Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s research while affiliated with World Health Organization WHO and other places

... The lack of consensus on patent waivers and referral of the issue to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is regrettable. The economic costs of inaction during COVID-19 far exceeded those of preparedness [5,6], yet global financing for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and health system resilience remains fragmented and inadequate [7]. Amid competing global priorities, pandemic preparedness-an essential global public good-requires strengthened, predictable funding. ...

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Balancing Equity and Global Health Security Towards a Fair and Effective Pandemic Agreement

... Those suffering from chronic kidney failure, for example, need regular dialysis, while refugees with cancer face even greater challenges. Interruptions in their treatment can exacerbate the spread of cancer, yet the care they should receive is often complex, available in specialized centers only, and requires in-depth knowledge of the disease process (7). Older adult refugees and individuals with disabilities, who often suffer from multiple health conditions, are particularly vulnerable. ...

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Barriers to healthcare access and continuity of care among Ukrainian war refugees in Europe: findings from the RefuHealthAccess study

... Due to an increased risk of premature death, disease and disability associated with tobacco and alcohol product use, 290,291 many users of these products, primarily men, may end up requiring home care, which is predominantly provided by women, often at the expense of their own health and other needs. 292 The demand for unpaid home care by women can be substantial, given the high number of male tobacco and alcohol product users: in 2019, there were at least 940 million male smokers and 6.6 million tobacco-related male deaths. 293 In 2016, there were 1.5 billion male consumers of alcohol products and 2.3 million alcohol-related deaths. ...

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EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH HEALTH TAXES

... Additional efforts are therefore needed to prioritize sexual health and wellbeing within the broader framework of sexual and reproductive health and rights to foster more inclusive and equitable health systems for all. 1 This theme issue aims to spark dialogue and highlight current evidence from both health system and people-centred perspectives on sexual health and well-being. 2 The papers in this theme issue reiterate the message that sexual health and well-being are essential to overall health 3 over the entire life course, including for adolescents, 4 people of reproductive age and older people. 5 This issue also emphasizes the importance of action from policy to practice -from the growing threats of sexually transmitted infections 6 and the dangers of sexual exploitation during conflicts, 7 to sexual health and well-being beyond linkages to reproduction, including understanding menstrual health as an issue of sexual justice, 8 and preparing women for perimenopause. ...

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What is needed to improve sexual health and well-being

... 46 In addition, attempts were made to misuse or cast doubt on evidence about the possible efficacy of the SSB tax, with claims that it would cost the country thousands of jobs and that there was no evidence that the tax would decrease obesity, which ignored the global evidence that highlights that SSB tax, along with alcohol and tobacco taxes, are cost-effective measures which aid in preventing diseases, injuries, and premature mortality. 47,48 The initial policy proposal for SA's HPL in 2016 was a tax rate of 20% as this was expected to have a major impact on obesity, in line with the literature. However, what was implemented was only 10%. ...

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Commercial determinants of health and cancer prevention in South Africa

... If the new vaccine is aimed to be 75% efficacious, it can avert up to 110 million new TB cases and 12·3 million deaths, but much more funding shall be required. [26]. ...

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Comparison Between Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Breathing Exercises and Pilates Exercises in Young Overweight Individuals with Activity-Related Breathlessness

... Given our aging and increasingly sedentary society with a rising incidence of DVT's in combination with constrained health care budgets and worker shortages, the lack of available ultrasound technicians to perform DVT scans will be an escalating challenge 12,13 . This technology could temporarily address the shortage of trained ultrasound providers while longterm solutions are implemented, including increasing health care funding, worker capacity, and infrastructure 14 . ...

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Artificial intelligence guided imaging as a tool to fill gaps in health care delivery

... Although alcohol marketing exposure is not a primary measure or outcome in this study, this research presents an opportunity to investigate alcohol marketing and the alcohol environment as commercial determinant of health, including its impact on mental health specifically. This is particularly important when considering the commercial determinants of health from an equity issue in low-resource settings and how women and youth are more vulnerable (Ghebreyesus 2023;McCarthy et al. 2023;Pitt et al. 2024). Meanwhile, our findings also indicate the need for prevention programs and policy development to reduce exposure to alcohol marketing and alcohol-promoting environment as well as zoning for alcohol outlet density, as these are evidence-based strategies that will reduce alcohol use and related harm. ...

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Alcohol marketing as a commercial determinant of health: daily diary insights from young women in Kampala

... For example, there are substantive opportunities to address risk factors for musculoskeletal conditions that are common across all NCDs within an integrated NCD approach where musculoskeletal health is included in policy and programmatic responses for NCDs [12,13]. Further, the vision of the WHO for rehabilitation to be an essential health service across all countries and the current UN Decade of Healthy Ageing provide important opportunities for musculoskeletal care reforms to feature prominently [10,17]. While a reform window is opening with such global programmatic responses that include musculoskeletal health [17][18][19], national health systems remain under unprecedented strain due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and resurgence of other communicable pathogens, health sequelae of climate change events and armed conflict. ...

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Towards healthy populations: A need to strengthen systems for musculoskeletal health

... Overall, peace and health are inextricably connected, and the two must go hand in hand in offering people basic protections and building secure and healthy societies. 1 Peace and health is an emerging field that prompted a drastic change in WHO's approach to addressing the growing health inequalities and disparities due to conflict, political instability, and other peace-deterring circumstances, disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities and withholding governments from achieving national strategic health goals. 2 Attaining the United Nations (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically healthrelated goals, is significantly challenged in countries plagued by turmoil, war, and protracted crises. 3 In such countries, the provision of high-quality health services is suboptimal and subject to the political and social climate. ...

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Global Health and Peace: The Elusive Path with a Focus on Palestine, Ukraine, and Venezuela