Global Scans · Good Health and Well-being · Weekly Summary

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In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

• [New] Daily use of low-dose aspirin is recommended to prevent cardiovascular disease and CRC for certain individuals in their 50s who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease and should be made after discussion with health workers. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Threats to health in a world facing severe climate and ecological change pose harsh and potentially devastating consequences for society. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Iron deficiency is the most prevalent micronutrient deficiency in the world, affecting over 1 billion people and if untreated, it can lead to anaemia, with adolescent girls and women of reproductive age being particularly at risk,). PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The serotyping of Shigella isolates from the Global Enterics Multicenter Study suggests that a vaccine consisting of Shigella flexneri 2 a, 3 a and 6, as well as Shigella sonnei O-antigens could provide direct coverage against 64% of global Shigella isolates. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Greater investment in efforts to educate girls, eliminate child marriage, empower women, and improve sexual and reproductive health and rights will have enormous benefits for people and the planet. Population Institute
• [New] Messages describing the health and environmental harms of red meat could be a promising strategy for discouraging red meat consumption among US parents of young children. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] While educational attainment is relatively high in the US, inequalities in spending may lead to substantial disinvestment among socially disadvantaged groups most at risk of poor health. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] In the UK, people from the most disadvantaged areas can expect to die nine years earlier compared with people from the least disadvantaged areas while people in the north of England have lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and worse health and wellbeing compared with national averages. ScienceDaily
• [New] The Chinese Health Commission specifies that fever clinics are to be divided into special consulting rooms, specifically used for receiving patients with a high risk of COVID-19, and general consulting rooms, to receive patients with a low risk or a clear non-COVID cause of fever. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Children, people living in megacities, and people living on islands, are most at risk of health effects from a host of climate-related changes in extreme weather. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] To control environmental threats to the health of children in Latin America, WHO and PAHO should focus on the most serious threats to a greater number of children: indoor and outdoor air pollution, water pollution and toxic substances. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] A study in developed countries using the WHO green leaf determined that 24% of parents were concerned about the environmental health of their children and 23% were aware of some environmental risk. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Although Mexico has made progress in children's environmental health, it requires a national environmental health program to prevent and mitigate the risks and damages to health generated by environmental degradation and pollution. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The presence of HIV/AIDS is unequally perceived within and between countries, depending on the social determinants of risk and global inequities in healthcare. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] During the quarter, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence reconfirmed its guidance supporting the use of PICO for closed surgical incisions in patients who are at high risk of surgical site infections. ADVFN
• [New] Many institutions entering digital assets implement multi-party computation (MPC) solutions to store digital assets, unaware of the inherent risks they are exposed to by simply being connected to the internet. Forbes
• [New] More of Australia's top talent will join high-calibre research teams in Europe thanks to recent joint agreements between the ERC and Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council. EURAXESS
• [New] Like so many aspects of the healthcare system, there's a worker shortage, with about 19,500 openings for phlebotomists are projected each year, on average, over the next decade. VatorNews
• [New] Even if global carbon emissions rapidly decrease, climate disruption poses a serious and growing threat to the world's ability to produce essential commodities - including food as well as materials that are themselves essential to the net zero transition. PwC
• [New] Transportation and energy infrastructure are severely lacking in many African countries, and investment is commonly perceived as being high risk - deterring general U.S. commercial engagement. United States Institute of Peace
• [New] AI-enabled diagnostic support could revolutionize access to affordable primary healthcare in places like rural India, where according to the World Health Organization, for every 1,000 patients there is fewer than one available doctor, on average. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [New] 79% of consumers say that taking a supplement is vital to their overall health, 67% of global nutritional supplement users plan to continue using supplement over 2025, and 49% of all supplement users say they would be willing to spend more on supplement. FMIBlog

Last updated: 05 May 2024