Sentences with phrase «public health measures»

To provide a path toward deeper understanding and improved public health measures, scientists must first unlock the fundamental biology of the disorder.

The relevant circumstances can't be the safety and well - being brought about by public health measures, medical care and insurance companies, wholesome food and clean water, etc..

He does admit, however, that most of the improvements in life expectancy have been due to public health measures rather than high - tech medicine.

Here's a novel potential public health measure against the flu — kick up the humidity.

However, the researchers advised taking public health measures to alert high - risk patients — perhaps via smartphone messaging — when problematic weather changes are coming.

«In New York City we've seen smoking rates precipitously decline because of public health measures, but chewing tobacco has remained steady, without much of a decline — especially among young men, and especially among athletes.

«Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 mo of life followed by optimal complementary feeding are critical public health measures for reducing and preventing morbidity and mortality in young children.»

The most effective adaptation measures for health in the near - term are programs that implement basic public health measures such as provision of clean water and sanitation, secure essential health care including vaccination and child health services, increase capacity for disaster preparedness and response, and alleviate poverty (very high confidence).

One re-analysis of the STAR data published in the American Journal of Public Health estimated that reducing class sizes is one of the most cost - effective public health measures society can take, with large savings in health care and almost two years of additional life for those students who were in smaller classes in the early grades.

«But frankly, when we can't get the Legislature to focus seriously on public health measures — we couldn't even get the Senate to allow... for expanded syringe access through the pharmacies.»

Multiple approaches are needed to combat VAD, including nutrition education and consuming a diverse and nutrient rich diet; promoting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices; vitamin A capsule supplementation; food fortification; and other public health measures aimed at the control of infectious diseases.

A group called the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) lauds the government's decision: «[The HCC] congratulates [the government, the Ministry of Health, and the National Non-Communicable Diseases Commission] on this significant public health measure aimed at encouraging Barbadians to consume less sugar.»

Peter Slocum of the American Cancer Society called the tax plan «one of the most important public health measures of our time.»

Says Gundacker: «The US health authority regards concentrations in excess of 50 µg / l as being so alarming that it recommends targeted public health measures to reduce these levels.»

I'm generally in agreement with Bob and Gary M, but the increase in longevity was, and is continuing to be, primarily from public health measures, chief among them treating water and sewage.

Unlike traditional public health measures such as spraying for mosquitoes, interventions inspired by planetary health often have multiple health benefits: Green spaces can not only combat mosquito - borne disease and heat - related deaths, but also improve water quality and provide important mental health benefits.

The MSA does, however, provide settling states with «significant funding for the advancement of public health, [and] the implementation of important tobacco - related public health measures...»

Children have always suffered right alongside their parents when public health measures have been inadequate, when the economy has not supplied a living wage, when violence has erupted.

Gay men have vigorously fought off the only public health measures that could significantly contain the spread of AIDS — contact tracing and testing of partners — methods long used for syphilis and other sexually transmitted afflictions.

Though the Western myth is that the Catholic Church in the Third World is retarding public health measures for the sake of a theological nicety, that is certainly not the case on this continent.

Among public health measures for the prevention of obesity are the need to restrict the consumption of energy - dense snacks and sugar - sweetened soft drinks and to increase the consumption of whole grains and energy - dilute vegetables and fruit (15).

The only way to build that evidence base is to continue trialling and evaluating public health measures that show potential for success.

But while in my teenage years in the 1990s, it was easy to go to a pub or an off - licence aged 15 and get a drink, nowadays sensible public health measures have made it much harder for under - 18s to buy alcohol.

Legislator Peter Savage sponsored the control and says it's a major public health measure.

«I believe in the 21st century, the classic public health measures that are critical can be complemented by the addition of rapid diagnostics; by the development of vaccines, assessment of safety and efficacy and then deployment; and by the development of drugs.

He fears an accidental breach could damage malaria eradication and other much - needed public health measures.

If such tax avoidance were to occur in countries like Zambia, Spencer hypothesises, this could lead to a loss of tax revenue that could instead help the government's distribution of free ORS and zinc and fundamental public health measures such as infrastructure for water and sanitation.

We need to develop a comprehensive life - course approach to the problem utilizing public health measures, the food industry in addition to primary care health provides, obstetricians, pediatricians and allied health professionals such as nutritionists and exercise physiologists.

The CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services remain confident that wider spread in the community can be prevented with proper public health measures, including ongoing contact tracing, health monitoring among those known to have been in contact with the index patient, and immediate isolations if symptoms develop.

Vaccines are thought to be one of the most successful public health measures, but some individuals are hesitant to vaccinate their families for a variety of reasons.

To help improve health in future generations, the authors call for a joint focus, including better guidance and support for individuals planning pregnancy, and increased public health measures to reduce obesity and improve nutrition.

He said that public health measures like cleaning up contaminated water and food have saved the lives of countless children, but they «also eliminated exposure to many organisms that are probably good for us.»

Concerning public health measures, in line with the Regulations the Director - General is recommending, on the advice of the Committee, that all countries intensify surveillance for unusual outbreaks of influenza - like illness and severe pneumonia.

Japan eliminated malaria in 1961 through public health measures despite having the malaria carrying anopheles sinensis.

Consequently, the majority upheld the disputed provisions of the Housing Regulation and the Standards as validly enacted public health measures.In a spirited dissent, Mr. Justice Berger agreed that the impugned provisions are validly enacted public health measures, but disagreed that they can be enforced in the context of a rented apartment unit.

In a 2008 presentation, Dunn stated «I assert that warm is good for human health and that global warming, even the most extreme estimates, will not create heat illness or death increases and certainly no changes that are more important than the basic public health measures of vector control, water, nutrition, sewage and water quality, and housing quality.»

The tobacco industry makes grand gestures in the direction of its competition, and claims that effective public health measures will increase the illicit and counterfeit tobacco trade.

Professor Elizabeth Kay, Foundation Dean of the Peninsula Dental School from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, has carried out the first economic evaluation of public health measures to reduce tooth decay in children at high risk, in association with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the York Health Economic Consortium.

Public health measures in Africa such as insecticide - treated bed nets and insecticide - spraying have helped reduce the numbers of malaria cases since 2000, but many mosquitoes have evolved resistance to insecticides.

Under PM's Vice President of Corporate Affairs Ellen Merlo, the department was responsible for the formation of the smokers rights front group the National Smokers Alliance, a fake «grassroots» group set up to protest public smoking laws, cigarette tax increases and other public health measures.

In a conference call Wednesday organized by the environmental group Earthjustice, Alan H. Lockwood, professor emeritus of neurology at the University at Buffalo who has written about the effects of coal burning on health, called the regulations «the most important public health measure of our generation,» while the Clean Air Task Force said they are the Obama administration's «single most important climate initiative.»

Maps defining environmental risk of the leishmaniases provide insights into the ecology of these diseases and identify regions to target public health measures and inform future burden estimates.