• Ahead of the 65th World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place in Geneva next week, International agency Oxfam has warned that the fundamental role of the World Health Organization (WHO) as the leading agency for global health is at risk because it has suffered from a severe financial crisis and related heavy staff losses. (oxfam.org)
  • SAN DIEGO - April 14, 2019 - IDEA Health & Fitness Association, the world's leading organization of fitness and wellness professionals since 1982, today announced cancellation of the 2020 IDEA World Convention, IDEA World Club & Studio Summit, and IDEA World Nutrition & Behavior Change Summit. (athleticbusiness.com)
  • IDEA Health & Fitness Association is the world's leading organization of fitness and wellness professionals and has been for more than 38 years. (athleticbusiness.com)
  • AMMAN (March 8, 2023) - Global humanitarian organization World Vision is warning of a worsening mental health crisis in northwest Syria following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and Türkiye (Turkey) one month ago. (worldvision.org)
  • World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (worldvision.org)
  • Examples of the World Health Organization EWARS supplies used for public health surveillance of Rohingya refugee populations in Bangladesh, 2017-2018. (cdc.gov)
  • As a part of a massive response, the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), has implemented an Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) across the Rohingya settlements. (cdc.gov)
  • The World Trade Organization needs an updated toolbox in the face of rising industrial policies across the globe. (cfr.org)
  • We have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at a global level,' World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (commondreams.org)
  • Get ready,' said a top World Health Organization official. (commondreams.org)
  • The World Health Organization on Friday raised the global risk of the new coronavirus to its highest level and reiterated the necessity of worldwide containment efforts as U.S. President Donald Trump continued to face widespread criticism over how his administration has handled the public health crisis so far. (commondreams.org)
  • The warmline is managed by the Justice In Mental Health Organization and other peer-support organizations. (woodtv.com)
  • In 2015, the Health Ministry abruptly stopped publishing its weekly updates on relevant health indicators, a key source of public health information, although it still reports some data to the Pan American Health Organization. (hrw.org)
  • The number of suspected and confirmed malaria cases in Venezuela has consistently increased in recent years - from nearly 36,000 in 2009 to more than 406,000 in 2017 , according to the World Health Organization. (hrw.org)
  • Malaria is currently an ongoing epidemic in nine Venezuelan states , according to an official document by the Pan American Health Organization, UNAIDS, and the Venezuelan Health Ministry. (hrw.org)
  • The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that the climate crisis could roll back decades of progress toward improving health. (listbuildersjv.com)
  • Rejoined the World Health Organization (WHO). (benjerry.com)
  • Aleppo, Syria, 27 March, 2015 - Ahead of next week's third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait, the World Health Organization (WHO) appeals for US$ 124 million to continue its support to health services in the Syrian Arab Republic. (who.int)
  • And from that, the International Alliance for Diabetes Action (IADA), a nonprofit organization, was created as a "partnership of international organizations from various sectors working together to connect, share, and collaborate both bilaterally and through a wide variety of events to collectively improve diabetes care in humanitarian crises," she said during the IDF symposium. (medscape.com)
  • In February 2016, the World Health Organization declared an outbreak of Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. (cdc.gov)
  • Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. (bvsalud.org)
  • There were five functional exercises during which we practiced a pandemic response, including mock media interviews and conversations with the World Health Organization," says Dr. Redd. (cdc.gov)
  • Following a third Diabetes in Humanitarian Crises symposium, held at Harvard University in October, another report will be coming out soon with updates to the Boston Declaration, including priorities for 2023-2025, she said. (medscape.com)
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks on the state of the COVID-19 crisis, December 31, 2022. (wsws.org)
  • Research conducted by World Vision in 2022 showed that 66% of respondents believed children were "very likely" to act on suicidal thoughts. (worldvision.org)
  • In 2022, 89% of World Vision's total operating expenses were used for programs that benefit children, families, and communities in need. (worldvision.org)
  • On this World Health Day (April 7, 2022), WHO is issuing an urgent call for accelerated action by leaders and all people to preserve and protect health and mitigate the climate crisis as part of an "Our planet, our health" campaign marking the organization's founding day, which falls at a time of heightened conflict and fragility. (mediamonitors.net)
  • The number of days U.S. health care workers reported that their mental health was not good in the past 30 days increased more than other workers between 2018 and 2022, the report found. (counton2.com)
  • Overall, about 46 percent of health care workers reported feeling burnout often or very often in 2022, compared with 32 percent in 2018. (counton2.com)
  • More than double the number of health workers reported harassment at work in 2022 than in 2018 - 13.4 percent in 2022, up from 6.4 percent in 2018. (counton2.com)
  • The data presented in today's Vital Signs report further support the imperative given in the US Surgeon General's 2022 report addressing health worker burnout, which emphasized the need for action to create a system where health workers can thrive. (cdc.gov)
  • In February 2022, Kehlenbrink and colleagues published findings from a survey of 83 humanitarian crises areas in 27 countries in 2018 conducted by a consortium including the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Rescue Committee, Doctors Without Borders, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. (medscape.com)
  • WHO developed EWARS in 2015 and has deployed it in humanitarian crises, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters in South Sudan, Chad, Nigeria, Fiji, and Yemen ( 6 , 8 , 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • We're fighting numerous disease outbreaks across the world, picking up and analysing hundreds of potential signals every week and our work goes far beyond emergencies. (bvsalud.org)
  • According to a survey from the American Psychological Association (APA), 6 in 10 psychologists say they are completely booked, as therapists remain in high demand from the adverse mental health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. (theyeshivaworld.com)
  • We had a workforce shortage before the pandemic where we just didn't have enough therapists to meet the mental health needs of this country," Vaile Wright, a senior director of health-care innovation at the APA told the Washington Post. (theyeshivaworld.com)
  • If your family business closed down because of the pandemic, you might be in a crisis moment dealing with it, but the effects after that are still going to show up in people's psychological experience weeks, months or years afterwards. (theyeshivaworld.com)
  • The convention and its specialty events, originally scheduled for July 8-12, in Anaheim, Calif, were called off due to public health and safety concerns caused by the unprecedented Coronavirus pandemic. (athleticbusiness.com)
  • Cambridge, Mass., September 30, 2020- A new study examining the effect of Universal Basic Income (UBI) in Kenya shows that cash transfers improved recipients' food security and health and these gains sustained through the policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and the hungry season. (mit.edu)
  • This is a slight improvement from pre-pandemic figures but it is still alarmingly high, given global evidence that even short periods of youth unemployment are associated with long-term mental health impacts, lasting well into middle-age. (smh.com.au)
  • Australia showed glimpses of world-leading vision in its response to the pandemic, which saw us record some of the lowest COVID-19 case numbers in the world. (smh.com.au)
  • She has been on the road with her crew for more than 60 days during the COVID-19 pandemic, posting reports from the frontline of the crisis to her millions of YouTube and Twitter followers. (abc.net.au)
  • LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) - Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services has launched a warmline to help Michiganders with persistent mental health issues amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (woodtv.com)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fault lines of inequity across the world, underlining the urgency for creating sustainable, well-being societies which do not breach ecological limits and which ensure that all people have access to life-saving and life-enhancing tools, systems, policies and environments. (mediamonitors.net)
  • Japan was the largest provider of development aid in response to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis among the Group of Seven industrialized nations in 2020 despite the hit its economy suffered during the pandemic, according to an independent study. (kyodonews.net)
  • A new report released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found they are reporting harassment, burnout and symptoms of poor mental health at levels higher than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. (counton2.com)
  • Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, health care worker burnout was at a "crisis level. (counton2.com)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic only intensified many health workers long-standing challenges and contributed to new and worsening concerns including compassion fatigue, depression, anxiety, substance use disorders and suicidal thoughts," CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry told reporters Tuesday. (counton2.com)
  • The report is the first to compare self-reported well-being and working conditions for health workers from before and after the start of the pandemic. (counton2.com)
  • Pandemic influenza is the third global crisis looming on the horizon. (who.int)
  • The pandemic is still a major public health crisis. (bvsalud.org)
  • 00:04:59 Ultimately we need to invest in preparedness and surveillance to stop the next pandemic and ensure that everyone has access to quality health services. (bvsalud.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic and the five essential elements in mass trauma intervention: perspectives from World Trade Center Health Program mental health clinicians. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC's Dr. Stephen Redd has deep and diverse experiences in responding to public health emergencies, including the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic during which he served as incident commander for the CDC's response. (cdc.gov)
  • In his current role as the head of CDC's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, he oversees CDC's efforts to ensure not just that CDC is operationally ready, but also that state and local authorities are ready to respond to a health crisis like a flu pandemic. (cdc.gov)
  • The 1918 flu pandemic killed at least 50 million people around the world, including an estimated 675,000 in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • While exercises and planning helped prepare the agency for a pandemic response, surprises and challenges still occurred, as they likely will during any public health emergency. (cdc.gov)
  • To many, the economic impact brought by this pandemic overshadows the health crisis eclipsing humanity. (lu.se)
  • The poor environmental conditions and extremely high population density coupled with a preexisting lack of health services have left the Rohingya community vulnerable to communicable diseases and outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
  • Page 2 management of crisis situations caused by outbreaks. (who.int)
  • This includes making sure that CDC people are trained, emergency response systems are functional, and medicines and supplies are ready and available for any public health emergency, from hurricanes to global influenza outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
  • Cybin ( NYSE:CYBN ) ( NEO:CYBN ) is on the leading edge of transformational psychedelic therapeutics , developing novel and proprietary therapeutics to improve clinical outcomes and the mental health and wellbeing of patients. (mystateline.com)
  • America's mental health therapists are facing a tidal wave of patients seeking help for anxiety and depression, creating an unprecedented shortage of professionals who can treat the disorders. (theyeshivaworld.com)
  • As a certified mental health practitioner, I am still exploring to what degree this theory is credible and in what percentage of situations that is cited it is really to blame. (theyeshivaworld.com)
  • I read this blog with great concern, and it's disheartening to see the growing mental health crisis. (theyeshivaworld.com)
  • Mental health experts at World Vision who have been working in Syria since 2013 believe that the devastation and displacement resulting from the catastrophic February 6 earthquake is likely to increase the mental health needs of children and their families. (worldvision.org)
  • Mental health experts at World Vision who have witnessed horror scenarios like this unfold before, have said that this level of mental anguish and suffering, if left untreated, will lead to a mental health catastrophe that was already growing due to the protracted conflict in Syria," said Johan Mooij, World Vision's Syria crisis response director. (worldvision.org)
  • Only this will ensure that children's mental health needs are covered, and their trauma addressed. (worldvision.org)
  • Hundreds gathered at Springfield Baptist Church for a rally to address two crises facing Greenville: affordable housing and mental health. (wspa.com)
  • Another goal is mental health. (wspa.com)
  • Find full funding for the 988-suicide hotline, operated by Mental Health America," said Mike Hoyt, with the mental health research committee. (wspa.com)
  • It is clear the major political parties have forgotten young people, and as Australia's Mental Health Think Tank points out in its latest policy paper, this critical omission will have significant repercussions on the mental health of this group. (smh.com.au)
  • While improvements to mental health treatment services are clearly needed, policy changes are also necessary to tackle the root causes of young adults developing poor mental health. (smh.com.au)
  • Tertiary education buffers the mental health effects of joblessness. (smh.com.au)
  • Finally, the government must double Commonwealth-supported places for mental health professions and scale up digital mental health programs. (smh.com.au)
  • Now is the opportunity to show the same visionary, whole-of-government mobilisation to address the youth mental health crisis from all angles. (smh.com.au)
  • Professor Maree Teesson and Dr Marlee Bower, Australia's Mental Health Think Tank and The Matilda Centre, The University of Sydney. (smh.com.au)
  • The STAR program uses clinicians and EMTs or paramedics to respond to nonviolent mental health crises, instead of police. (fox40.com)
  • DENVER (AP) - Christian Glass was a geology geek, a painter and a young man beset by a mental health crisis when he called 911 for help getting his car unstuck in a Colorado mountain town last year. (fox40.com)
  • As part of a $19 million settlement this spring with Glass' parents, Colorado's Clear Creek County this month joined a growing roster of U.S. communities that respond to nonviolent mental health crises with clinicians and EMTs or paramedics, instead of police. (fox40.com)
  • If someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, law enforcement is not what they need," said Tamara Lynn of the National De-Escalation Training Center, a private group that trains police to handle such situations. (fox40.com)
  • If you have a mental health emergency, call the National Suicide Prevention hotline at 888.273.8255 or the Disaster Distress Helpline at 800.985.5990. (woodtv.com)
  • The warmline will help individuals with long-term mental health challenges find someone to talk to - someone who has lived these challenges themselves - and do it while staying safe and staying home," Gordon said in a release. (woodtv.com)
  • Around the world mental health disorders affect one in ten people at any given time and one in four of us over a lifetime, and often it is the most vulnerable in society who suffer in silence. (mhinnovation.net)
  • The scale of the problem goes beyond those living with mental health problems, impacting families, care-givers and communities. (mhinnovation.net)
  • Despite the scale of this forgotten crisis it is chronically underfunded, especially in developing countries where less than 1% of all financial aid provided for health is spent on mental health. (mhinnovation.net)
  • In 2015, the world took a huge step forward by including mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (mhinnovation.net)
  • Governments pledged to reduce premature mortality by one third by 2030 through promoting mental health and well-being, to tackle treatment of substance abuse and to achieve universal health coverage. (mhinnovation.net)
  • To achieve their SDG targets, all governments will need to make mental health a priority in both policies and budgets. (mhinnovation.net)
  • Many large countries including India, Nigeria and China have recently developed new mental health policies and the issue is gaining more coverage. (mhinnovation.net)
  • This #GlobalChallenges debate focuses on how we address and make progress on mental health around the world. (mhinnovation.net)
  • And what will it take to ensure that mental health becomes a top priority for governments between now and 2030? (mhinnovation.net)
  • Those things might include appreciating nature and what it gives us, understanding the environmental impact of our consumer choices and potentially scaling them back, or nourishing the friendships, and community and neighbourhood relationships that are so essential to our mental health. (wvi.org)
  • The Hill ) - Health care workers are facing a serious mental health crisis. (counton2.com)
  • Workers who said they trusted management, had supervisor help, had enough time to complete work and felt that their workplace supported productivity reported less burnout and lowered the odds of poor mental health compared with those who did not. (counton2.com)
  • But healthcare has been late to the idea, Chosewood said, largely because employers see health workers as immune to the burnout and mental health challenges facing the workforce in general. (counton2.com)
  • The CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed a campaign to raise awareness of health workers mental health issues, and provide resources to hospital leaders and other employers of health workers to remove barriers that impede mental health care. (counton2.com)
  • This month's CDC Vital Signs highlights the urgent need to address the mental health of our nation's health workers. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC's Vital Signs report spotlights serious health threats like mental health issues, and the science-based actions that can be taken to address health worker mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • Health workers, including clinicians, as well as mental health, public health, long term care professionals, and those and other support roles have long faced challenges to their well-being and mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, also known as NIOSH, is actively working to help address this issue through the new health worker mental health initiatives. (cdc.gov)
  • One goal of the initiative is to raise awareness of health workers' mental health issues, particularly focusing on the role that work conditions play and what employers can do. (cdc.gov)
  • Today's Vital Signs report is one of the many critical research projects focused on health workers to learn more about their mental health needs and what strategies can address those needs to optimize their well-being. (cdc.gov)
  • from preventing mothers and their children dying in childbirth to tackling silent emergencies like antimicrobial resistance and mental health to the prevention, screening and control of HIV, TB, malaria and neglected tropical diseases. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2021). The perspective of this commentary is that of mental health clinicians at the World Trade Center Health Program (the "Program"), which monitors and treats persons affected by a prior mass disaster, the 9/11 terror attacks. (cdc.gov)
  • Depression: A global crisis: World Mental Health Day. (bvsalud.org)
  • Earlier this year, NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., met with research and development leaders from the world's leading biopharmaceutical companies to discuss the opioid crisis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Despite the happy talk given by Xi, in the coming weeks and months the crisis in China will only deepen. (wsws.org)
  • Increasingly, we're recognizing that we can't care for the patients and the communities that we serve if we don't step outside the clinic and address this driver of health impacts, which is climate change. (democracynow.org)
  • The 70-page report, "' Scared in Public and Now No Privacy': Human Rights and Public Health Impacts of Indonesia's Anti-LGBT Moral Panic ," documents how hateful rhetoric has translated into unlawful action by Indonesian authorities - sometimes in collaboration with militant Islamist groups - against people presumed to be LGBT. (hrw.org)
  • Rapidly losing customers in rich countries due to higher taxes and public health campaigns about the negative impacts of smoking, cigarette companies have focused their considerable advertising power on the developing world, which can ill afford the cost of buying a highly addictive product and the huge burden smoking imposes on already strained health systems. (ipsnews.net)
  • Those countries that have high numbers of people with health conditions put extra stress on the health system and we must work with those focused on the climate crisis which directly impacts health. (bvsalud.org)
  • O ver the course of the 20th century, the United States faced three major public-health crises: the polio epidemic, excessively high smoking rates, and HIV/AIDS. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • Without action to halt and reverse the obesity epidemic, the health burden on U.S. society, currently estimated at 100 billion dollars a year, will be so great its economy will be in real trouble, he said. (ipsnews.net)
  • The ultimate goal is to build a robust and resilient health system that addresses both common and potentially epidemic diseases. (who.int)
  • It examines major incidents between November 2016 and June 2018, and the far-reaching impact of this anti-LGBT "moral panic" on the lives of sexual and gender minorities and the serious consequences for public health in the country. (hrw.org)
  • If you compare data among the G-7 members, we can see that Japan played a significant role as a major donor even at the time of the coronavirus crisis," said Kodera, now a senior research associate at the London-based ODI. (kyodonews.net)
  • Among its various activities, WHO is promoting the construction of hospitals and health facilities that can survive the impact of natural disasters, including high-intensity earthquakes and tropical storms. (who.int)
  • Over the past 10 years CDC has responded to and learned from a number of public health emergencies, from Ebola and Zika to devastating natural disasters. (cdc.gov)
  • IDEA® is shifting its focus to develop alternate channels to deliver the exceptional content that was planned for this year's IDEA World, plus the specialty programming planned for IDEA World Club & Studio Summit, IDEA World Nutrition & Behavior Change Summit and IDEA Success Academy. (athleticbusiness.com)
  • Our programme represents the practical will and the social interests of those who keep this country running, even in times of crisis. (marxist.com)
  • The World Social Security Report 2010/11 monitors social security coverage across the world, and examines the role of social security in times of crisis. (ilo.org)
  • This series is called: Times of Crisis. (lu.se)
  • Resilience is important in times of crisis, and observing how governments respond today becomes a point of departure for handling crisis in the future. (lu.se)
  • The report's final section features a typology of national approaches to social security, with a focus on countries' responses to the economic crisis of 2008 -- and the lessons to be learned, especially concerning the short- and long-term management of pension schemes. (ilo.org)
  • In January of 1944, he used martial language to speak to the nation about a war on polio, and made an explicit analogy to the nation's ongoing efforts in World War II: "The dread disease that we battle at home, like the enemy we oppose abroad, shows no concern, no pity for the young. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • While usually health workers care diligently for others in their time of need, it is now our nation's health workers who are suffering and we must act," Houry said. (counton2.com)
  • Health leaders are warning governments of "unimaginable" health consequences from the climate crisis if world leaders don't take decisive action to decarbonize. (democracynow.org)
  • This comes as the world health leaders are calling on governments to match their climate commitments to limit global heating in order to protect people from what they call "unimaginable" health consequences. (democracynow.org)
  • Oxfam Policy Advisor Mohga Kamal-Yanni said "There is a very real danger that continued cost cutting would result in even greater losses of critical staff and expertise, diminishing the WHO's capacity to support governments to strengthen health systems. (oxfam.org)
  • Through its World Health Day campaign, WHO is calling on governments, organizations, corporations, and citizens to share actions they are taking to protect the planet and human health. (mediamonitors.net)
  • The Guardian' reports that the group also warns that the governments of the world are ill-prepared to manage the impact of warming global temperatures. (listbuildersjv.com)
  • From the earliest detections of COVID-19, governments around the world have been developing social and economic strategies in response to what would become one of the greatest challenges to healthcare systems known to date. (lu.se)
  • Mohga Kamal-Yanni will be available for interviews or comments throughout the World Health Assembly in Geneva next week. (oxfam.org)
  • The Geneva Charter for well-being highlights what global commitments are needed to achieve equitable health and social outcomes now and for future generations, without destroying the health of our planet. (mediamonitors.net)
  • GENEVA, June 17 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Tuesday told hundreds of aid workers in Geneva that the empowerment of women was vital to better resolve a multitude of problems facing the world, including multiple conflicts and gross human rights abuses. (unhcr.org)
  • Dr. Allen Maina, chief of public health at the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR), told a U.N. briefing in Geneva that since May more than 1,200 children from Ethiopia and South Sudan under the age of five had died in nine camps in White Nile state, home to one of Sudan's larger refugee populations. (srnnews.com)
  • How can we better support the public health emergency response workforce during crises? (who.int)
  • However, during crises a modified mentorship-like program may foster temporary support and empowerment within the workforce. (who.int)
  • Parry AE, Colquhoun SM, Field E, Kirk M, Durrheim D, Housen T. How can we better support the public health emergency response workforce during crises? (who.int)
  • We go inside COP26 to speak with Jeni Miller, executive director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance and co-chair of the World Health Organization's Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate Change and Health, and medical student Amit Singh, a member of Students for Global Health. (democracynow.org)
  • Climate change is a health emergency, and it is my ethical duty to speak about it. (democracynow.org)
  • An installation by artist Michael Pinsky at COP26 features giant pollution pods that mimic the air quality of the future in various cities to show the link between climate change and health. (democracynow.org)
  • President Biden has made it clear that climate change will be treated like the crisis it is. (benjerry.com)
  • This Assembly will address the second global crisis: climate change. (who.int)
  • The 2020 IDEA World Convention was on pace to be one of the largest fitness and wellness events in IDEA's ® history. (athleticbusiness.com)
  • Most of the $5.1 billion in official development assistance -- which came on the heels of a 4.8 percent fall in Japan's gross domestic product in 2020, the second sharpest contraction on record -- was targeted at developing countries mainly in Asia and multilateral institutions to assist in their fight against COVID-19 and the economic crisis, he said. (kyodonews.net)
  • Once again, we were called upon to provide care while facing an unfolding public health disaster in parallel with our patients and our colleagues when rates of COVID-19 were soaring in the greater New York City area early in 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • One month on since the devastating earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria, the scale of the humanitarian response has yet to meet the enormous needs of displaced Syrian families and children who have suffered from compounded crises for almost 12 years now. (worldvision.org)
  • The water supply infrastructure has been destroyed and the current availability of safe water inside the Syrian Arab Republic is now at one third of pre-crisis levels. (who.int)
  • We call upon donors to continue to support our efforts to provide basic health services to the Syrian people" says Ms Hoff. (who.int)
  • More than 16 million Syrians and Syrian refugees are in need of humanitarian health support in 2015, for which WHO and its health partners require US$ 687 million. (who.int)
  • Another study, done by a World Vision partner during the escalation of violence in Idleb in 2021, found that among displaced children under 18, 100% of those evaluated had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (worldvision.org)
  • Kiyoshi Kodera, a former Japanese Finance Ministry and World Bank official who now serves as a senior research associate at the London-based Overseas Development Institute, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2021. (kyodonews.net)
  • As of this writing (July 11, 2021), there have been more than 185 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 world-wide, resulting in over 4 million reported deaths (Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center). (cdc.gov)
  • In this webinar on 15 June 2021, 10-12 (CET) , we explore the crisis in disasters and conflicts. (lu.se)
  • Japan committed $5.1 billion in new aid funding last year, compared to $4.4 billion pledged by Germany, $1.9 billion by France and $1.0 billion by Canada, the study by Kiyoshi Kodera, a former Japanese Finance Ministry and World Bank official shows, citing data from the Overseas Development Institute, a British think tank. (kyodonews.net)
  • The Foreign Ministry can produce better global narratives by incorporating, for example, the government's contributions to trust funds run by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank via the Finance Ministry as well, he said. (kyodonews.net)
  • His constant concern to ensure the well-being of all, particularly the most vulnerable segments of our population, has led, among other things, to the creation of a separate ministry responsible for universal access to health care. (who.int)
  • At a time when demands on the WHO are increasing, Member State contributions are falling, which could ultimately lead to a reduction in access to quality health care for millions of people in developing countries. (oxfam.org)
  • The health data analytics firm Airfinity estimates that 9,000 people are presently dying from COVID-19 each day across China. (wsws.org)
  • Following a science-based and targeted approach, we have adapted our COVID-19 response in light of the evolving situation to protect the life and health of the people to the greatest extent possible. (wsws.org)
  • Pence announced early Thursday that he was appointing a global health official, Ambassador Debbie Birx, as the 'White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator,' a decision which Politico described as 'installing a czar-like figure under him to guide the administration's response to the outbreak after a protracted public dance around how to display the power of the federal bureaucracy to the American people. (commondreams.org)
  • The Taiwan Strait is one of the most dense straits in the world, so we are advising people to ensure that they maintain a close watch and prevent collision with other vessels," he said. (yahoo.com)
  • Lockdowns and learning-from-home meant young people faced major disruptions to their social worlds during COVID-19, leading to much higher loneliness than other age groups. (smh.com.au)
  • Extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, land degradation and water scarcity are displacing people and affecting their health. (mediamonitors.net)
  • The climate crisis is a health crisis: the same unsustainable choices that are killing our planet are killing people," said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (mediamonitors.net)
  • Around the world tens of millions of people are in the grip of a hunger and starvation crisis . (wvi.org)
  • Across the world, CDC has people on the ground working to protect the health of those affected by the crisis - people like Leisel Talley, whose mission is to help mothers and babies get the nutrition they need, despite unimaginable circumstances. (cdc.gov)
  • One in every 113 people around the world is now either a refugee, an asylum-seeker, or an internally displaced person. (cdc.gov)
  • Please join us in observance of World Humanitarian Day and use the hashtags #sharehumanity and #WorldHumanitarianDay on social media to raise awareness about the millions of people living in crisis around the world and the aid workers who have devoted their lives to this cause. (cdc.gov)
  • It is estimated that there are more than 1.3 million people in need of health assistance in Aleppo. (who.int)
  • LISBON - New efforts are underway to better coordinate global assistance for people with diabetes endangered by natural and man-made humanitarian crises. (medscape.com)
  • Kehlenbrink has led assistance efforts beginning with the 2019 Boston Declaration, which outlined the urgent needs for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in crisis situations. (medscape.com)
  • During the IDF symposium, Vlasenko, who is associate professor of pharmacy at Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv, summarized the situation for people with diabetes in Ukraine, which became a major crisis soon after the Russian invasion when insulin and other supplies weren't being delivered to pharmacies. (medscape.com)
  • In the years following World War II, it seemed people were winning the war against infections. (cdc.gov)
  • Our job as public health and crisis communicators is to provide people the information they need during an outbreak of infectious disease, so we can effectively support the public, our colleagues, and the organizations offering help during an emergency. (cdc.gov)
  • For public health response to be effective, it is essential that we identify support mechanisms for people working in challenging response environments. (who.int)
  • The Ukraine crisis drags on seemingly without end. (wvi.org)
  • Europe is facing its greatest emergency since World War II. (marxist.com)
  • Military conscripts are now being drafted to help manage the impending health emergency. (marxist.com)
  • Workers and health related professions have historically faced long work hours, often with unpredictable or rotating schedules, or like what I experienced as an emergency physician, working overnights and on holidays. (cdc.gov)
  • Thank you India and thank you all for joining us today for this Zika Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Discussion. (cdc.gov)
  • Health cannot be an afterthought when we have an emergency. (bvsalud.org)
  • Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) principles can help us-as public health communicators-explain risks and recommendations to affected populations. (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco-related deaths have hit five million a year and are expected to double to 10 million a year by 2030, with most fatalities in developing countries, the World Lung Foundation reported last week. (ipsnews.net)
  • Nevertheless, one of the main pledges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to "leave no one behind" and in this time of crisis it is important to keep this in mind. (lu.se)
  • The General Assembly designated World Humanitarian Day to coincide with the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations (UN) headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. (cdc.gov)
  • WHO Constitution, policy documentation, and Executive Board and World Health Assembly resolutions and records. (who.int)
  • We have a huge health crisis here that few policymakers and other officials are aware of,' said lead author Dr. Abdallah S. Daar of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre in Toronto, Canada. (ipsnews.net)
  • Kodera also requested health and finance policymakers in developing countries to step up coordination so that countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines, whose percentage of state budgets dedicated to health and medical expenditures are comparatively small, can establish sustainable health finance systems. (kyodonews.net)
  • A World Health Organisation (WHO) official told the same briefing that there have been 56 verified attacks so far on healthcare in Sudan since the war began and about 70% to 80% of hospitals in conflict states are now out of service. (srnnews.com)
  • While Malawians have free access to healthcare for the treatment of major health concerns through the Essential Health Care Package, government expenditure on healthcare per capita is at less than 1/4th of prevalent benchmarks. (lu.se)
  • The government has also retaliated against physicians who have publicly expressed concern about the crisis or attempted to report data on it. (hrw.org)
  • [ 4 ] It is a public health concern in developing countries, with male preschoolers being a particularly at-risk population. (medscape.com)
  • The study arrives as the global Covid-19 health crisis has prompted new questions about the effectiveness of social protection programs in times of emergencies. (mit.edu)
  • Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's Health Emergencies Program, told reporters Friday that 'this is a reality check for every government on the planet: Wake up. (commondreams.org)
  • Barkha Dutt has been reporting from the frontline of India's COVID-19 lockdown and the crisis it has caused for migrant workers. (abc.net.au)
  • Warmlines take some pressure off crisis hotlines and crisis responders by working to prevent certain outcomes, like hospitalization, that could be avoided through early intervention and support, the MDHHS says. (woodtv.com)
  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tweeted Friday that 'we're looking at a serious economic downturn because of coronavirus--and the Trump administration is bungling every aspect of this crisis. (commondreams.org)
  • The 2008/09 financial crisis has shown that they are also powerful economic and social stabilizers, with both short- and long-term effects. (ilo.org)
  • [ 5 ] Both dietary quality and diversity can deteriorate in economic crises. (medscape.com)
  • [ 6 ] The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency with night blindness may have increased during the 2008 world economic crisis and may not have recovered once food prices waned later in 2008. (medscape.com)
  • Global mortality, societal and economic disruption, and the protracted nature of the crisis have overwhelmed medical facilities, health care systems, and communities. (cdc.gov)
  • Yet we must not forget that we live in a complex, intertwined world, where economic countermeasures cut across all aspects of life. (lu.se)
  • In these entries we examine the sustainable development implications of COVID-19 economic countermeasures around the world to provide insight on how these efforts are moving in parallel or are working against one another. (lu.se)
  • Tuberculosis (TB) has increased substantially in many parts of the former Soviet Union, particularly in those areas most affected by economic decline and failing health infrastructures (1). (cdc.gov)
  • No surprise - a new study, new findings, an emerging disease or health threat like we're seeing right now with Zika and saw previously with Ebola, a vaccine or medicine shortage or a recall, an infectious disease case or outbreak could - developments in the community or world, an accident or an attack. (cdc.gov)
  • Yet we abruptly face a crisis of soaring food prices that hits the poor the hardest. (who.int)
  • Chronic non-communicable diseases constitute the major burdens of illness and disability in all countries of the world apart from sub-Saharan Africa,' Pramming told IPS. (ipsnews.net)
  • Humanitarian crises represent a major global health challenge. (medscape.com)
  • Opioid misuse and addiction is a major public health crisis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Russia's reinvasion of Ukraine very much upended the geopolitics of oil because Russia is a significant producer, one of the top three in the world. (cfr.org)
  • Understanding the needs of crisis-affected persons and orchestrating rapid response play decisive factors in the effectiveness of humanitarian aid. (cdc.gov)
  • It is hoped that this perspective will enrich the understanding of how the five essential elements interface with clinical interventions and disaster-related public health practices. (cdc.gov)
  • Health can be promoted by encouraging healthful activities, such as regular physical exercise and adequate sleep, and by reducing or avoiding unhealthful activities or situations, such as smoking or excessive stress. (gplmedicine.org)
  • Too much focus on development and not enough on health creates situations such as in Russia, where the economy is booming but the average life expectancy has fallen by eight to 10 years, says Pramming. (ipsnews.net)
  • Based on in-depth interviews with victims and witnesses, health workers, and activists, this report updates a Human Rights Watch August 2016 report that documented the sharp rise in anti-LGBT attacks and rhetoric in Indonesia that began that year. (hrw.org)
  • Kodera retired from public service in 2016 as a Japan International Cooperation Agency vice president after holding posts such as deputy vice minister of finance for international affairs and executive secretary of the Development Committee of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, a career that earned him the nickname "Mr. Development. (kyodonews.net)
  • As the United States grapples with its latest public-health crisis - obesity - there is much to learn from the national responses to polio, smoking, and HIV/AIDS. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • This article reports the results of a drug-susceptibility survey conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in collaboration with local ministries of health, in northwestern Uzbekistan and northern Turkmenistan in Central Asia. (cdc.gov)
  • We particularly extend our solidarity to health workers, who have been working in poor conditions for years and are now equipped with completely inadequate resources to care for the sick. (marxist.com)
  • Among health care workers who said they were harassed, 85 percent reported feelings of anxiety, 81 percent reported feelings of burnout and 60 percent reported feelings of depression. (counton2.com)
  • More money spent on food means less money available for health care, especially for the many millions of poor households who rely on out-of-pocket payments when they fall ill. (who.int)
  • Adults and children with type 1 diabetes who cannot access insulin and continuity of care in a crisis are at acute risk of death and disability, with avoidable suffering and loss of individual agency and dignity. (medscape.com)
  • Amit Singh is with us, medical student at University of East Anglia, COP26 National Working Group chair for Students for Global Health. (democracynow.org)
  • 00:03:36 This month for example is cervical cancer awareness month where WHO is working with partners around the world to accelerate the first global health strategy for the elimination of a cancer. (bvsalud.org)
  • The combination of a failing health system and widespread food shortages has produced a humanitarian catastrophe, and it will only get worse if it's not addressed urgently. (hrw.org)
  • Health experts attribute this to reductions in mosquito-control activities, shortages in medication to treat the disease, and illegal mining activities that promote mosquito breeding by creating pools of water. (hrw.org)
  • Venezuela is the only middle-income country in the world where large numbers of patients with HIV are forced to discontinue their treatment as a result of widespread shortages of anti-retroviral medicines. (hrw.org)
  • Only four out of eleven public hospitals remain operational in Aleppo and all health facilities are overcrowded and experiencing critical shortages of medical supplies. (who.int)
  • The number of available health professionals has fallen to approximately 45% of 2011 levels and there are severe shortages of surgeons, anaesthesiologists, laboratory professionals, and female health professionals. (who.int)
  • The improvement of such systems in Malawi have primarily been on the supply-side: shortages in health workers, facilities and their geographical spread, particularly in rural areas. (lu.se)
  • Japan can take the lead in helping poor countries train medical professionals and increase funding for vaccination campaigns as fundamental pillars for bolstering health systems in the developing world. (kyodonews.net)
  • As part of this initiative, this fall, NIOSH will be launching a national campaign for hospital leaders focusing on providing them resources to help them think differently about how to identify and remove barriers to health worker well-being. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 vaccine is one of the most effective public health intervention approaches for prevention of COVID-19. (bvsalud.org)
  • Through intellectual rigor and experiential learning, this full-time, two-year MBA program develops leaders who make a difference in the world. (mit.edu)
  • When the health minister at the time briefly resumed their publication in 2017, she was promptly fired. (hrw.org)
  • The challenges that we face are growing and growing in an unprecedented way," he said, while adding that record forced displacement was being caused by a series of new crises at a time when old conflicts, like Somalia and Afghanistan, remain unresolved. (unhcr.org)
  • The CDC report recommended employers allow health workers to participate in decision-making, building trust in management, providing supervisor assistance and enough time to complete work, preventing harassment and paying attention to harassment reports if it does happen. (counton2.com)
  • In response to the deepening crisis in China, several countries where COVID-19 is also surging have hypocritically introduced new travel policies requiring mandatory negative COVID-19 test results for all travelers from China. (wsws.org)
  • Each of these crises took place over a multi-year period, and multiple presidents dealt with both their effects and the national response to them. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • The response from survivors of humanitarian crises, suggests that doing the opposite is key to getting through tough times. (wvi.org)
  • The branch has conducted more than 85 humanitarian public health missions related to the crisis, making it the second largest humanitarian response to date, surpassed only by their work following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. (cdc.gov)
  • Over the past month, following the complete dismantling of China's Zero-COVID public health program which had kept the coronavirus at bay for over two years, an unprecedented surge of COVID-19 infections and deaths has swept the country. (wsws.org)
  • Often thought to be diseases of the rich, most of these deaths will be in the developing world, conclude the authors of a study published in the journal Nature this month. (ipsnews.net)
  • Inaction is costing millions of premature deaths throughout the world and will offset the gains from a decreasing burden of infectious diseases,' said Stig Pramming, executive director of the Oxford Health Alliance. (ipsnews.net)
  • The world is already confronted with an estimated 3.5 million deaths each year from undernutrition. (who.int)
  • The government's failure to halt arbitrary and unlawful raids by police and militant Islamists on private LGBT gatherings has effectively derailed public health outreach efforts to vulnerable populations. (hrw.org)