Healthcare

[New] The United Nations Development Program predicts a decline in global human development - education, health, and living standards - for the first time in 30 years.
[New] The US package of coranavirus policies would avoid an estimated 62,000 premature deaths annually by 2050 and deliver more than $1 trillion in monetized annual health and climate benefits by 2050.
[New] At the beginning of the 21st century, novel coronaviruses became a major threat to public health worldwide, especially for the aged population.
[New] The Climate Crisis Action Plan would save more than 60,000 lives in the USA every year by 2050 thanks to reduced air pollution, as well as nearly USD 8 trillion saved through 2050 due to health and climate benefits.
[New] The World Health Organisation has said it will read carefully a Chinese study on a new swine flu, which researchers noted has the potential to cause another pandemic.
[New] The World Health Organization, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society all recognize that indoor air pollution is a significant threat to human health, contributing to cancer and lung disease.
[New] Reducing smoking rates among the 6 million smokers in England was the single biggest thing councils could do to improve public health - with smoking-related illnesses costing the NHS approximately £2.5bn a year.
[New] The UK could reap £90bn in annual benefits through improved health and living conditions from moving to net zero emissions, as well as creating 210,000 green jobs by 2030 from investing in the low-carbon economy.
[New] The World Health Organization recommends a distance of at least 1m (just over 3 ft), but the UK government's scientific advisers say that distance carries up to 10 times the risk of being 2m apart.
[New] Sweden's state epidemiologist has rejected a warning by the World Health Organization, accusing it of misinterpreting COVID-19 data by including Sweden in a list of European countries at risk of a resurgence.
[New] The World Health Organization has warned that hospitals are facing a shortage in oxygen concentrators, which are needed to support the breathing of Covid-19 patients suffering from respiratory distress, as 1m new cases of coronavirus are confirmed worldwide per week.
[New] Data-driven algorithms that would be meaningful in clinical practice are part of a robust AI sector in health care: The market is valued at $5.9 billion this year and is forecast to grow to $31.3 billion in revenue by 2025.
The head of the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus pandemic is worsening globally, even as the situation in Europe is improving.
The growing awareness regarding hygiene and health is expected to drive the ceramic ware market growth in the forecast period 2020 to 2027.
Haitï: $13.2 million in previously announced health and IDA humanitarian assistance for Haitï will support risk-communication efforts, improve water and sanitation, prevent infections in health facilities, manage COVID-19 cases, strengthen laboratories, and more.
$2.3 million in health and IDA humanitarian assistance will provide critical aid for all 15 Liberian Counties, support quarantine efforts, and provide village-level support.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed fears that the coronavirus pandemic will increase the global threat of antimicrobial resistance as many coronavirus (COVID-19) patients receive antibiotics as part of their treatment regime.
Corruption in the health sector causes losses of US$ 455 billion per year and, according to OECD estimates, up to US$ 2 trillion of procurement costs could be lost to corruption.
Ageing populations could be a boon to economies in the Asia and Pacific region if governments adopt technology policies that improve elderly people's health, extend skills and working lives, and facilitate job matching.
With Australian health outcomes tracking better than expected and the government packages providing a significant support to household income, the decline in GDP in the first half of 2020 will be relatively small when compared to other economies.
The need to improve digital skills is recognized as a key objective of WHO's Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2024.
Health spend has grown 50% in real terms over the past decade to $185 billion today, with significant growth expected in markets like telehealth ($1.9 billion market today), mental health ($9.9 billion spend today), independent living ($4.6 billion market today) and vaccines / therapeutics.
The ravaging global health epidemic is threatening to expose Nigeria's economy at risk as seen from the negative impact on oil price, which Nigeria's economy and for the implication of 2020 budget is solely dependent on.

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Last updated: 12 July 2020