Actions needed to prevent noncommunicable diseases and improve mental health

Fiscal policy to improve diets and prevent noncommunicable diseases: from recommendations to action

The World Health Organization has recommended that Member States consider taxing energy-dense beverages and foods and/or subsidizing nutrient-rich foods to improve diets and prevent noncommunicable diseases. Numerous countries have either implemented taxes on energy-dense beverages and foods or are considering the implementation of such taxes. However, several major challenges to the implementa...

Using Mobile Health to Improve Genetic and Heart Diseases Prediction

Introduction: Mobile personal health are a rapidly growing area of health information technology. Mobile personal health users are able to manage their own health data and communicate with doctors in order to improve healthcare quality and efficiency. In recent years, information and communication technologies improvements, along with mobile Internet, offering anywhere and anytime connectivity,...

Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries: Action Needed in South Asia Too

Sam Singer In their essay in October’s PLoS Medicine, Daniel Reidpath and Kit Yee Chan challenge the widely cited link between HIV-related stigma and the spread of the epidemic [1]. This is an important question, given the heavy emphasis on stigma in policies of the World Health Organization, the Joint United Programme on HIV/AIDS, and other public health institutions, but in making their argum...

How to improve the mental health care of children and adolescents in Brazil: actions needed in the public sector.

INTRODUCTION Child/adolescent mental health (CAMH) problems are associated with high burden and high costs across the patient's lifetime. Addressing mental health needs early on can be cost effective and improve the future quality of life. OBJECTIVE/METHODS Analyzing most relevant papers databases and policies, this paper discusses how to best address current gaps in CAMH services and present...

Actions Needed to Improve Crop Protection in the United States