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09/26/2019 - Describing it as an “important landmark” on our “journey to health for all”, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday welcomed the UN Political Declaration on universal health coverage, or UHC, which commits countries to advance towards full coverage for their citizens in four major areas around primary care. -
09/23/2019 - The world will need to double health coverage between now and 2030, according to the Universal Health Coverage Monitoring Report. It warns that if current trends continue, up to 5 billion people will still be unable to access health care in this year. Countries must increase spending on primary healthcare by at least 1% of their gross domestic product (GDP) if the world is to close glaring coverage gaps and meet health targets agreed in 2015, says a new report from the World Health Organization. -
09/09/2019 - The number of States with national suicide prevention strategies has increased in the five years since the publication of WHO’s first global report on suicide, said the Organization, in the lead-up to World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September. But the total number of countries with strategies, at just 38, is still far too few and governments need to commit to establishing them. The global age-standardized suicide rate for 2016 was 10.5 per 100 000. -
09/06/2019 - According to El País, the World Health Organization warned of the "dramatic rise" of measles in Europe, an infectious disease preventable by vaccines that can be fatal and cause serious sequelae. Although the trend is global, Europe is especially concerned about WHO for the decline that the continent has suffered in the control of the disease. Four countries, the United Kingdom, Greece, Albania and the Czech Republic, lost in 2018 the status of "measles-free country", which means that the virus has once again circulated autochthonously. This is the first time this has happened since the WHO established this data review process in 2012. -
09/06/2019 - WHO has published updated guidance on the use of contraceptives. The new guidelines take into account the confirmation of a study revealing that women with a high risk of contracting HIV can use any form of reversible contraception. Among the methods, the survey does not represent an increased risk of infection, are injectable, implants and intrauterine devices copper, also known as IUDs. The WHO guideline emphasizes, however, that the correct and consistent use of these contraceptive methods do not protect both HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. -
08/30/2019 - According to PAHO, over 34% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean does not have safe managed drinking water, and only 22% have sewage services. It is estimated that about 7,600 children under the age of 5 will die annually for diarrheal diseases in the region. It is estimated that at each R $ 1 expense in sanitation, R $ 4 sejam saved in health. This issues are part of the Objectives of Sustainable Development (SDG) 3 and 6, that will be the focus of a Fiocruz event next year. For this, the National School of Public Health Sérgio Arouca (ENSP/ Fiocruz) promoted a debate about the organization of the National Seminary of Health, Health and Human Directorates in the 2030 Agenda, last tuesday (20/8). Read more. -
08/26/2019 - Tiny plastic particles known as microplastics are “everywhere – including in our drinking-water”, but they are not necessarily a risk to human health, UN experts said last week. In its first summary of the latest research into the impact of the tiny plastic pollutants on humans, the World Health Organization said that they have been found in marine settings, waste and fresh water, food, the air and drinking-water, both bottled and from a tap. Read more. -
08/12/2019 - Measles is a serious and highly contagious infection caused by a virus. Americas region has confirmed 2,927 cases of the disease this year. The data are from the latest epidemiological update from the Pan American Health Organization, Opas, published on Wednesday, August 7. In July, the disease was identified in 14 countries. The largest proportion was registered in the United States, followed by Brazil and Venezuela. -
08/09/2019 - Increasing near-universal breastfeeding levels can save over 800,000 lives annually, especially children under 6 months of age. In addition, breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart disease in nursing mothers. For mother and baby to have the opportunity to establish this relationship, it is important that support networks exist. The subject is the central theme of this month, the golden August. -
08/06/2019 - EOn April 7th, 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) was created, which incorporated innovative principles. In its Constitution, health is understood as ‘a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ Moreover, ‘the highest attainable standard of health’ is listed as ‘one of the fundamental rights of every human being,’ which should be put into effect without any distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social conditions. Many believe that WHO reached its peak in the 1970s and that today there are many problems to be resolved in the organization.