WHO Updates List of Most Threatening Drug-Resistant Bacteria as Pharma Warns New Antibiotic Pipeline is Inadequate 17/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health, ranking the 15 families of bacteria that feature as “critical”, “high” and “medium” threats. The Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024’s “critical” list features bacteria that are high burden, can resist treatment and spread resistance […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft Shows Progress – And a Long Way to Go 15/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement, which was sent out to member states on Wednesday (15 May), shows just how far the talks still have to go. Health Policy Watch obtained a copy of the draft agreement, which we are sharing on our paywall-free site: READ: Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft, […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Secure $2.2-billion to Tackle Africa’s Dirty Cooking Crisis 15/05/2024 Kizito Makoye In a ground-breaking move, global leaders on Tuesday made an unprecedented financial pledge to tackle the dirty cooking fuels crisis, which silently claims millions of lives across Africa. The Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, chaired jointly by the leaders of Tanzania and Norway, alongside the African Development Bank, secured financial commitments from governments, development […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbates April Heatwaves in Asia 15/05/2024 Disha Shetty Heatwaves across Asia this April that sent temperatures soaring above 40℃ were made hotter and more likely by human-induced climate change, according to an analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The group has done more than 70 studies on a range of extreme weather events […] Continue reading -> Upwards of 800 Million People with Vision Impairments Lack Access to Eyeglasses 14/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s one of the world’s oldest health technologies with recorded use by the Greeks and Romans – and modern eye glasses appearing on the noses of Venetian monks and scholars as early as the 13th century. And yet only about 36% of the estimated 1.25 billion people who need corrective eyewear for common distance vision […] Continue reading -> Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] Continue reading -> Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft Shows Progress – And a Long Way to Go 15/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement, which was sent out to member states on Wednesday (15 May), shows just how far the talks still have to go. Health Policy Watch obtained a copy of the draft agreement, which we are sharing on our paywall-free site: READ: Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft, […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Secure $2.2-billion to Tackle Africa’s Dirty Cooking Crisis 15/05/2024 Kizito Makoye In a ground-breaking move, global leaders on Tuesday made an unprecedented financial pledge to tackle the dirty cooking fuels crisis, which silently claims millions of lives across Africa. The Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, chaired jointly by the leaders of Tanzania and Norway, alongside the African Development Bank, secured financial commitments from governments, development […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbates April Heatwaves in Asia 15/05/2024 Disha Shetty Heatwaves across Asia this April that sent temperatures soaring above 40℃ were made hotter and more likely by human-induced climate change, according to an analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The group has done more than 70 studies on a range of extreme weather events […] Continue reading -> Upwards of 800 Million People with Vision Impairments Lack Access to Eyeglasses 14/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s one of the world’s oldest health technologies with recorded use by the Greeks and Romans – and modern eye glasses appearing on the noses of Venetian monks and scholars as early as the 13th century. And yet only about 36% of the estimated 1.25 billion people who need corrective eyewear for common distance vision […] Continue reading -> Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] Continue reading -> Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft Shows Progress – And a Long Way to Go 15/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement, which was sent out to member states on Wednesday (15 May), shows just how far the talks still have to go. Health Policy Watch obtained a copy of the draft agreement, which we are sharing on our paywall-free site: READ: Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft, […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Secure $2.2-billion to Tackle Africa’s Dirty Cooking Crisis 15/05/2024 Kizito Makoye In a ground-breaking move, global leaders on Tuesday made an unprecedented financial pledge to tackle the dirty cooking fuels crisis, which silently claims millions of lives across Africa. The Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, chaired jointly by the leaders of Tanzania and Norway, alongside the African Development Bank, secured financial commitments from governments, development […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbates April Heatwaves in Asia 15/05/2024 Disha Shetty Heatwaves across Asia this April that sent temperatures soaring above 40℃ were made hotter and more likely by human-induced climate change, according to an analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The group has done more than 70 studies on a range of extreme weather events […] Continue reading -> Upwards of 800 Million People with Vision Impairments Lack Access to Eyeglasses 14/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s one of the world’s oldest health technologies with recorded use by the Greeks and Romans – and modern eye glasses appearing on the noses of Venetian monks and scholars as early as the 13th century. And yet only about 36% of the estimated 1.25 billion people who need corrective eyewear for common distance vision […] Continue reading -> Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] Continue reading -> Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
World Leaders Secure $2.2-billion to Tackle Africa’s Dirty Cooking Crisis 15/05/2024 Kizito Makoye In a ground-breaking move, global leaders on Tuesday made an unprecedented financial pledge to tackle the dirty cooking fuels crisis, which silently claims millions of lives across Africa. The Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, chaired jointly by the leaders of Tanzania and Norway, alongside the African Development Bank, secured financial commitments from governments, development […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbates April Heatwaves in Asia 15/05/2024 Disha Shetty Heatwaves across Asia this April that sent temperatures soaring above 40℃ were made hotter and more likely by human-induced climate change, according to an analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The group has done more than 70 studies on a range of extreme weather events […] Continue reading -> Upwards of 800 Million People with Vision Impairments Lack Access to Eyeglasses 14/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s one of the world’s oldest health technologies with recorded use by the Greeks and Romans – and modern eye glasses appearing on the noses of Venetian monks and scholars as early as the 13th century. And yet only about 36% of the estimated 1.25 billion people who need corrective eyewear for common distance vision […] Continue reading -> Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] Continue reading -> Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Climate Change Exacerbates April Heatwaves in Asia 15/05/2024 Disha Shetty Heatwaves across Asia this April that sent temperatures soaring above 40℃ were made hotter and more likely by human-induced climate change, according to an analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The group has done more than 70 studies on a range of extreme weather events […] Continue reading -> Upwards of 800 Million People with Vision Impairments Lack Access to Eyeglasses 14/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s one of the world’s oldest health technologies with recorded use by the Greeks and Romans – and modern eye glasses appearing on the noses of Venetian monks and scholars as early as the 13th century. And yet only about 36% of the estimated 1.25 billion people who need corrective eyewear for common distance vision […] Continue reading -> Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] Continue reading -> Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Upwards of 800 Million People with Vision Impairments Lack Access to Eyeglasses 14/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s one of the world’s oldest health technologies with recorded use by the Greeks and Romans – and modern eye glasses appearing on the noses of Venetian monks and scholars as early as the 13th century. And yet only about 36% of the estimated 1.25 billion people who need corrective eyewear for common distance vision […] Continue reading -> Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] Continue reading -> Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] Continue reading -> Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] Continue reading -> Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Investments in Healthcare Workforce, Particularly Nurses, Would Yield Tenfold Economic Returns For Global South 12/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy More than 4.5 billion people lack access to essential health services, while globally 60 million lives are lost due to failures of health care systems, translating into a 15% loss of global GDP. Yet the consequences in terms of poor health and economies are preventable through increased investments in nurses who deliver upwards of 80% […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts