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Burden of Disease
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VACINE CONTRA POLIO: 1 Em cada 200 infecções leva a uma paralisia irreversível. 5% a 10% morrem por paralisia dos músculos respiratórios.
Site editor: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.The Health Strategist — JournalSeptember 29, 2022 PAHO Principais fatos: A poliomielite afeta principalmente crianças com…
World Lung Day 2022 — Lung health for all
Site editor: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.The Health Strategist — research, strategy and implementationSeptember 26, 2022 Wiley — RespirologyDavid Chi-Leung Lam MD, PhD30 August…
Diabetes Type 1 may double in 20 years [from 8.4 million in 2021 to 13·5–17·4 million in 2040] — according to a new Lancet study
Site editor: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.Health Transformation — JournalSeptember 20, 2022 This is a republication of the paper below, with the…
200 mil pessoas morrem por ano no Brasil, por consequências da fratura no quadril
Esta é uma republicação do artigo abaixo, com o título acima” Uma em cada quatro pessoas que sofrem…
Scientists discover how air pollution causes lung cancer [that kills 300.000 people per year]
An estimated 300,000 lung cancer deaths per year worldwide are caused by very fine pollutant particles New techniques…
The US Now Has a Research Plan for Long COVID — Is It Enough? [5% to 30% of people develop it, and many go undiagnosed]
This is a republication of the article “The US Now Has a Research Plan for Long COVID”, with…
NCDs kills 41 million people a year — Investing In Cost-effective Policies Now, Could Save Lives And Money Later
This week, the NCD Alliance will host The annual Global Week for Action on NCDs, including a special…
Paul Farmer taught us not to accept the status quo in public health
Last year, Partners in Health provided 2.1 million women’s health checkups, organized another 2.1 million home visits by…
WHO Report on Cancer (2020) – Chapter 2: Positioning cancer as a public health priority
WHOAndré Ilbawi, Cherian Varghese — Executive WHO editors and writers February 2020 Key messages 1.Governments have committed themselves to preventing and…
WHO Report on Cancer (2020) – Chapter 1: Global burden of cancer, current and future
WHOAndré Ilbawi, Cherian Varghese — Executive WHO editors and writers February 2020 Key messages In 2018, there were an estimated 18…
