Tag: Prevention
Overdose Prevention Centers Save Lives. Why Won’t Governor Hochul Authorize Them?
Across New York, overdose deaths are skyrocketing. But state officials are stalling on an evidence-based model that works.
Albany, NY—At the front of the rally, a middle-aged woman in a pink fur coat held a cardboard tombstone with a name: Jeff Dugan. Someone had also pasted two photographs on it: In one,
A global call for policy action – POLITICO
*Speak Up for COPD is supported by a coalition of partners across industry and the non-profit sector to raise awareness and understanding of COPD amongst policymakers and healthcare decision makers by amplifying the voices of patients, the COPD community and the public. All partners contribute time and expertise to the coalition actitivies. Our one critical goal is to establish COPD as a public health priority.
Coalition partners: Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform (GAAPP), International Federation of Ageing (IFA),
Is Italy’s Meloni failing to deliver for women? – POLITICO
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ROME — At the end of NATO’s annual summit in Vilnius in July, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wound up her press conference abruptly. It had nothing to do with the reporters’ questions, she said: her high heels were killing her.
A complaint of that kind at such a hothouse of masculine energy as a NATO summit would have been unimaginable for a previous generation of female leaders, who
understanding the condition – POLITICO
Every breath we take is a gift, yet for hundreds of millions across the globe, breathing comes with a challenge – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).1,2 Never heard of it? You’re not alone. A recent Ipsos poll* shows that for most people, the disease is a mystery, and despite its dire consequences, COPD remains an often under-recognized and under-prioritized non-communicable disease (NCD).3,4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an increasingly important threat to the public and health systems
UK accidentally sent military emails meant for US to Russian ally – POLITICO
British authorities have launched an investigation after officials mistakenly sent emails meant for U.S. military intelligence to the government in Mali, a Russian ally.
Officials from the U.K. Ministry of Defense were supposed to be sending emails to the Pentagon, but accidentally sent them to Mali’s government instead, the Times reported Thursday. The mistake was the result of a typo, as the Pentagon’s domain name is “.mil,” while Mali’s is “.ml.”
The Ministry of Defense said Friday they were investigating
How Spain went woke — and why that may not last – POLITICO
CARLA ANTONELLI REMEMBERS when being gay in Spain could get you sent to a work camp.
Under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, the LGBTQ+ community was harshly persecuted by authorities and forced to live in the shadows, recalled Antonelli, a 63-year old actress, activist, politician and transgender woman. Even after the dictator’s death in 1975, she would “routinely be arrested and beaten by police.”
“They’d smash my face against the wall until I lay in a puddle of my own blood, and
Digital literacy key to cancer prevention – EURACTIV.com
Innovative technologies and digital solutions are opening new opportunities in making cancer prevention more accessible across the EU – but to tap into their potential, this must come hand-in-hand with digital literacy.
According to Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, “prevention is better than any cure”.
About 40% of cancer cases in the EU are preventable; prevention is, by a long way, the most cost-efficient cancer control strategy in the long term.
One of the main pillars of the Beating Cancer plan
Prioritizing asthma and improving ‘Asthma Care for All’ – POLITICO
As one of the world’s most common chronic noncommunicable diseases, asthma is a serious yet often misunderstood and poorly managed condition.1,2 Today on World Asthma Day, we join the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the global respiratory community in calling for “Asthma Care for All” via reforms that increase equitable access to quality care and improve outcomes for the estimated 262 million people living with asthma worldwide.1
Asthma attacks are physically threatening and emotionally significant for many
A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic
Twenty-two-year-old Pamella Jili has seen its impact up close. She grew up in the township, a hot spot in the worst-hit province in South Africa, where more people live with HIV than anywhere else in the world. She has watched others struggle with the virus. When dating, she has always worried about her partner’s status.
Despite
Confronting the world’s number one killer: cardiovascular disease – POLITICO
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) — often regarded as the ‘silent pandemic’ — is the leading cause of death worldwide. In 2019 alone, it was responsible for 18.6 million deaths.
The same year marked the beginnings of the COVID-19 crisis, which revealed profound deficits and inequities in our health care policies and systems. Hospitals were not only overrun and under-resourced, but the prevention, screening and treatment of non-communicable diseases were also disrupted.2 This daunting global crisis, however, revealed something else: our