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Jan 4, 2025 · Prompted by the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Development Report, a Lancet Commission revisited the case for investment in health and developed a new framework to achieve dramatic health gains by 2035.Published in 2013, the report laid out opportunities for national governments and the international community.
Pollution and health: a progress update - The Lancet
May 17, 2022 · The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. We have now updated this estimate using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuriaes, and Risk Factors Study 2019. We find that pollution remains responsible for approximately ...
Universal health coverage is a matter of equity, rights, and justice ...
Jul 7, 2023 · Universal health coverage is sometimes misunderstood as a goal to provide all available health services and products free to every person through national health insurance schemes. 9 In reality, universal health coverage means that all people can access the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. As the health needs across income groups, ages, and health status vary, it ...
GOLD COPD report: 2024 update - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Dec 4, 2023 · The 2024 report from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been published. Key changes in the report were discussed by Claus F Vogelmeier (Philipps-Universität Marburg, German Center for Lung Research, Marburg, Germany) at the GOLD International COPD conference in ...
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder - The Lancet
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (complex PTSD) is a severe mental disorder that emerges in response to traumatic life events. Complex PTSD is characterised by three core post-traumatic symptom clusters, along with chronic and pervasive disturbances in emotion regulation, identity, and relationships. Complex PTSD has been adopted as a new diagnosis in the ICD-11.
Influenza - The Lancet
Annual seasonal influenza epidemics of variable severity caused by influenza A and B virus infections result in substantial disease burden worldwide. Seasonal influenza virus circulation declined markedly in 2020–21 after SARS-CoV-2 emerged but increased in 2021–22. Most people with influenza have abrupt onset of respiratory symptoms and myalgia with or without fever and recover within 1 ...
Open access - The Lancet
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Antiviral effect of high-dose ivermectin in adults with COVID-19: A ...
Jun 17, 2021 · 45 participants were recruited (30 to IVM and 15 controls) between May 18 and September 9, 2020. There was no difference in viral load reduction between groups but a significant difference was found in patients with higher median plasma IVM levels (72% IQR 59–77) versus untreated controls (42% IQR 31–73) (p = 0·004).Mean ivermectin plasma concentration levels correlated with viral decay ...
The 2023 WHO World malaria report - The Lancet Microbe
Jan 31, 2024 · The estimated number of global malaria cases in 2022 exceeded pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in 2019, according to WHO’s 2023 World malaria report. Several threats to the malaria global response are highlighted in the report, including climate change.
Long COVID: a clinical update - The Lancet
Jul 31, 2024 · Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage. The burden of this disease, both on the individual and on health systems and national economies, is high.