Equity and Health

RT @H_S_Global: From @wef: Why global health equity begins at home with telemedicine Telemedicine could help the world achieve health equity by bringing care to the home - here's how buff.ly/3CDlrjF #equity #globalhealth #telemedicine

We must act now to implement new @marmotihe review to address widening #healthinequalities across London – top 10% earn 10X more than poorest 10%, with those people earning 30% less than rest of UK @LDN_Health @MayorofLondon #BuildBackFairer bit.ly/3ZQf6LB

109,000 people died from a drug overdose in 2021—more than double the number in 2015. ✍️ Stateline's @christinevestal pew.org/3XFC06o

Programa Certificado en Epidemiología para Gestores de Salud de la Universidad de Johns Hopkins @JohnsHopkinsSPH @pahowho PAHO/WHO #GPHO 18 marzo-22 noviembre 2023 Fecha límite de inscripción 28 Enero de 2023 publichealth.jhu.edu/academics/onli…

Register before Feb. 1 and get those early bird rates for CUGH 2023, April 14-16! Global Health at a Crossroads: Equity, Climate Change and Microbial Threats cugh2023.org #CUGH2023 #Globalhealth #globalhealthconference #equity #climatechange @keithmartinmd @CUGH_TAC

A survey of U.S. adults who are vaccinated against COVID-19 found that many of them have not received a bivalent booster shot because they either do not know they are eligible for one or are unaware the shots exist. healio.com/news/infectiou…

Global state of education-related inequality in COVID-19 vaccine coverage, structural barriers, vaccine hesitancy, and vaccine refusal: findings from the Global COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Report: Nearly one billion people in low- and middle-income countries lack access to health facilities with reliable electricity. @stefancanderson | @WHO @WorldBank @IRENA healthpolicy-watch.news/one-billion-pe…

Wastewater surveillance has provided valuable information during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the U.S. system needs sustained funding and to be implemented more equitably across regions and demographic groups, according to a new report.  nyti.ms/3GZz0va

Sources of Innovation in Gene Therapies — Approaches to Achieving Affordable Prices | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

RT @Reuters: From @reuterspictures: People across East Asia prepare to celebrate the start of the Year of the Rabbit 🐇

Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: experience from six countries gh.bmj.com/content/8/Supp…

Trying to Stop Long COVID Before It Even Starts - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Public health surveillance Daily! paper.li/GlobalPHObserv… Thanks to @equitylist #covid19 #covid #GPHO

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Reasons for Receiving or Not Receiving Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations Among Adults — United States, November 1–December 10, 2022 cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer’s Disease | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…?

COVID-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response strategy - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Essential packages of health services in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: what have we learnt? | BMJ Global Health gh.bmj.com/content/8/Supp…

The risk of death from influenza has declined over time, but globally, hundreds of thousands of people still die from the disease each year. Read our recent post: ourworldindata.org/influenza-deat…