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The accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for detecting typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric) fever
Point-of-care rapid diagnostic tests which use a small amount of blood are available for infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV, and make an important contribution to patient management. Cochrane Reviews of the accuracy of such tests have influenced World Health Organization (WHO) policy and, in May 2017, they were added to with a new Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy review of rapid tests for typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. Lalith Wijedoru from the Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool in UK tells us more in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 23, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Future Earth - linking health and environmental research
The rapid changes in the global environment have led many scientists to conclude that we are living in a new geological epoch —the Anthropocene—in which human activities have become the dominant driving force transforming the Earth’s natural systems. A recent joint publication by the World Health Organization and Convention on Biological Diversity articulated the myriad connections between biodiversity and health an d the threats to both posed by environmental change. Andy Haines, professor of public health and primary care, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine joins us to talk about a new research...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Future Earth - linking health and environmental research
The rapid changes in the global environment have led many scientists to conclude that we are living in a new geological epoch—the Anthropocene—in which human activities have become the dominant driving force transforming the Earth’s natural systems. A recent joint publication by the World Health Organization and Convention on Biological Diversity articulated the myriad connections between biodiversity and health and the threats to both posed by environmental change. Andy Haines, professor of public health and primary care, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine joins us to talk about a new research p...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Should malaria be eradicated?
The World Health Organization, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, and the United Nations, all have a vision of a malaria-free world. The world has already committed to malaria eradication, albeit without a target date. Bruno Moonen, deputy director for malaria at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, thinks that for malaria, eradication is the only equitable and sustainable solution. Where as Clive Shiff, associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, thinks this is a top-down strategy, dependent on massive concentrated funding until finished - funding which could be more effectively spent e...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 7, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Ebola - why WHO's response failed.
In August 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in west Africa a public health emergency of international concern, and the world scrambled to respond. The WHO received widespread criticism, and it was concluded that better preparedness and a faster, more coordinated response could have prevented most of the 11 000... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 7, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

DSM-IV Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Experience Type (JAMA Psychiatry)
Interview with Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, author of Association of DSM-IV Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Traumatic Experience Type and History in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - January 4, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Psychiatry : DSM-IV Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Experience Type
Interview with Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, author of Association of DSM-IV Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Traumatic Experience Type and History in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - January 4, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Advertising junk food to children
In the UK, junk food advertising is banned on children ’s TV - but manufactures are still able to target children in other ways. A recent report from the WHO "Tackling food marketing to children in a digital world", takes a look at the issue. In this podcast we're joined by João Breda, programme manager for nutrition physical activity and obesit y at the regional office for Europe of the World Health Organisation, and Mimi Tatlow-Golden, lecturer in childhood studies and developmental psychology at the open university, and the lead author on the report. Read the full report:http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 4, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Advertising junk food to children
In the UK, junk food advertising is banned on children’s TV - but manufactures are still able to target children in other ways. A recent report from the WHO "Tackling food marketing to children in a digital world", takes a look at the issue. In this podcast we're joined by João Breda, programme manager for nutrition physical activity and obesity at the regional office for Europe of the World Health Organisation, and Mimi Tatlow-Golden, lecturer in childhood studies and developmental psychology at the open university, and the lead author on the report. Read the full report: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 4, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

ELCC 2016: The 2015 World Health Organization classification of lung tumors: A pathologist’s view
At the 6th European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC), held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 13–16 April 2016, Keith Kerr, BSc, MB ChB, FRCPath, FRCPE, from the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdo... Author: VJOncology Added: 06/07/2016 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - June 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts