Countries with highest reported levels of hearing loss have lowest use of hearing aids

Men more likely than women to report difficulties, although gender divide narrows with age Countries with the highest reported levels of hearing loss also have the lowest reported use of hearing aids, finds international research published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. And men are generally more likely than ...

2025-10-03T09:04:40+00:003 October 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Lack of soap most reported barrier to effective hand hygiene in shared community spaces

Efforts to improve handwashing don’t always include basics of access to soap + water Lack of hand hygiene causes annual 740,000 deaths from diarrhoea or respiratory infections  But despite global recognition of its importance governments slow to act on hand hygiene A lack of soap is the most often reported ...

2025-09-17T13:46:38+00:0017 September 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

New term for systematic, deliberate attacks on healthcare as acts of war: ‘healthocide’

Call out weaponisation of health and healthcare, medical practitioners urged  Silence implies complicity in direct contravention of humanitarian law and medical ethics  The deliberate destruction of health services and systems as an act of war should be termed ‘healthocide’ and medical practitioners should call out and stand firm against this ...

2025-08-06T16:09:00+00:006 August 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Medical tourism for bariatric/weight reduction surgery needs urgent regulation

Especially as data show tourist numbers increasing despite advent of weight loss drugs Medical tourism for bariatric and weight reduction surgery needs urgent regulation to protect recipients’ health, especially as the data show that tourist numbers are increasing despite the advent of weight loss drugs, say experts in a commentary ...

2025-07-17T13:24:19+00:0016 July 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Despite overall progress, low birthweight rates still high in certain Indian states

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal account for almost half of all such births Despite overall progress in bringing down low birthweight numbers across India over the past 30 years, rates remain stubbornly high in certain states, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal, accounting for almost half of ...

2025-06-17T11:26:06+00:0017 June 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Global 130%+ rise in postmenopausal osteoarthritis and associated disability over past 3 decades

Fastest growth in East Asia and high-income Asia Pacific countries Excess weight accounted for 20% of total years lived with resulting disability globally The global number of cases of osteoarthritis, as well the disability associated with the condition, have risen by more than 130% over the past 3 decades among ...

2025-03-05T10:00:47+00:005 March 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Women health sector leaders good for a nation’s wealth, health, innovation, ethics

But major underused resource despite their unique and positive impact, say researchers More and sustained investment needed to maximise their potential and reap benefits Women health sector leaders are good for a nation’s wealth, health, innovation, and ethics, among other things, finds a review of the available evidence, published in ...

2025-02-05T10:41:01+00:005 February 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Health + financial toll of emerging mosquito-borne chikungunya infection likely vastly underestimated

In 2011-20 alone chikungunya cost estimated US$50 billion, and disabled millions The health and financial implications of the emerging threat of mosquito-borne chikungunya viral infection have most likely been significantly underestimated, with total costs probably approaching US$ 50 billion in 2011-20 alone, suggests a comprehensive data analysis, published in the ...

2024-12-04T12:30:41+00:004 December 2024|BMJ Global Health, Press release|
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