a major noncommunicable mortality driver.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Source Type: news
Eyeglasses Improve Income as Well as Sight, Study Shows
A study found that when farsighted workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Eyeglasses Eyes and Eyesight Research Labor and Jobs Developing Countries Traffic Accidents and Safety PLoS One (Journal) World Health Organization Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Africa: The Self-Care Wheel - an Award-Winning Innovation to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
[WHO] The Self-Care Wheel, which recently won the World Health Organization (WHO) internal Director-General's Excellence Award for Innovation 2023, is now set to help demystify self-care and increase understanding of WHO's recommended self-care interventions in several countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Innovation International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
UN agencies launch joint programme to support Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon in climate change response
4 April 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) today launched a joint programme to support the health system responses of the governments of Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon to climate change adaptation and risk reduction over the coming two years.
The programme, operating under the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund, aims to strengthen the resilience of health systems and migrant populations to climate change and disaster risks by incorporating an inclusive human mobility lens into natio...
Source: WHO EMRO News - April 4, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Liberia: MoH & WHO Kick Off Voluntary Blood Donation
[New Dawn] The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) through its National Blood Safety Program, kicked off a voluntary blood donation initiative on Wednesday, 3 April 2024. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Liberia West Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Stakeholders Convene in Uganda On Responsible Use of the Life Sciences
[WHO] Uganda has taken proactive steps to mitigate biorisks and govern dual-use research by being a pioneer country in the WHO African Region to pilot the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research (the framework). The Uganda Office of the Prime Minister was entrusted with coordinating this pivotal project in collaboration with the World Health Organization, recognizing its significance in enhancing national and regional (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Uganda Source Type: news
Endowment Funds Can Revolutionise Sarcoma Care in Developing Countries
Kaposi's sarcoma virus. The World Health Organization predicts a 60% rise in global cancer cases over the next two decades, with an 81% increase expected in low- and middle-income countries. Credit: Shutterstock. By Nicholas OkumuNAIROBI, Apr 2 2024 (IPS) Despite global childhood cancer mortality rates dropping by half over the past 50 years, these promising statistics do not extend to Africa and the Global South, where limited resources mean that most cancers are diagnosed at advanced stages.
Consequently, the region reports survival rates of as low as 15% for musculoskeletal sarcomas, a group of cancers that develop in t...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nicholas Okumu Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Liberia: WHO and MOH Launch Hpv Vaccine Awareness
[New Dawn] The World Health Organization, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Liberia, has launched an awareness campaign on HPV Vaccine for Cervical Cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 2, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Liberia West Africa Source Type: news
A Person in the U.S. Tested Positive for Bird Flu
In a rare case, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on April 1 that a person in the U.S. has tested positive for avian influenza, also known as bird flu. Despite the positive test, however, the CDC says risk to the general public remains low.
Health officials have been tracking an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza since a new variant emerged and began killing birds on multiple continents in 2020. Sixty-seven countries reported outbreaks in 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), followed by another 14 in 2023. Human cases, however, remain rare. Only 11 infectio...
Source: TIME: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
WHO Calls for More Data on Violence Against Older Women and Women With Disabilities
Older women and women with disabilities are underrepresented in global data on violence against women. Credit: WHO/Kiana Hayeri
By Naureen HossainUNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 2024 (IPS) Older women and women with disabilities experience abuse that is unique to their demographics, yet they are underrepresented in national and global databases, according to findings shared by the World Health Organization (WHO).
On Wednesday, WHO and UN-Women released two new briefs, the first in a series that will discuss neglected forms of violence, including gender-based violence. The two briefs, titled Measuring violence against older women an...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naureen Hossain Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Inequality Population Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Repo Source Type: news
Tuberculosis Is the Highest It ’ s Been in a Decade
NEW YORK — The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report.
Forty states reported an increase in TB, and rates were up among all age groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More than 9,600 cases were reported, a 16% increase from 2022 and the highest since 2013.
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Cases declined sharply at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have been rising since.
Most U.S. TB cases are diagnosed in people born in other countries. Experts say the 2023 number is in part a combinat...
Source: TIME: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Kenya: Kenya's Health Emergency Response Recieves WHO Boost
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has received a donation of 940 mobile tablets valued at 476,000 USD from the World Health Organization aimed at bolstering health emergency response efforts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news
Safeguarding the future of radiology with imaging informatics
Conclusion
With medical imaging centers facing aggressive attacks by the minute, it’s imperative to embrace a mindset shift – starting from cultivating a cybersecurity awareness culture to implementing proactive defense strategies and hiring experts with unique skill sets to help radiologists and department leads safeguard against cyber adversaries. Thus, with a collective approach to cybersecurity that combines people, mindset, and technologies, healthcare can win the war against cyberattacks.
Dhaval Shah is an executive vice president and Shujah Das Gupta is vice president for medical technology at CitiusTech.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Tags: Cybersecurity Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Calls for Greater Attention to Violence Against Women With Disabilities and Older Women
[WHO] Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most global and national violence-related data, according to two new publications released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The health agency is calling for better research across countries that will help ensure these women are counted, and that their specific needs are understood and addressed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
