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What led to your interest in preventive medicine, who or what motivated you, what were the challenges you’ve been through. Many people both home and abroad call me doctor, but sincerely I am not a doctor. My passion for public health with over nine years of practical experience has given me a broader perspective towards […]

On July 9, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their core guidance documents on medicines and diagnostic tests to address health challenges, prioritize highly effective therapeutics, and improve affordable access for patients, with a significant focus on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The new list includes new oral anticoagulants (NOACs), which are crucial for stroke prevention and for the […]

Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic warnings on packaging and other effective tobacco control measures – four times more people than a decade ago. But a new WHO report shows many countries are still not adequately implementing […]

On July 9, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their core guidance documents on medicines and diagnostic tests to address health challenges, prioritise highly effective therapeutics, and improve affordable access for patients, with a significant focus on NCDs. The new WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) includes fixed-dose combination antihypertensive medications and new oral anticoagulants (NOACs), which are […]

Secretary General Antonio Guterres United Nations, S-233 New York, NY 10027 Dear Secretary-General Guterres, On behalf of the members of the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health, we are writing to you because we are deeply concerned by a letter on the role of the tobacco industry in the United Nation’s (UN) 2030 Agenda that you […]

What led to your interest in preventive medicine, who or what motivated you, what were the challenges you’ve been through. Shiva: I am from Nepal, a small landlocked country located in the Himalayas. Being poor and resource-deprived, the country has also gone through a deadly civil war lasting a decade. Recently, the country is facing a […]

This month, The British Medical Journal published a paper by members of the 2017 Emerging Leaders cohort, which includes Karla Santo, Godsent C Isiguzo, Emily Atkins, Shiva R Mishra, Rajmohan Panda, Lilian Mbau, Augustine Odili and Salim Virani. The published study, entitled ‘Adapting a club-based medication delivery strategy to a hypertension context: the CLUBMEDS Study in Nigeria’, seeks to evaluate the feasibility […]

Just one in 12 ischemic heart disease patients globally can get rehab to prevent another event, according to the first-ever audit of cardiac rehabilitation around the world, undertaken by WHF Member, International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR). Juxtaposing audit results with estimates from the Global Burden of Disease study, it was determined that over […]

World Heart Day takes place on 29th September every year and is the World Heart Federation‘s and the world’s biggest platform for raising awareness about cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke. This year, our campaign focuses on creating a global community of Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who are acting now to […]

What led to your interest in health? I started my career as a demographer, mainly interested in reproductive health. After having finished my PhD, I got involved in a series of projects with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean United Nations on the interaction between population dynamics and health. It is really […]

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public private initiative that has collaboratively evolved as a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health. These courses commenced in 2011 as a capacity building initiative for those looking to gain […]