UN Calls on Polities to Help End Discrimination in Healthcare
The United States has declared it will enforce the UN’s motion for this goal.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Significant Progress Made in Containing Poliovirus Globally, says CDC
Following the eradication of wild poliovirus type 2 in 2015, trivalent vaccines were replaced with bivalent OPV.
Severity of Health Care Attacks in Syria Reported by WHO
A total of 938 people were directly harmed in 402 incidents of violence against health care in Syria.
ART Initiation Decreasing Prevalence of Advanced HIV in High-Burden Countries
Decreases were seen in Haiti, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Swaziland, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.
More US Travelers Need to Get Vaccinated Against Measles
Although the disease was eliminated in the US in 2000, foreign travel can still bring it home today.
Global Child and Adolescent Mortality Decreases From 1990 to 2015
Countries with lower sociodemographic index had a larger proportion of mortality burden in 2015 vs 1990.
Smoking Rates Worldwide Decreased Since Global Tobacco Control Treaty
Countries agreed to implement measures, such as tobacco taxes and smoke-free public areas.
Global Heart Disease Burden Worsens with Limited Fruit, Vegetable Consumption
A new analysis finds that low consumption is linked to more lost years of healthy life.
Importance of Clinical Officers in Kenya
Clinical officers outnumber physicians working in Kenya and tend to work in rural areas, where the need for health care is greatest.
US Patients Have Lower Mortality Treated by International Doctors
This is compared to mortality rates for Medicare patients treated by US-trained doctors.
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