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.
The landscape for rare diseases in 2024
By definition, rare diseases affect a small number of individuals (fewer than 1 in 2000 people in any WHO region); yet, with more than 7000 types of rare disease in existence, the burden worldwide is not insignificant. To date, approximately 300 million people live with rare diseases. Such individuals are often a neglected and marginalised group, especially those in low-income …
Latest advances in treatment for non-small cell lung cancer - The …
Mar 4, 2024 · Lung cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer globally, and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. 85% of all lung cancer cases are categorised as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the
Jul 31, 2024 · The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission on dementia provides new hopeful evidence about dementia prevention, intervention, and care. As people live longer, the number of people who live with dementia continues to rise, even as the age-specific incidence decreases in high-income countries, emphasising the need to identify and implement prevention approaches.
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 …
Acute respiratory distress syndrome: causes, pathophysiology, and ...
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common clinical syndrome of acute respiratory failure as a result of diffuse lung inflammation and oedema. ARDS can be precipitated by a variety of causes. The pathophysiology of ARDS is complex and involves the activation and dysregulation of multiple overlapping and interacting pathways of injury, inflammation, and coagulation, both …
Concepts and definitions of healthy ageing: a systematic review …
Oct 6, 2022 · HA conceptualizations highlight its multidimensionality and complexity that renders a monistic model/definition challenging. It has become evident that life long person-environment interactions, adaptations, environments, and health promotion/empowerment are essential for HA. Our model classification provides a basis for harmonizing terms and dimensions that can …
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 …
Clinical advances and ongoing trials of mRNA vaccines for cancer ...
Years of research exploring mRNA vaccines for cancer treatment in preclinical and clinical trials have set the stage for the rapid development of mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therapeutic cancer vaccines based on mRNA are well tolerated, and the inherent advantage in ease of production, which rivals the best available conventional vaccine manufacture methods, …
The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific
Dec 10, 2024 · Dementia in the Western Pacific region: from risk reduction to care: The Series highlights the challenges in dementia risk reduction, diagnosis, treatment and care, and calls for intersectoral collaboration and action to achieve our shared goal of the best level of health for all people in the Western Pacific region.Explore the Series here.