Africa: Most Child Deaths Are Preventable So Why Are They Still Happening?: [allAfrica] Global efforts have cut under-five deaths, but preventable child mortality remains a major challenge http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM67QK #ChildHealth #PreventableDeaths #Africa #GlobalHealth #ChildMortality
Big Beautiful Bill Projected to Lead to Preventable Deaths - FactCheck.org

Contrary to President Donald Trump’s claim that no one will die as a result of the Republican budget bill, an analysis from the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University estimated that the legislation’s changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act will result in at least 42,500 preventable deaths each year. At the same time, independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has slightly overstated the estimate.

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Chris Murphy on Joni Ernst: "I think everybody in that audience knows they're going to die, they would just rather die in old age at 85 or 90 instead of dying at 40. And the reality is that when you lose your healthcare, you are much more at risk of early death."

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Africa: Launch of $600M Fund to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health in Africa: [allAfrica] The Beginnings Fund aims to prevent over 300,000 avoidable deaths by expanding access to quality care for mothers and babies in sub-Saharan Africa, in partnership with Ministries of Health. The Fund is supported by anchor donors the Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity, The ELMA Foundation, Gates… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKSfjB #MaternalHealth #NewbornHealth #HealthCare #SubSaharanAfrica #PreventableDeaths
Basically, things were rocking along, and the right amount of sepsis is 0 but the next-best amount is the least you can manage ... and then look at that line. #sepsis #preventabledeaths
Study finds: In England, with every 1% increase of green space, the annual count of preventable deaths in the most deprived neighbourhoods was lower by 37%, the study found. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20241113/More-green-space-could-reduce-preventable-deaths-in-deprived-areas.aspx #greenspaces #preventabledeaths
More green space could reduce preventable deaths in deprived areas

The provision of just 1% more green space in the most deprived urban neighborhoods in 3 out of the 4 UK nations may be linked to around 40% fewer preventable deaths in these areas, finds research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

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42,027 #PreventableDeaths annually due to complications of #obesity. That is the number that expanded access to obesity medicines like semaglutide might save. It is good to see #PopulationHealth experts starting to think in these terms.
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/10/counting-the-lives-of-persons-living-with-obesity/
Counting the Lives of Persons Living with Obesity - ConscienHealth

A new paper in PNAS illustrates a big shift in thinking – from discounting to counting the importance of the lives of persons with obesity.

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"Vaccination is the best defence against whooping cough and it is vital that pregnant women and young infants receive their vaccines at the right time" #vaccination #whoopingcough #uknews #preventabledeaths

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/08/whooping-cough-baby-dies-england-ukhsa

Another baby dies after contracting whooping cough, says UKHSA

Data from government body shows England cases passed 10,000 in year to June with 10 deaths in current outbreak

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CW: The article contains disturbing child abuse, resulting in death. #TriggerWarning.

The placement was approved by both #BritishColumbia Ministry of #Children & Family Development & the family service’s department of the boy’s First Nation, but the report says the ministry did not complete #BackgroundChecks or visit the home before the siblings were moved there.

Charlesworth said the lack of communication, #DueDiligence & #DueProcess would “prove to be a massive error” because those in charge of the boy’s safety could have learned the woman had prior involvement with the ministry over physical #abuse of her child & there were documented concerns about her partner’s “conduct with children.”

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/b-c-s-massive-error-part-of-web-of-inaction-that-could-have-saved-boy-advocate/

#BCpoli #ChildAbuse #BCNDP #ChildWelfare #ChildrenInCare #ChildrensRights #ChildrensSafety #BCgovernment #BCNewDeathParty #PreventableDeaths #FailureToProtect #SocialWelfare #ChildrensWelfare #IndigenousChildren #EveryChildMatters