Investing in noncommunicable disease control generates major financial and health gains
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 16.05.2018
16 May 2018
News Release
Geneva
A new WHO report launched today shows that the world’s poorest countries can gain US$350 billion by 2030 by scaling up investments in preventing and treating chronic diseases, like heart disease and cancer, that cost an additional US$1.27 per person annually. Such actions would save more than 8 million lives over the same period.
The report, titled Saving lives, spending less: a strategic response to NCDs, reveals, for the first time, the financing needs and returns on investment of WHO’s cost-effective and feasible “best buy” policies to protect people from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), the world’s leading causes of ill health and death.
Belarus pilot project shows the way to people-centred TB services
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 16.05.2018
Anna Handoshko
Belarus is among the 9 countries in the WHO European Region with the highest burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). In the Brest region of south-west Belarus, the challenge of MDR-TB is well recognized by physicians and health-care authorities. Treatment for MDR-TB is long and difficult, causing financial hardship for patients, their families and for health-care systems.
Thus, in 2017, when the Belarus Ministry of Health proposed a pilot project on the reorganization of tuberculosis (TB) services to improve people-centered care, the Brest region joined without hesitation.
First-ever WHO list of essential diagnostic tests to improve diagnosis and treatment outcomes
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 15.05.2018
15 May 2018
News Release
Geneva
Today, many people are unable to get tested for diseases because they cannot access diagnostic services. Many are incorrectly diagnosed. As a result, they do not receive the treatment they need and, in some cases, may actually receive the wrong treatment.
For example, an estimated 46% of adults with Type 2 diabetes worldwide are undiagnosed, risking serious health complications and higher health costs. Late diagnosis of infectious diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis increases the risk of spread and makes them more difficult to treat.
All European countries on track to offer inactivated polio vaccine in next step of global eradication plan
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 14.05.2018
Shukhrat Latipov
Four additional countries in the WHO European Region have successfully added the inactivated poliomyelitis (polio) vaccine (IPV) to their routine immunization schedules this year. With support from Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners, Turkmenistan introduced IPV on 2 January, the Republic of Moldova on 2 April, Uzbekistan on 24 April and Kyrgyzstan on 2 May. Tajikistan plans to introduce IPV in June.
WHO plan to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from global food supply
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 14.05.2018
14 May 2018
News Release
WHO today released REPLACE, a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply.
Eliminating trans fats is key to protecting health and saving lives: WHO estimates that every year, trans fat intake leads to more than 500,000 deaths of people from cardiovascular disease.
Industrially-produced trans fats are contained in hardened vegetable fats, such as margarine and ghee, and are often present in snack food, baked foods, and fried foods. Manufacturers often use them as they have a longer shelf life than other fats. But healthier alternatives can be used that would not affect taste or cost of food.
The Serious Concerns About the Gender Pension Gap
Source: WUNRN – 11.05.2018
Women across the globe have 30-40% less money than men in retirement – despite often living longer. Image: Reuters/Nacho Doce
Stephanie Lane – March 7, 2018
It is widely accepted that a gender gap exists. The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Gender Gap report reveals that it will take 217 years to completely remove the disparity between the sexes around the world.
Less well known is the looming $400 trillion retirement crisis highlighted in the Forum’s 2017 paper, We’ll live to 100 – how can we afford it?. This post explores the intersection of these two issues and the steps that can be taken to help close these gaps.
World Health Day 2018 in the WHO European Region – making health about the people, for the people
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 09.05.2018
Minister of Health of Romania Sorina Pintea and WHO Representative in Romania Miljana Grbic speak with beneficiaries of the community health centre in Gostinari during a World Health Day event.
On World Health Day 2018, WHO called on all countries to make universal health coverage (UHC) a political priority, using available evidence and tools to determine their own path to health for all. This year’s World Health Day also marked the 70th anniversary of WHO, and the start of a 2-year campaign to raise awareness and advocate for action towards UHC.
Countries celebrated World Health Day on 7 April in many different ways. Activities and events across the Region ranged from high-level meetings and press conferences to community activities and celebrations.
Small team of cancer nurses has a big impact on Scotland’s Western Isles
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 08.05.2018
Macmillan nurses in the Western Isles
The Outer Hebrides is a chain of more than 100 islands off the northwest coast of Scotland. Cancer nurses working on the islands must often travel by ferry or plane to reach their patients.
“We are definitely the key workers in people’s cancer journey,” says Hazel Hebditch, one of 7 cancer nurses based on Scotland’s Western Isles, also known as the Outer Hebrides. “Most other places you get different teams – not the same continuity of care. That’s the uniqueness and real value of our service, that wherever the patient goes, we are able to see them in that environment, whether it be the hospital, in the patient’s own home, in a care home or in the hospice.
Кампања за превенција на ракот на кожа – Меланом
Извор: Институт за јавно здравје на Р. Македонија - 08.05.2018
Што е меланом?
Меланомот е најсериозниот, најмалигниот карцином на кожата и слузниците. Се шири многу брзо по лимфен и крвен пат во другите делови на телото и тогаш неговото лекување е потешко, a исходот може да биде и фатален. Може да се најде и на други локализации.
Меланомот потекнува од меланоцитите, клетки кои го создаваат меланинот, пигмент кој ја дава бојата на кожата, косата и очите. Во кожата, меланоцитите се сместени помеѓу базалните клетки, на базалната мембрана, произведувајќи го заштитниот меланин. Најчесто, по боја, меланомите се кафени или црни, но понекогаш може да бидат со боја на кожата, црвена, розевкаста, сина или бела.
Fostering healthier and more sustainable diets – learning from the Mediterranean and New Nordic experience
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 07.05.2018
WHO/Mathew Twells
WHO/Europe has launched a new Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report exploring the implementation and effectiveness of policies based on the New Nordic and Mediterranean diets. Research has demonstrated the health-promoting properties of the Mediterranean and New Nordic diets, including protective effects against cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. However, guidance is lacking on how to effectively translate the health benefits of these diets into specific, measurable and achievable policies that improve dietary behaviours at the population level. The report summarizes the best available evidence to map what has been implemented in the European Region and will support policy-makers in making informed decisions.
Celebrating nurses’ and midwives’ role in bringing health services to everyone, everywhere
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 04.05.2018
Ministry of Health Israel
Nurses and midwives make up the majority of the health workforce worldwide. Each year for a week, beginning with International Day of the Midwife on 5 May and culminating in International Nurses Day on 12 May, we celebrate their huge contribution to health in the WHO European Region.
This year, WHO/Europe has again gathered quotes and stories from midwives and nurses across the Region.
Confronting Sexual Violence, Demanding Equality - UN Women's Human Rights Experts
Извор: WUNRN – 08.05.2018
By United Nations Women’s Human Rights Experts – Geneva – March 6, 2018
A time to pay tribute to women
For more than a hundred years, the world has commemorated International Women’s Day. Each year this Day presents an occasion to celebrate the progress on the road of women’s right to equality. It is an occasion to be reminded that the road remains long and full of obstacles. It is a time to pay tribute to the countless women throughout history who have dared to stand up, to protest, and to say no to discrimination against women and girls and one of its worst manifestations: violence. Their courage and revolt have been the driving force behind the progress made.