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WHO SCORE Global Report highlights urgent need for better data to strengthen pandemic response and improve health outcomes
Today, 4 in 10 of the world’s deaths are unregistered and in the African region, only 1 in 10 deaths is currently recorded, according to the first ever global assessment of country health information systems released today by the World Health Organization in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Two-thirds of low-income countries have established a standardized system to report causes of deaths. However, the SCORE Report highlights the urgent need to strengthen these systems to help the world respond to health emergencies and track progress towards global health goals.
Welcome, dear health colleagues, to the first update of the week from the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM). With the publication of the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan imminent (4 February), EAPM has a full focus on lung cancer taking place this week with its members, writes EAPM Executive Director Dr. Denis Horgan. Screening – […]
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament have been calling for an effective global health strategy for a long time. We must wipe out the Covid-19 threat not only from Europe but from the rest of the planet, if we eventually want to leave this terrifying pandemic behind. We call on the EU Commission […]