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USA: Tidal Wave of Substance Use Disorders Coming

Movendi

USA: Tidal Wave of Substance Use Disorders Coming

Communities in the United States are facing the formation of a perfect storm of factors driving alcohol and other drug use disorders to higher rate..

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23 Oct 2020
WHO Europe Establishes Mental Health Coalition

World Health Organization

WHO Europe Establishes Mental Health Coalition

The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe has launched a series of new flagship initiatives. Among these four flagship initiativ..

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23 Oct 2020
Even Low-Dose Alcohol Use Damages Brain

Movendi

Even Low-Dose Alcohol Use Damages Brain

A new study has found even low-dose alcohol use can lead to brain damage in the form of loss of brain volume. These new findings have implications ..

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23 Oct 2020
USA: Alcohol Harm Affects Different Demographic Groups Differently with Women and Minorities Severely Burdened

Movendi

USA: Alcohol Harm Affects Different Demographic Groups Differently with Women and Minorities Severely Burdened

Alcohol use is affecting different demographic groups differently in the United States. The harm is specifically higher for women and minorities, b..

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23 Oct 2020
Poland: 2019 Saw Highest Alcohol Use in Three Decades

Movendi

Poland: 2019 Saw Highest Alcohol Use in Three Decades

According to the State Agency for the Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems (PARPA), alcohol consumption increased by 0.23 litres per capita in 20..

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23 Oct 2020
GACD and COVID-19

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

GACD and COVID-19

The pandemic of COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, bringing with it significant uncertainty. At GACD we are particularly concerned to n..

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23 Oct 2020
UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) joins GACD

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) joins GACD

GACD as an alliance of international public funding agencies supporting research activities intended to improve the prevention and treatment of chr..

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23 Oct 2020
Tackling disparities in treating depression in low- and middle-income countries

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Tackling disparities in treating depression in low- and middle-income countries

The GACD Mental Health Guidelines Working Group, led by Yena Lee and Dr Roger McIntyre at the University of Toronto, aimed to characterise the deve..

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23 Oct 2020
Workshop on the evaluation of scale-up of health systems interventions: what and how? Lessons for scale-up projects

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Workshop on the evaluation of scale-up of health systems interventions: what and how? Lessons for scale-up projects

Two GACD funded projects supported in the 2018 GACD Scale Up Call are leading a workshop event at the upcoming World Congress on Public Health 2020..

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23 Oct 2020
Reviewing multimorbidity outcome measures suitable for low-income and middle-income country settings

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Reviewing multimorbidity outcome measures suitable for low-income and middle-income country settings

Multimorbidity describes cases where patients have two or more chronic physical or mental health conditions at the same time. It is typically chall..

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23 Oct 2020
A window of opportunity: the integration of NCD services with pre-conception and maternal care

The George Institute for Global Health

A window of opportunity: the integration of NCD services with pre-conception and maternal care

“Pregnancy gives us a window into a woman’s future health,” says Dr Amanda Henry, a researcher at The George Institute for Global Health and ..

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22 Oct 2020
Awareness campaign in Haryana to strengthen post and ante-natal care

The George Institute for Global Health

Awareness campaign in Haryana to strengthen post and ante-natal care

A three day awareness campaign on high risk pregnancies was organised in Jhajhar district of Haryana as part of the SMARThealth pregnancy project f..

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22 Oct 2020
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