SherBearethJun 25, 2024

👀 #Surgeongeneral declares #gunviolence a #publichealth crisis

#Firearm #violence is officially a public health crisis in the U.S. — Surgeon General Vivek #Murthy says so. In a new advisory published on Tuesday, Murthy calls attention to the #health toll of #gun violence, describing the #size of the #crisis while laying out a roadmap of #research and #policyinterventions to #curb its effects.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/25/gun-violence-public-health-crisis-surgeon-general-declaration/

Surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants to take firearm deaths "out of the realm of politics and put it into the realm of public health, which is where it belongs."

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GIGA InstituteNov 17, 2023
#InfectiousDiseases: Rafael Olarte, Doris Parada, Magaly Pedraza, Merike Blofield & #GIGA’s Bert Hoffmann will discuss #PolicyInterventions & #SocialVulnerability at the #Colombia–#Venezuela border. Joint event with Universität Hamburg. Register here, 20 Nov: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/conferences-and-workshops/designing-effective-policy-interventions-on-treatable-infectious-diseases
Designing Effective Policy Interventions on Treatable Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases such as syphilis are highly treatable. But if ignored, they can have devastating consequences, as in the dramatic rise of congenital syphilis among newborns at the Colombia-Venezuela border. But how can health services best reach and treat populations at risk, including undocumented migrants? A multidisciplinary pilot project yields promising results that could help save lives.

GIGA InstituteNov 10, 2023
Designing effective #PolicyInterventions on #InfectiousDiseases: #GIGA’s Bert Hoffmann in a panel on #SocialVulnerability at the #Colombia-#Venezuela border with Merike Blofield, Rafael Olarte, Doris Parada, and Magaly Pedraza, 20 November: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/conferences-and-workshops/designing-effective-policy-interventions-on-treatable-infectious-diseases
Designing Effective Policy Interventions on Treatable Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases such as syphilis are highly treatable. But if ignored, they can have devastating consequences, as in the dramatic rise of congenital syphilis among newborns at the Colombia-Venezuela border. But how can health services best reach and treat populations at risk, including undocumented migrants? A multidisciplinary pilot project yields promising results that could help save lives.

Three Percent Earth FoundationNov 30, 2022
A 2020 cross-sectional study from Decharat and Kiddee identified a battery of self-reported #health symptoms incl. blurred vision, extremity numbness, headaches, & rash/itching from #Thai #WEEE #recycling #workers exposed to heavy trace metals. Health outcomes appeared to be assoc. with irreg. use of or non-standardised #PPE, absence of proper engineering controls, & limited govt. occupational #policyinterventions w/insufficient compliance and enforcement mechanism(s).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7045883/
Health Problems Among Workers Who Recycle Electronic Waste in Southern Thailand

This study evaluated the prevalence of adverse health effects among recycling facility workers, and described their socioeconomic situation, health symptoms and work characteristics.A cross-sectional study was conducted by interviewing 71 workers in 20 ...

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