In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new policy paper titled "Global Health Security and the Health-Security Nexus: Principles, Politics and Praxis" in the journal BMJ Global Health, warns of dangers and potential pitfalls ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Mothers with babies living in households with food insecurity—inadequate or unpredictable access to food because of financial issues—are less likely to breastfeed exclusively to the recommended 6 months, found a study ...
Mar 19, 2018
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The proportion of UK adults on low incomes who face hunger because they can't afford to buy enough to eat—a situation known as 'food insecurity'—has likely almost doubled in the UK since 2004, suggests an analysis of ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Women who remained adherent to COVID-19 preventive measures in Uganda in mid-2020 were more likely to experience intimate partner violence (IPV) than women who were poorly adherent to the measures, according to a new study ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Black women of childbearing age were twice as likely to have uncontrolled high blood pressure when compared with their white peers, increasing their risk of heart-related complications during pregnancy, according to new research ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Economic difficulty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cascade of connected problems for some parents—resulting in mental health problems for their children, a new study suggests.
May 23, 2024
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Cholera, an infection that causes severe diarrhea and can be deadly, is once more spreading in several low-income countries. In its latest update on the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted that the global situation ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Low-income people who struggle to put food on the table also use the health care system more, which means higher health care costs, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Aug 10, 2015
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Greater stress and anxiety resulting from economic insecurity may be at least partly to blame for the U.S. death rate that the government announced Dec. 8 has increased for the first time in a decade, says an expert on poverty ...
Dec 12, 2016
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New research suggests that housing insecurity—high housing costs or unsafe living conditions that prevent self-care and threaten independence—may have negative effects on kidney health. The findings appear in an upcoming ...
Apr 1, 2020
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