Tobacco breaks hearts – choose health, not tobacco
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 30.05.2018
Tobacco breaks hearts - choose health, not tobacco
Smokers are 2–4 times more likely than non-smokers to suffer coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular stroke, and even adults exposed to other people’s smoke have a 25–30% raised risk. On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2018, WHO is highlighting what can be done to reduce the risks to heart health posed by tobacco and how much difference it makes immediately if smokers choose to quit tobacco.
“We are finding that although the public generally realizes that smoking is harmful, they are often unaware of its key link with heart disease and stroke. Tobacco is contributing to the increased incidence of chronic diseases and their fatalities and has a devastating impact on patients and their families,” said Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe. “Giving up smoking reduces the risk of these diseases irrespective of how long you have been smoking and, for example, 10 years after quitting, your risk of lung cancer falls to about half that of a smoker.”
World No Tobacco Day 2018 awards: winners from the WHO European Region
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 29.05.2018
WHO
Each 31 May marks World No Tobacco Day, and in 2018 the focus will be on “tobacco and heart disease”. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including stroke, are the world’s leading causes of death, and tobacco use is the second leading cause of CVD, after high blood pressure.
In addition to raising awareness of and building support for tobacco control, World No Tobacco Day offers an opportunity to recognize the achievements of tobacco control champions from around the world. WHO gives the World No Tobacco Day awards every year to carefully selected individuals and/or organizations in recognition of their accomplishments in tobacco control and in the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
Latest data shows southern European countries have highest rate of childhood obesity
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 24.05.2018
WHO
The latest data (2015–2017) from the WHO Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) show that southern European countries have the highest rate of child obesity. In Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, San Marino and Spain, approximately 1 in 5 boys (ranging from 18% to 21%) are obese. Denmark, France, Ireland, Latvia and Norway are among the countries with the lowest rates, ranging from 5% to 9% in either sex.
HIV/AIDS still impacting work and costing billions in lost earnings – new UN agency report
Извор: Организација на Обединетите нации - 24.05.2018
24 May 2018 - Health
Outlining the economic and social toll HIV and AIDS continues to take on workers around the world, the International Labour Organization (ILO) called on Thursday for an “urgent effort” to improve treatment, step up testing and ensure healthier and more productive workplaces.
Prepared in collaboration with the UN agency dedicated to tackling the virus, UNAIDS, The impact of HIV and AIDS on the world of work: Global estimate, examines the past and future effects of HIV epidemic, and development of antiretroviral therapy (ART), while assessing the economic and social impact on workers and their households.
Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights for All - Accelerate Progress - Research
Извор: WUNRN - 20.05.2018
World Health Assembly to determine WHO’s direction for next 5 years
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - Канцеларија за Европа – 18.05.2018
WHO
The Seventy-first World Health Assembly takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21–26 May 2018. Delegations from countries around the world will gather, as they do each year, at the decision-making body of WHO to review and approve a specific health agenda prepared by WHO’s Executive Board.
This year’s World Health Assembly promises to be particularly significant, as a key agenda item is the 13th General Programme of Work 2019–2023 (GPW13).
European Immunization Week helps highlight and boost the positive impact of vaccines
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 17.05.2018
WHO
Public EIW event to raise awareness in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. From left: Dr Venko Filipche, Minister of Health; Dr Jihane Tawilah, WHO Representative in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Ms Mila Carovska, Minister of Labour and Social Policy (with her son); Professor Aleksandra Gzozdanova, President of the National Committee on Immunization.
Investing in noncommunicable disease control generates major financial and health gains
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 16.05.2018
16 May 2018
News Release
Geneva
A new WHO report launched today shows that the world’s poorest countries can gain US$350 billion by 2030 by scaling up investments in preventing and treating chronic diseases, like heart disease and cancer, that cost an additional US$1.27 per person annually. Such actions would save more than 8 million lives over the same period.
The report, titled Saving lives, spending less: a strategic response to NCDs, reveals, for the first time, the financing needs and returns on investment of WHO’s cost-effective and feasible “best buy” policies to protect people from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), the world’s leading causes of ill health and death.
Belarus pilot project shows the way to people-centred TB services
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 16.05.2018
Anna Handoshko
Belarus is among the 9 countries in the WHO European Region with the highest burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). In the Brest region of south-west Belarus, the challenge of MDR-TB is well recognized by physicians and health-care authorities. Treatment for MDR-TB is long and difficult, causing financial hardship for patients, their families and for health-care systems.
Thus, in 2017, when the Belarus Ministry of Health proposed a pilot project on the reorganization of tuberculosis (TB) services to improve people-centered care, the Brest region joined without hesitation.
First-ever WHO list of essential diagnostic tests to improve diagnosis and treatment outcomes
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 15.05.2018
15 May 2018
News Release
Geneva
Today, many people are unable to get tested for diseases because they cannot access diagnostic services. Many are incorrectly diagnosed. As a result, they do not receive the treatment they need and, in some cases, may actually receive the wrong treatment.
For example, an estimated 46% of adults with Type 2 diabetes worldwide are undiagnosed, risking serious health complications and higher health costs. Late diagnosis of infectious diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis increases the risk of spread and makes them more difficult to treat.
All European countries on track to offer inactivated polio vaccine in next step of global eradication plan
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 14.05.2018
Shukhrat Latipov
Four additional countries in the WHO European Region have successfully added the inactivated poliomyelitis (polio) vaccine (IPV) to their routine immunization schedules this year. With support from Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners, Turkmenistan introduced IPV on 2 January, the Republic of Moldova on 2 April, Uzbekistan on 24 April and Kyrgyzstan on 2 May. Tajikistan plans to introduce IPV in June.
WHO plan to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from global food supply
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 14.05.2018
14 May 2018
News Release
WHO today released REPLACE, a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply.
Eliminating trans fats is key to protecting health and saving lives: WHO estimates that every year, trans fat intake leads to more than 500,000 deaths of people from cardiovascular disease.
Industrially-produced trans fats are contained in hardened vegetable fats, such as margarine and ghee, and are often present in snack food, baked foods, and fried foods. Manufacturers often use them as they have a longer shelf life than other fats. But healthier alternatives can be used that would not affect taste or cost of food.