Heat-related deaths, food insecurity and the spread of infectious diseases caused by the climate crisis have reached record levels, according to a landmark report.

The Lancet Countdown’s ninth report on health and the climate breakdown reveals that people across the world face unprecedented threats to their health from the rapidly changing climate.

This comprehensive health profile is intended to serve as a tool to monitor progress in the health of the population. WHO’s collaboration with its Member States will strengthen the national health information systems, and enable the generation of timely and reliable evidence to assess the health situation and trends, and the health system response. Most important, it will provide the information needed by health policy and decision-makers.

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Mask wearing, social distancing and other steps to stop COVID-19 have also curtailed influenza

But it is not only about good pay. At the going rates in Egypt for junior doctors, many must shuttle, in the course of one day, between two or three clinics to make a living. That means scarce attention for each patient, fatigue, and little if any time for studies and career development.

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Weakly regulated painkillers (tramadol) are causing untold damage in West Africa, but stricter controls could have dire consequences for patients. Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt unpicks an opioid crisis even more complex than America’s.

Inverse Care Law Dr Julian Tudor Hart 1971

<>The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for the population served. This inverse care law operates more completely where medical care is most exposed to market forces, and less so where such exposure is reduced. The market distribution of medical care is a primitive and historically outdated social form, and any return to it would further exaggerate the maldistribution of medical resources. <<<<

The entry page to Ministry of health and population of Egypt Web site. Find Statistics, Drugs, Health Education, Services, and Medical news.

الصحة كصدقة وليست كحق http://is.gd/5O6DSA

Air pollution threatens health in Beirut http://is.gd/aIff2m

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