WHO calls for increased investment to reach the goal of a toilet for all
The world will not reach the goal of universal sanitation coverage – where every person in the world has access to toilets that safely contain excreta – by 2030 unless countries make comprehensive policy shifts and invest more funds, WHO warned as it...
Heads of State commit to lead response to beat noncommunicable diseases, promote mental health
Heads of state and government committed to 13 new steps to tackle noncommunicable diseases including cancers, heart and lung diseases, stroke, and diabetes, and to promote mental health and well-being, on September 27.
Saint Lucia to Improve its Health Coverage
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved US$20 million from the International Development Association for strengthening Saint Lucia’s public health care system by improving accessibility, efficiency and responsiveness of key health...
Chronic illnesses: UN stands up to stop 41 million avoidable deaths per year
A health worker checks a patients blood sugar levels with blood glucose meter.
Therapy applied directly inside the eye best for treating uveitic macular edema
Delivery of corticosteroids directly into the eye is more effective than injections adjacent to the eye, according to results from a comparative clinical trial of macular edema in patients with noninfectious uveitis. The study was funded by the...
Combination HIV antibody infusions safely maintain viral suppression in select individuals
A small group of people living with HIV sensitive to two potent anti-HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies (link is external) (bNAbs) — 3BNC117 and 10-1074 — tolerated multiple infusions of the antibodies and suppressed HIV for more than 15 weeks after...
NIH releases strategic plan to address tuberculosis research
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, killing roughly 1.6 million people in 2017. In the past 200 years, TB claimed the lives of more than 1 billion people — more deaths than from malaria, influenza, smallpox, HIV/AIDS...
Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have shown that autologous fecal microbiota transplantation (auto-FMT) is a safe and effective way to help replenish beneficial gut bacteria in cancer patients who require intense antibiotics...
U.S. Challenges World to Intensify Global Fight against Antibiotic Resistance
The United States, on September 25, announced during the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, The AMR Challenge—the most ambitious global initiative to date to combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance (AR or AMR).
Newborn syphilis cases more than double in four years, reaching 20-year high
Reported cases of congenital syphilis – syphilis passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy or delivery – have more than doubled since 2013, according to the annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report released by the Centers for...
