Global Scans · Good Health and Well-being · Weekly Summary

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In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

• [New] Geopolitical events including the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, as well as U.S. political polarization, could be creating an environment that may very well be creating risks that could eclipse anything since World War II. San Diego Union-Tribune
• [New] Public Health expects to begin distributing fentanyl and xylazine test strips from the Washington State Department of Health this month. The Columbian
• [New] With the median age of the U.S. population higher than ever before, paired with high levels of inactivity, there will be a continued strain on the health system. Local News Matters
• [New] Dorset Council Library Service will use its funding of £309,971 to improve accessibility with open-access technology in four libraries - as well as extending its iPad lending scheme across all its libraries to increase access to digital services. Public Libraries News
• [New] When drinking water contaminants are linked to health harms such as cancer, the EPA when developing health advisories must assume the safe level is zero, or the level at which there is no known or expected risk. Environmental Working Group
• [New] The adoption of more structured benefit-risk analyses by NRAs could lead to greater harmonization of benefit-risk assessment globally and provide a framework that could be incorporated into health authorities' benefit-risk algorithms. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] With almost 5 billion mobile phone users in the world, health care providers and researchers are realizing the potential of using mobile technologies, such as mobile phones, portable computers, and personal digital assistants, for health services. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The US Department of Health and Human Services designated B. anthracis as a tier 1 select agent, signifying that it presents the greatest risk of deliberate misuse with significant potential for mass causalities and poses a severe threat to public health and safety. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] HIV associated stigma remains a major human rights challenge and addressing HIV-related stigma and discrimination will be necessary to achieve the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] 49, 50 In the United Kingdom, the ACMD concluded that synthetic opioids posed a significant risk to public health and recommended that current monitoring and surveillance systems be adapted to help identify the true scale of the public health threat. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Swapping red meat for forage fish, such as herring, sardines and anchovies, could save up to 750,000 lives a year in 2050 and significantly reduce the prevalence of disability as a result of diet-related disease, suggests a data analysis published in BMJ Global Health. Global Seafood Alliance
• [New] Because of the Canada Carbon Rebate, the Government of can take real action to slow down climate change and still protect households from increased costs that climate change will mean for insurance, infrastructure repairs, health care, and more. Yahoo Finance
• [New] The UK government cites concerns about the risk to mental health associated with using cannabis as a justification for supporting prohibition. Loughborough University
• [New] The AI network interface cards, which are already being used by Google Cloud, will provide a secure way to offload functionality like storage, networking and container management and manage AI infrastructure. TechRepublic
• [New] Where UK employers are looking to employ migrant workers who are being sponsored under the Skilled Worker category for the first time, they will need to ensure that the salaries that they are offering meet the significantly higher minimum salary thresholds for the Skilled Worker category. The Mobile Workforce
• [New] The reconstruction of Gaza's public health systems will require solutions that are not just about addressing immediate medical needs, but that also consider the broader infrastructure - including mental health services and vaccination programs, as well as the provision of essential medications. UPI
• [New] Health systems in Africa's cities are largely ill equipped to anticipate and manage emerging health needs induced by climate change and rapid urbanization. The BMJ
• [New] The FDA's proposed menthol rule relies heavily on a study published in 2021 projecting that a federal ban would avert about 650,000 premature deaths by the year 2060, demonstrating a substantial benefit to public health. Slate
• [New] In 2024, in an even more uncertain world, the top risk has moved to health and safety in all regions except for Great Britain, where data loss slightly edges out health and safety. WTW
• [New] Furthermore many farms have experienced devastating flooding which has resulted in crops being completely destroyed, and, as a result, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is predicting that the production of the UK's largest crop, wheat, will be down by 15%. FoodNavigator.com
• The degree to which P2 PAP enhance hosts' perceptions of identification and control readiness will have a positive effect on their perceptions of e-rental diagnosticity, as well as their intention to continue using P2 PAP. Taylor & Francis

Last updated: 14 April 2024