Reduction of key risk factors could prevent 37 million deaths by 2025
Image PD 1. If target levels for 6 key risk factors (salt intake, tobacco, alcohol, obesity, high blood pressure and glucose)...
Recurrent violence in post-conflict communities linked to increased mental disorders
Image: PD 1. A seven-fold increase in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a three-fold increase in severe stress were found...
Financial incentives improve Hep B vaccination rate among injection drug users
Image: PD 1. Patients undergoing treatment for heroin addiction who received small financial incentives (maximum £30 of supermarket vouchers) were...
Minimal association between economic growth and childhood undernutrition for world’s poorest
Image: PD Kwashiorkor 1. A very small to null association was seen between national economic growth and improvement in early...
Nationwide treatment regimen more than halves tuberculosis prevalence in China
Image: PD 1. Over a 20-year period, China reduced prevalence of smear-positive tuberculosis by more than half by shifting tuberculosis...
Estimated three quarters of people with influenza are asymptomatic [Flu Watch study]
Image: PD 1. Although around 1 in 5 of the unvaccinated population become infected with influenza each winter season, only...
Rotavirus vaccine 116E shown effective and affordable in India
Image: PD 1. Rotavirus vaccine 116E was shown to have similar efficacy to current vaccines RotaTeq and Rotarix in developing...
Nursing staff cuts associated with increased risk of preventable deaths
Image: PD 1. Every one patient increase per nurse workload is associated with a 7% increase in the likelihood of...
Estimated 1 in 14 women worldwide survivors of sexual violence in lifetime
Image: PD 1. Worldwide, 1 in 14 women over the age of 15 were victims of sexual violence by someone...