This week’s cover: a Lancet Editorial on #mpox, once again a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) demanding a coordinated international response. Full issue ▶️ https://hubs.li/Q02Mlj5H0
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Mounting #mpox infections and deaths have led WHO to once again declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Today, an Editorial from The Lancet: “Mpox: the need for a coordinated international response” https://hubs.li/Q02LzZ0G0
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Save the date for the launch of a new Lancet Public Health Series 📆 Timed to World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept 10, hear authors discuss key data and recommendations. Register now ▶️ https://hubs.li/Q02LpD4T0
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Is there a crisis in young people's mental health? Working as a therapist has taught me how incredibly important the formative years are for someone's wellbeing and mental health. Adolescence is a time of massive biological, psychological, and social development, and disruptions to those developments can be so destabilising. What complex factors are working together to drive the higher rates of mental ill health that have been seen in adolescents recently, and what can we do about it? These are big questions, so they deserve big answers. It's been such a pleasure to work with Pat McGorry and the team on this Commission on youth mental health for Lancet Psychiatry. We're hoping it will help to create big changes. https://lnkd.in/eYZswQ7D
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Youth mental health is entering dangerous phase, say experts ⤵️ In The Lancet Public Health, a new Commission suggests the mental health of young people has been declining over the past two decades. Several global megatrends are implicated, including: – Inaction on climate change – Intergenerational inequality – Adversity linked to the COVID-19 pandemic While mental ill-health accounts for at least 45% of the overall burden of disease in people aged 10–24 years, only 2% of health budgets are devoted to mental health care. “This publication is the first definitive guide to youth mental health globally, outlining the current state of play and making the economic, moral and political case for investing in better research, models of care and access to youth mental health care for young people everywhere”, said lead author, Prof Patrick McGorry. Explore the authors’ recommendations for change 👉 hubs.li/Q02LcSKt0 Figure: Integrated youth mental health care model
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“We are not at a new normal: wildfire risk is projected to continue to increase.” News has broken that thousands of residents are being evacuated as Greece wildfires spread near Athens. In a Review, Attila J Hertelendy and colleagues present the beginning of a practical framework to guide health system leaders facing severe wildfire risks. The authors cover interventions before, during, and after the event 🔽 https://hubs.li/Q02KVLNj0 👇 Figure: Health and health system effects of smoke and fire
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🚨 Submission alert - we’re inviting entries to our annual essay competition, the Wakley Prize. Put pen to paper and share your ideas on centring care in medicine. More here: https://hubs.li/Q02KMlsJ0
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Every year, more than 2 million girls are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) before the age of 5. To reach the Sustainable Development Goal 5.3 target of eliminating the practice by 2030, progress would need to be 27 times faster than achieved in the past decade. In The Lancet, an Editorial states, “health-care workers must uphold the principles of medical ethics and be advocates against FGM in all its forms. The medicalisation of FGM is not a harm-reduction strategy—it is a violation of medical ethics and human rights.” Read: https://hubs.li/Q02KngR80
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Long COVID: a clinical update More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, millions of people continue to experience long-term impacts of SARS-CoV-2 infection. A new Review in The Lancet brings together streams of literature on post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID): https://hubs.li/Q02JS5c70 👇 Figure: Summary of pathology, presentation, and management of long COVID
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An estimated 153 million people will be living with dementia by 2050, according to current projections. This is a significant increase from the 57 million in 2019. As life expectancies improve, the number of people living with dementia worldwide continues to rise 📈 The 2024 report of the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care adds compelling new evidence that untreated vision loss and high LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol are risk factors for dementia. Around 45% of dementia cases are potentially preventable by addressing 14 modifiable risk factors, the Commission suggests. Find out more 👉 hubs.ly/Q02JBPVD0 Alt text: An infographic showing the risk factors for dementia, as included in the 2024 update to a standing Lancet Commission
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