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CLAN (Caring & Living As Neighbours)

Official Event Report Newborn Screening - Promoting Equitable Healthcare Regardless of Economic Status 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development

25 Mar 2024

This is a report of an online event that&nbsp;was an opportunity to bring a brad range of stakeholders together to explore the key role Newborn Screening (NBS) plays in promoting equitable healthcare for All.&nbsp; WIth a commitment to reducing the preventable mortality associated with CAH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) by 30% by 2030, the @MATES4Kids Network has identified urgent scaling of...

Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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World Obesity Federation

Accelerating action on Obesity: catalysing a multi-sectoral approach (World Obesity Atlas)

Report

20 Mar 2024

Today, no country in the world is on track to reach the target to ‘halt the rise’ of obesity prevalence by 2030, as set in 2013 by the World Health Organization and approved by all governments. In reality, rather than a zero increase, the World Obesity Atlas 2022 (World Obesity Federation, 2022) estimated that global obesity is likely to have doubled over this time. By 2035, over half the w...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Obesity Federation

World Obesity Atlas 2024

Publication

20 Mar 2024

A report providing a&nbsp;comprehensive overview of obesity rates and trends worldwide, with clear projections as to how the trajectory of the fallout from obesity is likely to affect the world.

PublicationMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rights+6

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International League of Dermatological Societies

Global Psoriasis Atlas (GPA) Annual Report, 2023-2024

Report

11 Mar 2024

The latest annual report from the Global Psoriasis Atlas (GPA), detailing the structure and objectives of the atlas, as well as progress made in their four key research areas in the last year. One particular focal point of this report is SKINSCAPE, their 2023 skin disease field survey in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Together with international collaborators, including members of the Global Atop...

ReportMultistakeholder Collaboration

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International Society of Nephrology

Global variations in funding and use of hemodialysis accesses: an international report using the ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas

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 funding and availability of hemodialysis accesses used for initiating HD across world regions.

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World Obesity Federation

World Obesity Atlas 2024

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 populations most adversely affected. &nbsp; Key Statistics: &nbsp; 79% of adults with overweight and obesity will live in Low- and Middle-In...

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Infant and young child feeding

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 to be stunted (too short for age), 45 million were estimated to be wasted (too thin for height), and 37 million were overweight or obese. About 44%...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Household air pollution

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 pollution. Household air pollution was responsible for an estimated 3.2 million deaths per year in 2020, including over 237 000 deaths of children u...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution

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World Health Organization

Human papillomavirus and cancer

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 controls the infection by itself. Persistent HPV infection with high-risk HPV types is the cause of cervical cancer and is associated with cancers of th...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Commercial determinants of health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Commercial determinants of health are the private sector activities that affect people’s health, directly or indirectly, positively or negatively. The private sector influences the social, physical and cultural environments through business actions and societal engagements; for example, supply chains, labour conditions, product design and packaging, research funding, lobbying,...

Briefs & Fact SheetsSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Malnutrition

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight, obesity, and resulting diet-related noncommunicable diseases. In 2022, 2.5 billion adults were overweight, including 890 million who were living with obesity, while 390 million were underweight. Globally in 2022, 149 million children under 5 wer...

Briefs & Fact SheetsNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Adolescent and young adult health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key Facts: Over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2021, about 4500 every day. Young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of death among all age groups. Injuries (including road traffic injuries and drowning), interpersonal violence, self-harm and maternal conditions are the leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults. Half...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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