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Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority

(6 days ago) To address urban health in Africa we need to improve urban health literacy across multiple sectors and at multiple levels, inclusive of public, private and civil society actors. Urban health is more than meeting the health needs of people living in cities. It is, in itself, an approach that recognises the physical, social and … See more

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6674-8

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Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority

(3 days ago) WEBAction on urban public health in Africa is critical for achieving global public health targets. Four key research and training priorities for improving urban …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6434629/

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Urban Health In Africa (Kutisha)

(Just Now) WEBThe article, “ Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority ,” advocates the critical response required to address the public health targets. The authors are calling …

https://urbanhealth360.org/urban-health-in-africa/

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Urban health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(1 days ago) WEBUrban health is a growing priority for WHO and the scale of the challenges to urban health means that approaches to deal with them must be strategic, …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/urban-health

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A perspective on urban health systems and research for …

(3 days ago) WEBUrban health as a framework for health systems research. The framing of urban health in Africa rightly extends beyond simply adressing the health needs of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9516074/

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Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority

(9 days ago) WEBThe African continent is predicted to be home to over half of the expected global population growth between 2015 and 2050, highlighting the importance of addressing population …

https://www.springermedicine.com/public-health/urban-health-in-africa-a-critical-global-public-health-priority/22757168

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Revolutionizing Public Health in Africa: Launch of the …

(9 days ago) WEBThree global health partners launched a pioneering peer-to-peer learning initiative, the African Public Health Institutes Collaborative (APHIC), at an inaugural …

https://africacdc.org/news-item/revolutionizing-public-health-in-africa-launch-of-the-african-public-health-institutes-collaborative-aphic/

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Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health …

(2 days ago) WEBAction on urban public health in Africa is critical for achieving global public health targets. Four key research and training priorities for improving urban …

https://europepmc.org/article/MED/30909893

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A new model for public health in Africa can become a …

(Just Now) WEBThe Africa CDC has begun bolstering national public-health institutes and emergency operations centres in 20 AU member states and will eventually establish a …

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02749-5

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Urban Public Space Initiatives and Health in Africa: A …

(4 days ago) WEBBACKGROUND AND AIM: Africa has one of the fastest rates of urban growth in the world. With unplanned urbanisation, African cities run the risk of getting …

https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/isee.2023.MP-024

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Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority Research …

(3 days ago) WEBIn Africa, urbanization and urban growth are dramatically restructuring the nature of cities. The growing majority of urban dwellers now live in informal conditions …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4987583/

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Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority

(5 days ago) WEBIt is argued that a focus on urban health in Africa is urgently required in order to support progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other …

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Urban-health-in-Africa%3A-a-critical-global-public-Vearey-Luginaah/1dffc578fdd50d0920af6bbf9e06f0f0d7b6e3ae

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Urban Planning and Public Health in Africa

(8 days ago) WEBIt is customary to attribute the problems that ail Africa to the lack of financial resources. This book deviates from convention by suggesting non-financial factors as …

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315548777/urban-planning-public-health-africa-ambe-njoh

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Innovation for urban health: policy brief - World Health …

(2 days ago) WEBThis policy brief reflects and offers guidance on how national and subnational governments can catalyze and capitalize on social, technological, and institutional …

https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789240090040

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Urban Health in Africa Dialogue: Advancing Multidisciplinary …

(8 days ago) WEBIn February 2017, the Urban Health in Africa Dialogue: Advancing Multidisciplinary Approaches was held in Cape Town, South Africa. Co-hosts included the Novartis …

https://www.interacademies.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/urban-health-in-africa-dialogue-summary-final.pdf

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City in Africa II: Urban environmental health - Taylor & Francis Online

(6 days ago) WEBAfrican cities are confronted with severe environmental health challenges, such as declining green space, poor housing conditions (slum formation and growth), …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07352166.2023.2171617

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The Shifting Interface of Public Health and Urban Policy in South …

(8 days ago) WEBSouth Africa, like many other places colonized by European powers, is a nation where issues of public health were closely associated with the early …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15385132211047542

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[PDF] Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority …

(3 days ago) WEBTLDR. It is argued that a focus on urban health in Africa is urgently required in order to support progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Urban-Health-Research-in-Africa%3A-Themes-and-Oni-Smit/dade58c6e7c6578347555c55960f32be93301316

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A new era for African health systems: Market shaping and the …

(7 days ago) WEBPublic Health Challenges is a multidisciplinary journal addressing all areas of public health research, policy, and practice, and supporting the One Health agenda. …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/puh2.172

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Journal of Public Health in Africa

(Just Now) WEBThe Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHiA) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal that focuses on health issues in the African continent. The journal editors seek high quality …

https://www.publichealthinafrica.org/index.php/jphia/article/view/1312

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UC Irvine global health researcher receives $4.3 million to study

(7 days ago) WEBA University of California, Irvine study on invasive malaria vector and urban malaria in Africa has been awarded up to $4.3 million from the National Institute of …

https://publichealth.uci.edu/2024/05/14/uc-irvine-global-health-researcher-receives-4-3-million-to-study-invasive-malaria-vector-and-urban-malaria-in-africa/

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Emergency obstetric care access dynamics in Africa′s cities: …

(1 days ago) WEBThe rapid urbanization, particularly in Africa has posed several challenges that affect provision and accessibility of healthcare. The complex mix of providers, socio …

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.15.24307462v1

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Why South Africa’s Plan for Universal Health Care Stirs Opposition

(7 days ago) WEBMay 15, 2024 at 6:17 AM PDT. Listen. 5:35. The South African Constitution promises everyone the right to health care. Yet nearly 85% of the nation’s 62 million …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-08/why-south-africa-s-plan-for-universal-health-care-stirs-opposition

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Environmental Changes Are Fueling Human, Animal and Plant …

(3 days ago) WEBThe reason may be that urban areas often have better sanitation and public health infrastructure than rural ones — or simply because there are fewer plants and …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/health/environment-climate-health.html

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Frontiers Urban Green Spaces and Resident Health: An Empirical

(5 days ago) WEBThe final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Background: This study aims to explore the correlation between urban green space coverage and …

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1425338/abstract

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Countries at Risk for Yellow Fever: Africa - CDC

(Just Now) WEBAreas with Risk of Yellow Fever Virus Transmission in Africa [1,2] 1 Current as of November 2022. This map is an updated version of the 2010 map created by the …

https://www.cdc.gov/yellow-fever/africa/index.html

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The Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease …

(4 days ago) WEBScreening in Primary Care Among African Americans, investigators from the Center for Urban Health Policy and Research serving as part of the research team. In the studies …

https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1639&context=hpn

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The Wiley Handbook of Family, School, and Community …

(9 days ago) WEBThese state‐of‐the‐art volumes offer a magisterial overview of every sector, sub‐field, and facet of the discipline‐from reform and founda-tions to K‐12 learning and literacy. The …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781119083054.fmatter

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South Africa's president signs major health bill just before election

(5 days ago) WEBItem 1 of 3 South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures as he signs into law a national health bill that aims to provide universal coverage to South Africans, …

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-president-approves-major-health-reform-law-2024-05-15/

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Ask the expert: How are mental health and wellness connected in …

(8 days ago) WEBFor Black women and girls, trained therapists are critical, but there are other mental health practitioners in their communities. It could be faith-based leaders or cross …

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/ask-the-expert-how-are-mental-health-and-wellness-connected-in-the-black-community-and-beyond

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Community Hospital Helped Sustain Area that Became the Central …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Community Hospital. The institution that developed out of the community for the community was Kenney Institute , later the Community Hospital, …

https://knowingnewark.npl.org/community-hospital-helped-sustain-area-that-became-the-central-ward/

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Leading Causes of Death in Rural America as a Public Health Issue

(8 days ago) WEBLess access to healthcare and health insurance. What can be done to improve the health of rural communities. A CDC report provides data from 2010-2022 on the …

https://www.cdc.gov/rural-health/php/public-health-strategy/public-health-considerations-for-leading-causes-of-death-in-rural-america.html

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South Africa's Ramaphosa to sign health insurance bill into law just

(9 days ago) WEBSouth Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday sign into law a national health bill that aims to provide universal coverage to South Africans, the …

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-ramaphosa-sign-health-insurance-bill-into-law-just-before-election-2024-05-13/

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Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority

(9 days ago) WEBHealth Coverage (UHC), the new Urban Agenda, and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Action on urban public health in Africa is critical for achieving global public health …

https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstreams/b77bed05-9c4c-4d3e-9986-59f996daefe8/download

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Daily Management System to Improve Performance in a …

(6 days ago) WEBWe provide an introduction to DMS and describe our experience in a primary care practice located in the Behavioral Health building of a large urban public hospital. …

https://austinpublishinggroup.com/family-medicine/fulltext/jfm-v2-id1044.php

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South Africa Gears Up for Legal Battle Over Health-Care Revamp

(3 days ago) WEBBy Janice Kew. May 16, 2024 at 6:45 AM EDT. A legal battle over South Africa’s newly enacted national health-insurance law is brewing and is likely to end up …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-16/south-africa-gears-up-for-legal-battle-over-health-care-revamp

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Drug Overdose in Rural America as a Public Health Issue

(8 days ago) WEBOverview. Drug overdoses are the leading cause of injury or death in the United States, resulting in approximately 52,000 deaths in 2015. In rural areas, rates of …

https://www.cdc.gov/rural-health/php/public-health-strategy/public-health-considerations-for-drug-overdose-in-rural-america.html

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