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 ...
New series uncovers the role of the arms trade in health and calls for more scrutiny of its health-harming activities and its unhealthy relationship with governments As the UK and other NATO nations dramatically increase defence spending to counter growing global aggressions, one under-recognised aspect of security debates is ...
These orders tend to be favoured by younger adults and those living with obesity Limited impact of calorie labelling calls for extra strategies to promote healthier food choices Taste and price, rather than calorie content, seem to be the key considerations for those ordering takeaways online, despite calorie labelling legislation ...
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 ...
Brands including Cadbury, Walkers, Kellogg’s, and Coca-Cola have more than 90 ongoing partnerships with sporting stars, teams, and organisations Experts say junk food sponsorship of sports should be banned to protect children’s health Junk food firms have more than 90 current sponsorship deals within top UK sports amid growing concerns ...
New BMJ collection calls for global action to ensure patients, caregivers, and relatives are valued equally to other experts It’s time to see lived experience - knowledge gained by being a patient, caregiver, or relative - as essential expertise, to ensure that healthcare is relevant, responsive, effective, resilient, equitable, and ...
Findings provide a roadmap to help strengthen health systems for future crises Disrupted care during the covid-19 pandemic led to sharp increases in other non-covid causes of illness and death, particularly mental health disorders, malaria in young children, and stroke and heart disease in older adults, finds a study published ...
Evidence of impact of discrimination and inequalities is clear; what is needed now is action from government and NHS institutions, says the BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS Racism and sexism are “alarmingly normalised” within the structures and person-to-person interactions across the NHS, and the NHS has delayed ...
Persistent conflict and threats of a nuclear conflagration are major impediments to development, they argue As India and Pakistan once again step closer to an open conflict, leading pediatricians and healthcare professionals from across the border have come together to urge both countries to take “brave first steps” towards peace. ...
But there is a risk it may lead to fewer people switching from smoking to vaping Standardising the colour and branding of disposable vaping devices may deter young people who have never smoked or vaped from trying them in the first place, suggests a comparative study, published online in the ...