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At a time when countries have yet to recover from the impacts of COVID-19, a surge of emerging infectious diseases poses significant public health challenges that need to be adequately addressed . Strengthening Primary Health Care (PHC) systems becomes vital to address health issues effectively and holistically, especially in regions where ...
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- Cardiovascular Disease. Cardiovascular diseases — primarily heart disease and stroke — are the leading global cause of death, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
- Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes is another top cause of death worldwide. The condition occurs when the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin (Type 1 diabetes) or when the body cannot process insulin (Type 2 diabetes).
- Hypertension. Another symptom of obesity is hypertension, or high blood pressure, which is a key contributor to heart disease. Screenings for high blood pressure are part of routine preventive care protocols.
- Schizoaffective Disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is characterized by symptoms of both schizophrenia (such as delusions or hallucinations) and mood disorders (such as depression or mania).
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May 15, 2024 · Public health departments and their partners need to consider how conditions in the places where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes. These social determinants of health (SDOH), and actions to address the resulting health inequities, can be incorporated throughout all ...
Aug 30, 2022 · These challenges are COVID‐19, inadequate human resources for health, poor health systems financing, conflict and humanitarian crises, mental health, poverty, climate change, the health of...
Nov 14, 2018 · Effective policy change is more likely to improve health when key principles are considered. We outline 4 principles that we believe bolster effective public health policy change. We define public health policy as laws, regulations, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve public health goals in a society.
According to Healthy People 2020, “Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone equally with focused and ongoing societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities, historical and contemporary injustices, and the elimination of health and health care disparities” (2).
