Dr. Gullapalli Rao is an ophthalmologist and founder of the Hyderabad-based L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI). The Institute, which opened in 1986 and provides primary eye care to underserved populations using a cost-shifting model, one that’s become quite popular in public health in developing countries – take from those who can pay full price and help cover the costs of
By Lindsay Hebert The sixteen women on my computer screen need help. Natasha is three years old and requires $550 for a burn operation. Efreda was divorced by her husband because of her fistula condition; surgery will cost $1,000. When I refresh the page, a new tiling of faces appears. The questions facing potential donors on Samahope.org are not new.
9 NOVEMBER 2012 | GENEVA - The first-ever global monitoring framework to combat several of the world’s biggest killers has been agreed this week by WHO Member States. The framework comprises nine voluntary global targets and 25 indicators to prevent and control diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, chronic lung disease and other noncommunicable diseases. The draft framework aims to
Laws that end smoking at work and other public places result in significantly fewer hospitalizations for heart attacks, strokes, asthma and other respiratory conditions, a new UCSF analysis has found. The research provides evidence that smoke-free laws that cover workplaces, restaurants and bars have the biggest impacts on hospitalizations, reduce health care costs and also raise quality of life, the
17 OCTOBER 2012 | WASHINGTON DC - An estimated 20 million people are alive today as a direct result of tuberculosis (TB) care and control, according to the WHO Global tuberculosis report 2012. “In the space of 17 years, 51 million people have been successfully treated and cared for according to WHO recommendations. Without that treatment, 20 million people would have died,”
HONG KONG, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – The world is experiencing a large and growing crisis in access to oral healthcare that, if left unchecked, risks an unmanageable explosion of oral disease, especially in developing countries, according to a report issued today by Geneva-based FDI World Dental Federation, the principal representative body for more than 1 million dental practitioners worldwide. Oral disease affects
Carbon is everywhere, almost. Carbon is in the atmosphere, proteins, cells, plants, food, and so on. The sixth element of the periodic table, carbon is one of the earliest discovered elements, posited to have been discovered by the Egyptians and Sumerians in 3750 BC. It was formally listed as an element more than 5,000 years later in 1789 by the
ERLANGEN, Germany and BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Power Over Pressure steering committee today announced the launch of the world’s first online resource created to help healthcare professionals improve diagnosis and develop solutions for treatment-resistant hypertension, an urgent and growing public health issue that affects 120 million people worldwide.1,2 Developed by global hypertension experts and endorsed by
Join us at our 5th Annual Global Health Awareness Week at Western University. Kicking off the day after World Health Day, Western University celebrates with the following events: [Monday] Access to Vision: Albinism and Tanzania [Tuesday] Haiti: Hope and Challenges [Wednesday] Global Health: A World of Opportunity for Health Care Providers [Thursday] One Health WesternU Faculty Panel: HIV-TB For more about
The Global Health Media Project presents The Story of Cholera, produced in conjunction with award-winning animator Yoni Goodman. The animation is also available in Haitian Creole, Spanish, and Haitian Creole – Andeyo. Other media from Global Health Media Project include newborn care videos
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