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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe Women Leaders in Health and Conflict Initiative celebrated the 2021 International Women's Day by convening an online roundtable to address gender equitable leadership in health in conflict-affected settings....
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe food system and climate are closely interconnected. Although most research has focused on the need to adopt a plant-based diet to help mitigate climate change, there is also an urgent need to examine the effects of...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe majority of donations of COVID-19 vaccines made to COVAX, the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), and African countries have been ad hoc and provided with little notice while the vaccines themselves have had...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe first laboratory-confirmed case of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant (B.1.1.529) was identified from a specimen collected on 9 November 2021 in South Africa. In consideration...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective To identify and compare antimicrobial treatment guidelines from African Union (AU) Member States. Methods We reviewed national government agency and public health institutes'websites and communicated with...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe World Health Assembly agreed to initiate the global process required to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument under the WHO Constitution to strengthen pandemic prevention,...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective To assess the availability and gaps in data for measuring progress towards health-related sustainable development goals and other targets in selected low- and middle-income countries. Methods We used 14...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedGavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is to support the introduction, procurement and delivery of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. On 2 December, the Gavi board announced an initial investment of US$ 155.7 million to cover the needs of...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIf it were not for the greenhouse, the 350 000 residents of Yakutsk would be a long way from the nearest fresh tomato. The capital of the Yakutia region of the Russian Federation about 450 kilometres from the Arctic...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedInequitable distribution and access to vaccines for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have compounded the pandemic and caused excess deaths as well as additional economic, social and political disruption. (1) Over...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective To examine inequalities and opportunity gaps in co-coverage of health and nutrition interventions in seven countries. Methods We used data from the most recent (2015-2018) demographic and health surveys of...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective To describe the implementation, coverage and performance of the national kangaroo mother care programme in Bangladesh. Methods Kangaroo mother care services for clinically stable babies with birth weight...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedTo achieve sustainable health equity, we need to address two intertwined challenges: social inequality and the climate crisis. They both create health inequalities within and between countries; when these health...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWHO recommended that convalescent plasma not be used in the treatment of non-severe COVID-19 patients. The recommendation was part of a living guideline update on COVID-19 therapeutics released on 7 December. An...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe prevalence of schistosomiasis among school-aged children in subSaharan Africa fell by almost 60% in the past 20 years, the decline associated with the scaling up of preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel. This...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective To assess missed opportunities for hypertension screening at health facilities in India and describe systematic differences in these missed opportunities across states and sociodemographic groups. Methods We...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted malaria services, leading to a marked increase in cases and deaths in 2020. According to the WHO World malaria report, published on 6 December, there were an...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedCaption: Two boys sleep under a mosquito net in Banalia, a small town In Tshopo province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the countries to see estimated malaria cases rise in 2020. According to the World Health...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMeeting in a Special Session, the second-ever since WHO's founding in 1948, the Health Assembly adopted a sole decision titled, "The World Together" on 1 December. The decision establishes an intergovernmental...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective To pilot an intervention on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in an antenatal care and maternity unit in Maputo, Mozambique, during 2017-2019. Methods We...