Health
WHO announces Acute Care Action Network for emergency, critical and operative care
Following the resolution to strengthen access to quality emergency, critical and operative care (ECO) services across the globe approved at the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization has announced the Acute Care Action Network (ACAN), a global alliance of key actors and stakeholders committed to saving millions of lives by driving action on ECO through stronger action, together.
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World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief
A woman shows her COVID-19 vaccine card alongside her sisters in Kano, Nigeria.
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WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency
Nurses work at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Rofunta, Sierra Leone, in December 2022.
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FAO makes case for meat, eggs and milk as ‘essential source of nutrients’
The dairy cow is an important agricultural asset in rural villages, signifying wealth and insurance, as well as providing a significant form of nutrition.
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World Chagas Day calls for primary health care to track ‘silent’ disease
Early screening can make Chagas a disease of the past, said UNITAID, a global agency hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the occasion of World Chagas Disease Day, observed on Friday.
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Researchers study enhanced genetic animal model of Down syndrome
The new mouse model, known as Ts66Yah, has a minichromosome with over a hundred genes from mouse chromosome 16 attached to the centromere region of mouse chromosome 17. These genes are most relevant to human chromosome 21Faycal Guedj and Darryl Leja, NHGRI
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HIV self-testing to take off in India: findings from the STAR Initiative
WHO recommends HIV self-testing (HIVST) as an important approach to address gaps in HIV diagnoses including among key populations (sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who inject drugs, and people in prisons other closed settings). Globally, 98 countries now have policies supportive of HIVST and 52 are routinely implementing, yet many countries have not yet introduced HIVST as a routine approach.
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WHO renews alert on safeguards for health worker recruitment
The World Health Organization (WHO) released on 14 March an updated WHO health workforce support and safeguards list 2023, identifying 55 countries as vulnerable for availability of health workers required to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal target for universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030.
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Blood test identifies acute myeloid leukemia patients at greater risk for relapse after bone marrow transplant
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health show the benefits of screening adult patients in remission from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for residual disease before receiving a bone marrow transplant. The findings support ongoing research aimed at developing precision medicine and personalized post-transplant care for these patients.
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Scientists reveal a potential new approach to treating liver cancer
NCATS scientists used the Center’s drug screening capabilities, including drug screening plates like those shown here, to identify a molecule that was effective in killing liver cancer cells. Researchers determined that a specific enzyme was key to turning the molecule into a potential anticancer drug.
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