Sentences with phrase «global public health»

This lesson will give students a close - up view of a successful program dedicated to an aspect of global public health abroad.

Here I'll examine whether climate change is likely to be the most important global public health problem if not today, at least in the foreseeable future.

While the vast majority of our consumers enjoy alcohol in moderation, harmful drinking is a serious global public health issue.

Type 2 diabetes is a leading global public health crisis, with the number of adults diagnosed with the condition more than doubling in the past 30 years.

The most important global public health agreement of the century.

With proper treatment, mortality is low, but the deadly bacterium's ability to spread rapidly has kept it at the forefront of global public health efforts.

The training offered through this program will expand the global health workforce and provide fellows an opportunity to gain practical, first - hand experience on the front lines of global public health.

Joon said as a result of this over the years, ECOSOC had been conveying special meetings to address global public health emergencies and promote a coordinated strategic response.

We work closely with NIAID scientists to identify and address key research areas that will help speed progress to develop globally effective vaccines for global public health threats.»

«We are learning more and more about the far - reaching implications of early adverse life experiences on health,» says Penny Gordon Larsen, Ph.D., a professor in the department of nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Yuval Cohen is an intern with the Maternal Health Initiative and is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in International Affairs with a concentration in Global Public Health from the George Washington University.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now a major global public health threat.

The World Health Organization (WHO) regards childhood obesity as one of the most serious global public health challenges for the 21st century.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. and SHANGHAI — Global public health organization NSF International has appointed Frank...

Critics point to links between cannabis use and psychosis, which last week led to calls for global public health campaigns from experts who said young people were particularly vulnerable.

In the piece below, PHAA CEO Michael Moore outlines the three «top asks» of the PHAA and describes how its prevention framework reflects global public health and development initiatives such as the Global Charter for the Public's Health and the United Nations» Sustainable Development Goals.

The leaves and seeds of moringa may protect against some of the effects of arsenic toxicity, which is especially important in light of news that common staple foods, such as rice, may be contaminated.13 Contamination of ground water by arsenic has also become a cause of global public health concern, and one study revealed: 14

VAD remains a serious global public health problem where an estimated 250 000 to 500 000 vitamin A-deficient children become blind every year, half of them dying within 12 months of losing their sight.

«It's a huge global public health issue, and one that's certainly relevant in the UK,» says Donin.

(The Gates Foundation and Google are working on ways to massage data to improve global public health.

«Escalating antibiotic resistance limits our treatment options, worsens clinical results, and is a growing global public health crisis,» said Meropol.

«The growing interconnection of our global society makes global public health - related issues, such as sanitation and the lack of a continuous supply of running water in developing countries, an important concern to developed countries, as these developing countries may serve as a source of imported cases of disease,» the authors write.

As weather patterns wreak more havoc, a Pandora's box of microbes enters new terrain, stressing global public health systems.

Boone, a master's student, was awarded a Center for Global Public Health fellowship to spend the summer of 2016 prior to the games conducting research in Brazil.

Sarah Hill, director of the University of Edinburgh's Global Public Health Unit, said: «We were incredibly surprised by these results, as they run counter to received wisdom about the impact of disasters on health.

He had a receptive audience: members of the College Park Scholars» Global Public Health program.

Waterborne diseases, such as cholera, are a significant global public health burden and are among the most important causes of illness in areas with poor sanitation [77].

Because the field will not reach success without innovation and significant investment, Aeras has also worked diligently to build coalitions among stakeholders and move TB vaccine research into the forefront of global public health discussions.

Epidemiologist Steve Wing from the Gillings School of Global Public Health placed air pollution monitors in communities surrounded by large hog farms.

The initiative, launched March 2 by the Northrop Grumman Corporation, aims to unite higher education and the private sector to accelerate the application of thought leadership to global public health informatics, policy development, strategic planning, programmatic implementation and evaluation.

Infectious diseases pose a significant and persistent threat to force protection and readiness and while the primary mission of Army medical research is protection of the U.S. Service and their family members, vaccines and treatments developed by Army researchers also benefit global public health.

For global public health observances, see the World Health Organization's list of campaigns.

In the face of a looming global public health crisis from the Zika virus, Congressional Republicans have not only failed to lead, they have proposed policies that would do more harm than good.

Researcher: Vangie Foshee Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health 319B Rosenau Hall Chapel Hill NC 27599 Phone: [phone] Website Email

While antibiotic resistance genes are not harmful in themselves, they limit the use of antibiotics for treating bacterial infections and pose a serious threat to global public health if they get transmitted to humans from environmental sources, such as compost.

The World Health Organization's (WHO) very stance on breastfeeding is a, «global public health recommendation, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life... [then] infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years and beyond» (p. 7 - 8).

«Our study shows that TB testing that once took two to three months can now be done in as little as a day,» said co-author Richard Garfein, PhD, professor in the Division of Global Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

I am hoping to major in Global Public Health and eventually pursue a career in medicine.

Vector - borne diseases have a significant impact on global public health.

It exposes infant feeding as one of the most important global public health issues of our time, and describes how big business and vested interests influence the intimate relationship between mothers and their babies to the detriment of all, rich or poor, in the West or in the developing world.

Worm infections represent a major global public health problem, leading to a variety of debilitating diseases and conditions, such as anemia, elephantiasis, growth retardation and dysentery.