Article
10 Mar 2024
Since 2015, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA) has spearheaded multinational efforts to understand the status and capacity of countries to provide optimal kidney care, particularly in low-resource sett...
Article
10 Mar 2024
There is a lack of contemporary data describing global variations in vascular access for hemodialysis (HD). We used the third iteration of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA) to highlight differences in fundi...
Report
10 Mar 2024
The annual report released for World Obesity Day 2024, by the World Obesity Federation. This report depicts obesity and its consequences. Rising obesity rates across the world reveal massive gaps in healthcare and nutrition, with poorest populat...
Tonga
10 Mar 2024
In Pacific island countries and areas, as many as 1 in 2 children have dental caries in their baby teeth – the highest prevalence worldwide. When caries are left untreated, they can cause pain, making it uncomfortable for children to eat, speak and play. Poor oral health can also lead to gum disease and tooth loss later in life, further reducing people’s health and quality of life. Be...
10 Mar 2024
Colombia
10 Mar 2024
It is estimated that one in four children live with a non-communicable disease (NCD). On 10 March 2024, one childhood NCD Community in Colombia changed forever… Thanks to inspirational leadership at Fundación Cardio Infantil, La Cardio in Bogotáthe and with the brilliant team at SiEndo Foundation, the Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Community of Colombia came together for the f...
10 Mar 2024
Publication
10 Mar 2024
HelpAge's Caregiver Manual - HelpAge International is a basic guide for families and volunteers providing care and support for older people. It includes: An overview of who this guide is for Section 1: Guide for the organisers, manage...
Publication
08 Mar 2024
Mental health and well-being are fundamental to our collective and individual ability as humans to think, emote, interact with each other, earn a living and enjoy life. Yet currently the formation of individual and collective mental capital – espec...
Report
07 Mar 2024
The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) report, "Palliative Care: How Can We Respond to 10 Years of Limited Progress," highlights the slow advancement in global palliative care despite the 2014 World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19, which call...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
With mental health at the forefront of the conversation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity for once-in-a-generation change is being presented. The integration of mental health into universal health coverage (UHC) reforms during the...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Every infant and child has the right to good nutrition according to the "Convention on the Rights of the Child". Undernutrition is associated with 45% of child deaths. Globally in 2022, 149 million children under 5 were estimated...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Around 2.3 billion people worldwide (around a third of the global population) cook using open fires or inefficient stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal, which generates harmful household air...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a group of 200 known viruses. They do not cause concerns in most people, but infection with some high-risk types is common and can cause genital warts or cancer. In 90% of people the body co...
