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Mashup Score: 0Chagas disease in non-endemic settings - 3 year(s) ago
End UK’s neglect of this serious disease Neglected tropical diseases are no longer confined to the tropics. Chagas disease, one of 20 such diseases, is increasingly recognised as a public health problem in Europe and the US because of population migration.12 If we are to meet the World Health Organization’s goals to prevent, control, eliminate, and eradicate neglected tropical diseases by 2030,3…
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Mashup Score: 2Chagas disease in non-endemic settings - 3 year(s) ago
End UK’s neglect of this serious disease Neglected tropical diseases are no longer confined to the tropics. Chagas disease, one of 20 such diseases, is increasingly recognised as a public health problem in Europe and the US because of population migration.12 If we are to meet the World Health Organization’s goals to prevent, control, eliminate, and eradicate neglected tropical diseases by 2030,3…
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The UK is home to at least 250 000 people at risk of Chagas disease. Yet, despite availability of testing and treatment, 97% of people with the disease remain undiagnosed, says this #BMJEditorial. The authors call for ways to tackle poor awareness https://t.co/Iz7YeCtzIS
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Mashup Score: 2Chagas disease in non-endemic settings - 3 year(s) ago
End UK’s neglect of this serious disease Neglected tropical diseases are no longer confined to the tropics. Chagas disease, one of 20 such diseases, is increasingly recognised as a public health problem in Europe and the US because of population migration.12 If we are to meet the World Health Organization’s goals to prevent, control, eliminate, and eradicate neglected tropical diseases by 2030,3…
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We must pay attention to how migration and non-endemic settings have moved the goalposts for tackling neglected tropical diseases like Chagas disease, says this #BMJEditorial. The authors call for ways to tackle poor awareness and stigma https://t.co/v2c2Lwg0xM
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Mashup Score: 26Covid-19 vaccine passports: access, equity, and ethics - 3 year(s) ago
Governments should proceed with great caution through this minefield With millions of people receiving covid-19 vaccines globally, some countries have already started planning the implementation of “vaccine passports”—accessible certificates confirming covid-19 vaccination linked to the identity of the holder. The purpose of vaccine passports, governments argue, is to allow people to travel,…
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"Ethical concerns remain about the societal divide that these passports could cause. Vaccine passports must be available and accessible to all to prevent exacerbating existing societal inequalities and worsening the health divide", says #BMJEditorial https://t.co/82U6Tlri8G
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Mashup Score: 1Domestic violence during the pandemic - 3 year(s) ago
Healthcare systems have failed to respond adequately despite increased need globally Domestic violence and abuse is a violation of human rights that damages the health and wellbeing of survivors and their families. Although both men and women are affected, incidence and severity are much greater for women: the World Health Organization recently estimated that a third of women worldwide…
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Healthcare systems have failed to respond adequately to domestic violence during the pandemic despite increased need globally #BMJEditorial https://t.co/amWdgaXZPZ
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Mashup Score: 4Domestic violence during the pandemic - 3 year(s) ago
Healthcare systems have failed to respond adequately despite increased need globally Domestic violence and abuse is a violation of human rights that damages the health and wellbeing of survivors and their families. Although both men and women are affected, incidence and severity are much greater for women: the World Health Organization recently estimated that a third of women worldwide…
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Uncertainty remains about the size of the increase in domestic violence globally during the pandemic. But we don’t need to wait to provide safe spaces for disclosure in healthcare settings, or to invest in advocacy and support services, says #BMJEditorial https://t.co/Cio8AXxKwD
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Mashup Score: 15Mental health of children and young people during pandemic - 3 year(s) ago
Deterioration is clearest among families already struggling Has covid-19 and the resulting restrictions precipitated an epidemic of mental health conditions among children and young people? Many peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed studies have reported fluctuating mental health and suicide risk during the pandemic, but few focused on children and young people under the age of 18.1 The signal to…
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"Although children are at lowest risk of death from #COVID19, concerning signals remain about the pandemic’s effects on their mental health" New #BMJEditorial @Tamsin_J_Ford @ProfAnnJohn @SASHBristol on effects of pandemic on young people’s mental health https://t.co/DpsSj32TcC
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Mashup Score: 1Domestic violence during the pandemic - 3 year(s) ago
Healthcare systems have failed to respond adequately despite increased need globally Domestic violence and abuse is a violation of human rights that damages the health and wellbeing of survivors and their families. Although both men and women are affected, incidence and severity are much greater for women: the World Health Organization recently estimated that a third of women worldwide…
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Healthcare may be the only contact that an abused person—isolated by the perpetrator from friends and family—has with the outside world. This #BMJEditorial looks at challenges to the healthcare response and making healthcare a safe space for disclosure https://t.co/CjGNBXUyFs
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Mashup Score: 15Domestic violence during the pandemic - 3 year(s) ago
Healthcare systems have failed to respond adequately despite increased need globally Domestic violence and abuse is a violation of human rights that damages the health and wellbeing of survivors and their families. Although both men and women are affected, incidence and severity are much greater for women: the World Health Organization recently estimated that a third of women worldwide…
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Domestic violence has been magnified by the covid-19 pandemic in two senses: incidence has increased globally, and the presence of domestic violence has also been revealed more clearly. The societal response must be multisectoral, says #BMJEditorial https://t.co/AaXbc5Qxur
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Mashup Score: 0Covid-19 leaves surgical training in crisis - 3 year(s) ago
Urgent restoration of training is critical to the UK’s future surgical workforce The pandemic has brought innumerable difficulties, some immediately obvious and others more insidious. Focus has correctly been on immediate risks to patients, healthcare workers, and the NHS. However, the extent of the detrimental effect of the pandemic on the provision of medical and surgical training has become…
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Urgent restoration of surgical training "is essential for individual trainees, the future provision of services, and, most importantly, for patient care," #BMJEditorial by @ClaraEMunro @_JoshBurke_ William Allum @mortensen_neil https://t.co/bTdhyOLzYd @RCSnews
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The UK is home to at least 250 000 people at risk of Chagas disease. Yet, despite availability of testing and treatment, 97% of people with the disease remain undiagnosed, says this #BMJEditorial. The authors call for ways to tackle poor awareness https://t.co/HexUifA2pr