Sentences with phrase «major global health»

These diseases are quickly becoming a major global health problem.

Despite good marketing, there's just no scientific evidence that they are better at reducing illness and infection, and, in fact, they have been shown to greatly contribute to the rise of antibiotic - resistant bacteria, which has become a major global health concern, and hormone dysfunction.

The aim of this work, in collaboration with Bjoern Peters and Alessandro Sette, is to characterize the immune response to dengue virus (DENV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), both of which represent major global health challenges.

Malaria is a parasitic disease endemic to many parts of the developing world and is a major global health concern.

Despite advances in the treatment and management of AIDS, there is no cure, and HIV infection remains a major global health problem.

«Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem and identifying new drug targets and candidate drugs is a major priority,» said David S. Perlin, Executive Director and Professor at the Public Health Research Institute and Rutgers Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the International Center for Public Health at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark.

«New work aiming to stop diabetes, a major global health challenge.»

With the rate of diabetes increasing dramatically worldwide, many individuals will be at risk for vision loss from diabetic eye complications and DME is a major global health concern,» says Jennifer K. Sun, M.D., M.P.H., a member of the study research team and writing committee, and an Investigator in the Section on Vascular Biology, an ophthalmologist in Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

It energized Patel and others who were fighting to get mental illnesses recognized as a major global health challenge.

Virus infections are among the ten leading causes of death worldwide and represent a major global health challenge.

«Acute malnutrition is still a major global health problem.

Dr Harry Bulstrode, a Cancer Research UK scientist at the University of Cambridge, said: «Zika virus infection in babies and children is a major global health concern, and the focus has been to discover more about the virus to find new possible treatments.

He has conducted extensive research in maternal and child health and nutrition, long - term birth cohort studies, inequalities in health, and on the evaluation of the impact of major global health programs.

One prime example of this is GMO «Golden Rice», which was touted as a way to help solve a major global health problem by providing kids adequate amounts of Vitamin A.

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The global WannaCry cyber attack in May highlighted the vulnerability of medical systems when it caused major disruption to X-ray machines and other computer equipment in Britain's National Health Service, forcing hospitals to turn away patients.

It is the result of the Global Burden of Disease — Major Air Pollution Sources (GDB MAPS) project, an international collaboration of Tsinghua University, the Health Effects Institute, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), and the University of British Columbia.

The Gates Foundation has quickly become a major influence upon global health; the approximately US$ 800 million that the foundation gives every year for global health approaches the an - nual budget of the United Nations World Health Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International Develohealth; the approximately US$ 800 million that the foundation gives every year for global health approaches the an - nual budget of the United Nations World Health Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International Develohealth approaches the an - nual budget of the United Nations World Health Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International DeveloHealth Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International Development.

«Industrial meat and dairy has an outsized impact on the environment — it's a major contributor to deforestation, climate change and water pollution, and it harms our health,» said Dawn Bickett, Greenpeace International's global engagement lead for the Less Is More campaign.

Cussons now has 40 per cent of the local baby food market, on par with that of global market leader Heinz, and a leading share of the organic yoghurt market, which is evolving from a niche product sold at a premium in health food stores into an affordable mainstream product available in major supermarkets.

However, there is a need for progress to meet tomorrow's agricultural, environmental and societal challenges, to be vital for public health and wellbeing and to have a major impact on global food systems.

«As a major food producer, we also have a responsibility to contribute to enhance people's lives with natural and nutritious value - added products and Epi Ingredients is committed to providing sustainable solutions to global health - related challenges,» Lucot said.

«Thanks to our community investments in the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, the Global Center for Health Innovation and now Hilton Cleveland Downtown, we are attracting major events to downtown Cleveland and visitors from across the globe, increasing the economic impact for our residents and region.»

Danone is second to Nestlé in the global market and both are major sources of violations of the marketing requirements adopted by the World Health Assembly (WHA), particularly in Asia.

As well the WHO publication Global health risks: mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks.

We are also advocating for national and global change in infant feeding policies to prioritize avoidance for starvation - related complications, particularly in breastfed infants to hospitals, major health organizations, health insurers and elected officials.

Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) EWEC is a global movement that mobilizes and intensifies international and national action to address the major health challenges facing women, children and adolescents.

Pop is a sophomore from Chandler, AZ, majoring in public policy and global health.

The decision marks a major victory for human rights and global health advocates who charged that the requirement was a U.S.

Magazine and website explore key drivers of global trends, the cutting - edge science and the major demographic and economic forces poised to alter the health landscape

Problems resulting from these deficiencies — such as blindness, anemia and death, particularly among children and women — are a major public health challenge,» said Dr. Saurabh Mehta, associate professor of global health, epidemiology and nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and a senior author on this new research.

This development is widely considered a major threat to global health.

To compute how additional pollution from ships increases risk of disease for exposed populations, especially those living in coastal communities or along major shipping lanes and far inland in some nations like India, the team incorporated important underlying health information from the World Health Organization and Global Asthma Nehealth information from the World Health Organization and Global Asthma NeHealth Organization and Global Asthma Network.

An internationally - recognized scientist with more than 16 years of experience in translational immunoparasitology research and vaccine development for neglected tropical diseases, Bottazzi's major interest lies in the role of vaccines as control tools integrated into international public and global health programs and initiatives.

When it comes to major environmental problems such as global warming, he believes that our ability to cope depends on a broad - based educational push for earth sciences, of the kind we already have for biology and public health.

«What is a nuisance for rich - country researchers (constant emails) is a major corruption for developing - country science — a corruption of the legitimate and vital open - access publishing model and a corruption of the vast funds, much of which are public, invested in global health research.

A major challenge to fighting tuberculosis is the six - month treatment regimen, says Ken Duncan, Gates Foundation deputy director of Global Health Discovery.

Lead author Dr Matthew Jones says, «Smoking during pregnancy is a major global public health issue: a conservative estimate for the annual economic burden in the UK is # 23.5 million and in the US $ 110 million.

This gap and the challenges it poses for American consumers, policymakers, and business leaders was a major impetus for healthcare reform in the U.S., including delivery reforms implemented as part of the Affordable Care Act,» said senior author Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at Harvard Chan School and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI).

Just one in 20 people worldwide (4 · 3 %) had no health problems in 2013, with a third of the world's population (2 · 3 billion individuals) experiencing more than five ailments, according to a major new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2013, published in The Lancet.

Compelling infographics round out this robust examination, illustrating data sets on the costs of developing drugs, the major shifts in global demographics and patient needs, the explosions of data that must be mined for future therapeutic development, and the health spending of a wide variety of nations.

Numerous studies have shown that inappropriate and excessive antibiotic use remains one of the main causes of antibiotic resistance and is widely considered a major threat to global health.

«The Meningitis Vaccine Project is one of the greatest success stories in public health,» said Dr. Chris Elias, President of the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a major funder of the project.

By February 2016, the World Health Organization had declared the epidemic a global public health emergency, based largely on the virus» newly - established link to microcephaly and other major birth defects in babies born to infected moHealth Organization had declared the epidemic a global public health emergency, based largely on the virus» newly - established link to microcephaly and other major birth defects in babies born to infected mohealth emergency, based largely on the virus» newly - established link to microcephaly and other major birth defects in babies born to infected mothers.

I found that the politics at a university are more influenced by rational discourse than politics in global health, especially in a major bureaucracy.

A 30 August editorial in The Lancet added: «A major opportunity to advance global health is in danger of being lost» if substantive targets are not set and nations don't agree to be held accountable for meeting them.

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.

«And the UC Global Food Initiative should have a major focus on the relationships among food, climate and health.»

MDR E. coli and K. pneumoniae are among the major contributors to the health and economic burden of antibiotic resistance on a global scale.

Even so, the complex vaccine will be expensive by developing world standards, and its cost - effectiveness is a major issue for vaccine developers and public health experts, says Scott Filler of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.