14 Oct 2024
It is exciting to be working in global mental health. It means interacting with people who are incredibly passionate about improving lives, with perspectives often rooted in real life, family and community experiences. But this work can also be frustrating. All too often, in meetings and events, we are reminded that it is a sector that remains unequal and, in certain respects, underdeve...
14 Oct 2024
29 Sep 2024
To raise awareness about the dangers of cardiovascular diseases, ADJ conducted a campaign to alert everyone about the importance of preventing cardiovascular diseases and promoting healthy habits. The main risk factors for cardiovascular events are hypertension, diabetes, family history, and smoking.560 people were attended to, and we conducted total and fraction cholesterol tests, capillary blood...
29 Sep 2024
27 Sep 2024
For the 2024 World Cancer Congress, the World Health Organization and City Cancer Challenge co-designed a session focused on multistakeholder collaboration in cancer care – a key approach to tackling the rising burden of cancer and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). More than 60 participants discussed the challenges and opportunities of public-...
27 Sep 2024
25 Sep 2024
At this year’s World Cancer Congress (WCC) in Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) jointly hosted a workshop on meaningful engagement of people living with cancer. The workshop was organized in view of the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health in Septem...
25 Sep 2024
09 Sep 2024
Supplies of several crucial obstetric medicines are running short in Australia, putting the health of pregnant women at risk and highlighting systemic issues impacting reliable access to safe and effective treatment in pregnancy, according to a new assessment published in the Medical Journal of Australia today. "Australia's supply and access issues in prescription medicine during pregnan...
09 Sep 2024
02 Sep 2024
On the side lines of the World Cancer Congress 2022, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced the signing of a voluntary licensing agreement with Novartis AG to increase access to nilotinib, a twice daily oral medication used to treat chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), part of the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines (WHO EML) for treatment in adults and children of at least...
02 Sep 2024
29 Aug 2024
Training healthcare professionals in Type 1 Diabetes education.In January 2024, from the 21st to the 28th, the 5th Edition of the Immersion Course in Type 1 Diabetes was held at NR Camp, located in Sapucaí Mirim/SP. It had 16 participants, including 15 healthcare professionals and one observer, aiming to train professionals to welcome and treat T1D.
29 Aug 2024
09 Aug 2024
CHAPEL HILL, NC, USA, June 21, 2024 - The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), the leading international professional medical-scientific organization dedicated to advancing the understanding, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions related to thrombosis and hemostasis, has published the first clinical practice guideline utilizing strict GRADE methodology for the t...
09 Aug 2024
16 Jul 2024
Effectively responding to the global burden of noncommunicable diseases and the related health equity challenges requires meaningful engagement with different stakeholders, including with the private sector. Yet, in many countries capacities of the health sector to engage with the private sector remain limited, and identifying, managing or mitigating risks including conflicts of interest to safegu...
16 Jul 2024
08 Jul 2024
The International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS) and the International Society of Dermatology (ISD) joined forces to launch the first official World Skin Health Day (#WSHD2024) on Monday 8 July 2024. Visit the link for further information. To mark the day, six special events took place around the world to encourage discussion and spur action towards the delivery of ‘Skin Health for...
08 Jul 2024
26 Jun 2024
The obesity epidemic presents a global health emergency, currently affecting 1 billion people worldwide, continuing to be misunderstood by society at large, assigning blame to the individual and reinforcing stigmatizing stereotypes with great consequences to persons living with obesity, their mental health and likelihood to seek and access quality care. Brazil is no exception, where currently 25%...
26 Jun 2024
25 Jun 2024
Persistent chemicals in the environment may be adding to the obesity epidemic and, says Dr Tim Lobstein, are another reason why individuals should not be blamed for weight gain. In 2002 a paper in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine suggested that the obesity epidemic that had emerged in the preceding two decades in developed economies may be linked to exposure to en...
25 Jun 2024
