WHO Takes Action to Promote the Health of Refugees and Migrants

Migration is a defining issue of our time, with 1 billion migrants globally, of whom 258 million have crossed borders. Climate change and political instability propel ever-greater displacement, with major detriments to health. Policies that fail to prevent human trafficking or guarantee essential services undermine Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the global pledge to “leave no one behind.” The World Health Assembly should robustly implement WHO’s Global Action Plan (GAP) on the Health of Refugees and Migrants.ugees and Migrants

Chief Medical Officers meeting on implementing a public health genomics approach

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GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING AND DESIGNING PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SCHEMES

Abstract Payment for Environmental Services (PES) is an economic instrument that aims to reconcile the conservation of ecosystem services (ES) with the economic interests of the actors involved. In order to guide decision-makers in the process of structuring and planning PES schemes, this article analyzed Brazilian schemes against the best practices recommended in the scientific literature. As a result, monitoring the ES provision or its proxies and spatial segmentation were practices observed in Brazilian schemes in line with literature recommendations. The same did not happen with practices: flexible and/or adaptable contracts and payments greater than provision costs. These results are useful to reinforce strengths and point out possible vulnerabilities in the design of PES schemes, contributing to the improvement of both new and ongoing initiatives

Fracture and migration in right atrium of a permanent venous central access system in a elderly patient: case report and literature review

Catheter dislocation and fracture with migration of central venous lines have been reported in the International literature. Catheter fracture with consequent migration has been observed in 0.5-3.0% and may either be consequent to catheter removal or it can occur spontane-ously. Our case report concerns the migration of a Hickman catheter connected to a venous port to the right atrium in a 61-year old patient. A literature up-to-date has been performed to assess the risk of port-a-cath positioning. The position of catheter tip is considered critical for the risk of migration, that is greater as higher the tip localization respect to the carina. The aim of our study is to underline the critical role of X-ray to visualize the exact location of the catheter tip, regard-less of the approach used for catheter positioning

BRCA genetic result disclosure for women with Breast Cancer: influence of +/- predisposition genetic mutation

Background: Albeit the genetic testing/counseling is increasing progressively in oncological clinical practice, psychological impact of BRCA genetic testing has been an under-researched area in oncological population; few studies have examined a wide range of possible predictive individual factors for psychological adaptation after genetic testing for hereditary cancer. Aim of the study was to examine the implication of clinical psychological in BRCA genetic result post-disclosure dealing with the emotional health of patients undergoing genetic testing depending to the personal resources. Methods: Participants were composed of n = 32 female patients in range age 30 - 55 years, who have a BC diagnosis and who underwent BRCA mutation testing. Psychological battery was applied after genetic testing. Results: Our finding highlighted the psychological influence of genetic testing on wellbeing of BC patients, and more drawing clinical perspective for positive/negative disclosure regarding the predictors for psychological distress. Conclusion: Genetic testing needs to be integrated by psychological counseling to manage better the impact of result disclosure (whatever the outcome is) in order to manage better the physical and mental health of patients into efficient personalized medicine toward to the improvement of patient compliance and adherence into well-being perspective and Quality of Life maintaining. Sample size and lack of longitudinal data could be limits of the study

Infant immunization coverage in Italy (2000-2016)

BackgroundIn Italy, national-level immunization polices are included in the National Immunization Prevention Plan (PNPV), whose latest edition - 2017-2019 PNPV- was approved in February 2017. Immunization coverage is a key measure of immunization system performance; it can inform and support national and regional immunization polices’ implementation monitoring, as well as measure the impact of interventions aimed at increase vaccine uptake. MethodsWe collected, analysed and critically interpreted 2000-2015 Italian national infant immunization coverage trends, by different vaccine, target population, and by Region. Data were provided by the Directorate General for Prevention of the Italian Ministry of Health.ResultsIn 2015, none of mandatory or recommended vaccines reached the 95% national coverage target set in the PNPV. Weighted average national coverage for mandatory vaccines (against polio, tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis B) and other antigens included in the hexavalent vaccine (pertussis, and Haemophilus influenzae type b) in 2015 was 93.3%; it was lower for measles, mumps and rubella vaccines (85.2%), pneumococcal (88.7%) and meningococcal C conjugate vaccines (76.6%), with a high degree of heterogeneity by Region. Both hexavalent and MMR vaccines coverage rates have been decreasing since 2012, with an annual decrease of, respectively 1% and 1.5%.DiscussionFurther efforts are needed to increase vaccine uptake in Italy, to improve data collection and reporting, as well as to fight the growing phenomenon of the vaccine hesitancy so that PNPV objectives and target can be met in the near future.Ep

Corrigendum: oscillatory activities in neurological disorders of elderly: biomarkers to target for neuromodulation

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