World lagging behind on global health targets, researchers warn | Global development According to the report, published in the Lancet, no country has met any of the nine global health targets – including the elimination of major disease epidemics and the reduction of health issues like childhood obesity and intimate partner violence – laid down as part of the UN’s sustainable development agenda. The study provides the first independent analysis of performance on sustainable development goal three, which calls on the world to “Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages”. The health SDG is one of 17 universal goals that replaced the millennium development goals (MDGs) after they expired at the end of 2015. “This paper on the SDGs represents a baseline that informs health policy and decision-makers in all countries, as well as the UN,” said Dr Christopher Murray, director of Seattle’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME), which led the study. Even developed countries, including the UK and US, did badly in certain areas.
Old People Driving - The Economist Film Project In this tender and surprising documentary, we climb into the passenger seat alongside Milton (age 96) and Herbert (age 99) as they confront the end of their driving years. The film follows Herbert as he takes his last drive, hands over his keys and comes to terms with the reality of life without a car. Milton, meanwhile, continues to drive and vows to do so until he feels he’s no longer safe on the road. Through their stories, and a review of the traffic safety research, we learn what’s at stake for graying drivers. And we discover the heartbreaking truth about a generation that came of age with the car: that they, too, will eventually sputter to a stop. RAY SUAREZ: And now to another in our economist film project series. Tonight's documentary is called "Old People Driving." According to the American Automobile Association, AAA, 37 million Americans will be 65 or older by the year 2020. Here's an excerpt from her film. MILTON CAVALLI, 96 years old: My name is Milton Cavalli.
Global Health - Global Health Security - Why It Matters Disease Threats Can Spread Faster and More Unpredictably Than Ever Before People are traveling more. Food and medical product supply chains stretch across the globe. Biological threats (such as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV) and drug-resistant illnesses pose a growing danger to people everywhere, whether diseases are naturally occurring, intentionally produced, or the result of a laboratory accident. In today’s interconnected world, poorly treated cases of TB or pneumonia in Asia and Africa have shown up in U.S. hospitals within days. Emerging global disease threats have created the opportunity to forge new global solutions such as the International Health Regulations (IHR), signed by all 194 member states of the World Health Organization. We Are Not Yet Safe There is much more to be done. Global Health Security Provides Protection From Infectious Disease Threats A disease threat anywhere can mean a threat everywhere. Global Health Security Is Economically Smart
Taxonomy of Older Driver Behaviors and Crash Risk Some older drivers have experienced age-related changes that undermine their ability to drive safely, so may pose a hazard to themselves and to other road users. Older adults may reduce their risk by avoiding driving under difficult conditions including night and rush hour driving, but the current understanding of the relationship between age-related functional changes and risky driving behaviors is inadequate to support development of effective countermeasures. This study updates and extends our understanding of how age-related functional deficits can influence driver performance, and in turn crash risk for older drivers. It also examines the potential for behavioral countermeasures targeted to the remediation or accommodation of such deficits to attenuate critical errors in performance, and thus to reduce crash risk. A taxonomy table displaying the demonstrated and inferred links between these variables was developed as the central product of this research.
WHO elects first ever African director-general after tense vote | World news The World Health Organisation has its first ever director-general from Africa, after the election of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the former Ethiopian health minister. Dr Tedros, as he is known, beat the British candidate, Dr David Nabarro, after three tense rounds of voting on Tuesday. Third was Pakistan’s Dr Sania Nishtar. The decision by member states came at the World Health Assembly in Geneva after a fraught campaign. Dr Tedros was well-regarded, particularly by aid donors, for his stewardship of health in the Ethiopian government from 2005 to 2012. In the latter stages of the campaign, however, there were allegations about the human rights record and lack of transparency of the government of which he was a member. Dr Nabarro’s pitch for power rested on his long career at the UN, where he has played a trouble-shooting role in a number of epidemics. The campaign to lead the WHO has been long and hard fought.
Accidentes automovilísticos en el anciano Governing the UN Sustainable Development Goals: interactions, infrastructures, and institutions Three of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concerned health. There is only one health goal in 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Critiques of the MDGs included missed opportunities to realise positive interactions between goals.1 Here we report on an interdisciplinary analytical review of the SDG process, in which experts in different SDG areas identified potential interactions through a series of interdisciplinary workshops. This process generated a framework that reveals potential conflicts and synergies between goals, and how their interactions might be governed. In our framework, the 17 SDGs are represented in three concentric layers, reflecting their main intended outcomes (figure). This organisation of proposed SDGs reveals problems and possibilities for the linking of health with other goals. The institutional structures for delivering wellbeing goals stem from the historical role of states in providing health, education, and welfare.
Senior Driving: Safety Tips, Warning Signs, and Knowing When to Stop Older drivers tip #1: Understand how aging affects driving Everyone ages differently, so there is no arbitrary cutoff as to when someone should stop driving. However, older adults are more likely to receive traffic citations and get into accidents than younger drivers. In fact, fatal crash rates rise sharply after a driver has reached the age of 70. Aging tends to result in a reduction of strength, coordination, and flexibility, which can have a major impact on your ability to safely control a car. Pain or stiffness in your neck can make it harder to look over your shoulder to change lanes or look left and right at intersections to check for other traffic or pedestrians. You may have driven your entire life and take great pride in your safety record, but as you age, it is critical that you realize your driving ability can change. Older drivers tip #2: Tips for safe senior driving Aging does not automatically equal total loss of driving ability. Take charge of your health Be respectful.