Devex: Greater political will needed to help reduce road deaths, support Bloomberg Philanthropies work “Greater political will is needed to reach the goal of halving road traffic deaths and injuries by 2020 and meeting one of the Sustainable Development Goals targets, according to experts at Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vital Strategies.…

BMJ Opinion: Joe Biden, 47th vice president of the U.S., calls for global cooperation to defeat cancer Richard Smith, adjunct professor at the Imperial College Institute for Global Health Innovation, discusses remarks made by Joe Biden, 47th vice president of the United States and co-chair of the Biden Cancer Initiative,…

Devex: A bolder vision for eye care “In 1999, a group of organizations working on eye health had a vision: To rid the world of avoidable blindness in two decades. But as the initiative approaches its final year, advocates indicate the goal is unlikely to be met. In hindsight, they…

Reuters: New WHO regional chief must battle lifestyle conditions, tropical diseases “Western Pacific health ministers picked a Japanese doctor as the next regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, spearheading a campaign to rein in lifestyle diseases linked to obesity and eradicate some tropical diseases by 2020.…

Devex: Opinion: Early detection and diagnosis a critical link for effective NCD management Jan Kimpen, lead of the clinical leadership team at Philips “Accurate and early diagnosis is crucial in order to overcome the noncommunicable disease burden, and must be integrated with prevention and treatment — particularly in low- and…

Devex: Opinion: A defining moment in the fight against NCDs Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, president and chief executive officer at Novo Nordisk “…To reduce deaths from [non-communicable diseases (NCDs)], we urgently need to ensure that all people at risk of developing an NCD and those already living with an NCD have…

Al Jazeera: Thousands of Yemeni children malnourished (Smith, 10/8). Al Jazeera: Saving the traditional midwife in Guatemala (Rae/Melimopoulos, 10/8). BMJ: Who are Sierra Leone’s health security efforts for? (Kardas-Nelson/Frankfurter, 10/8). CNN: As global temperatures rise, so will mental health issues, study says (Scutti, 10/8). Devex: What we know about early…

Forbes: How Mike Bloomberg’s WHO Reappointment Helps Fight Against World’s Biggest Killers Bruce Y. Lee, associate professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, executive director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center, and associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School “…Mike Bloomberg’s reappointment…

FT Health: Cancer policy struggles to keep up with science The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter discusses recent efforts to address cancer worldwide, features an interview with Jacqui Shea, outgoing chief executive of “Aeras, the TB vaccine non-profit which is being taken over by the…

New York Times: Flashy Science Hub and Vaping Parties Fail to Win Friends at WHO Tobacco Talks “…The delegates were there for the regular biannual session to update the health organization’s world tobacco treaty, formally known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Since it took effect in 2005, the…