Health

$37 bn investment needed to achieve global health targets: Study

An investment of USD 371 billion will be required to achieve key global health targets and prevent 97 million premature deaths in 67 countries, including India, by 2030, a study has said.

Publication Date: 
18/07/2017
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Global, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Health Policy, WHO, Diabetes, Cancer, India, China, Indonesia, Non Communicable Diseases
Health

Inform about new dengue, malaria patients, private medical centres told

In a new set of instructions for private diagnostic labs and hospitals, the Health Department has asked them to inform its officials about the arrival of any new dengue and malaria patient at their

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Amritsar (T), Dengue, Malaria, Health Policy, Vector Borne Diseases, Health
Health

State favours own e-health platform over Centre’s

KOZHIKODE: A cold war is on between Kerala and the Union Government over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship e-Hospital platform under the Digital India Initiative, with the state giving impetu

Publication Date: 
15/06/2017
Ajay Kanth
New Indian Express (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Health Care, Cancer, Ayurveda, Health Policy, Health
Health

WHO revises antibiotics protocol

In an effort to curb antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) has divided the drugs into three categories — access, watch and reserve — specifying which are to be used for common

Publication Date: 
08/06/2017
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Antibiotics, WHO, Drugs, Diseases, Health Policy, Health
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Malawi: WHO Urges Member States to Include Tobacco Control in Their Policies

Blantyre — The World Health Organization (WHO) of the Africa Region Office has called upon its member states to include tobacco control in their national policies, plans and SDG implementation fram

Publication Date: 
26/05/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Tobacco, WHO, Africa, Health Policy
Health

73% of docs oppose push for generic drugs: Study

Voice Concerns Over Quality, Qualification Of Chemists

Publication Date: 
09/05/2017
Rupali Mukherjee
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drugs, Health Care, Health Policy, Drug Industry, Health
Health

From panic and neglect to investing in health security - Financing pandemic preparedness at a national level

Deadly infectious pandemics will mark humanity's future, as they have shaped its past. Neither individual governments nor the global community can entirely prevent the emergence of infectious threats. But we can be much better prepared.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2017
International Working Group on Financing Preparedness
Tags:
Epidemics, Infectious Diseases, Private Sector, Animal Diseases, Health Policy, Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Natural Disasters, Africa, Influenza, Asia, N C America, South America
Health

World report on health policy and systems research

This first World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research reflects the importance of monitoring and measuring developments in the field. It provides evidence that allows national policy-makers and funders to see how their investments contribute to the generation and use of policy-relevant knowledge.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2017
World Health Organization
Tags:
Health Policy, Medical Systems, Medical Research, India, Global
Health

Governing multisectoral action for health in low- and middle-income countries

he 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by countries at the United Nations in 2015 sets forth a comprehensive vision of development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets across all aspects of society [1]. The 2030 Agenda document is ambitious and explicit about the need for integrated and sustained action across society to address complex challenges such as ending extreme poverty, reducing widening economic inequality, tackling climate change, and reducing and preventing conflict.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2017
Kumanan Rasanathan, Sara Bennett, Vincent Atkins
PLoS Medicine
1-9
Tags:
Health, Developing Countries, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Health Care, Health For All, Sleeping Sickness, Uganda, Pakistan, Child Health, Malnutrition, Alcoholism, Tobacco, Philippines, Health Policy, Poverty
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Changes in prices, sales, consumer spending, and beverage consumption one year after a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Berkeley, California, US: A before-and-after study

Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) meant to improve health and raise revenue are being adopted, yet evaluation is scarce. This study examines the association of the first penny per ounce SSB excise tax in the United States, in Berkeley, California, with beverage prices, sales, store revenue/consumer spending, and usual beverage intake.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
18/04/2017
Lynn D. Silver, Shu Wen Ng, Suzanne Ryan-Ibarra & et al
PLoS Medicine
1-9
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Consumption Patterns, United States Of America (US), Health Policy, California

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