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The future in public health Seventy-first World Health Assembly  Share Tweet Forward Share Health Ministers and representatives from many organizations working to improve health are gathered in Geneva this week for the World Health Assembly.  Today, delegates agreed on WHO’s new strategic plan of work for the next five years. Other issues for discussion include influenza, cholera, tuberculosis, snakebite, physical activity, polio and access to essential medicines. Read more Watch live World Health +SocialGood During the WHA, we will be joining forces once again with the United Nations Foundation to bring you live interviews with public health experts on some of the most important health topics facing us today. Watch the interviews Working for better health for everyone, everywhere Good health is a precious thing. When we are healthy we can learn, wo...

Drinking coffee reduces risk of death from all causes, study finds by   Ryan O'Hare 10 July 2017 People who drink around three cups of coffee a day may live longer than non-coffee drinkers, a landmark study has  found. The findings come from the largest study of its kind, in which scientists analysed data from more than half a million people across 10 European countries, including the UK, to explore the effect of coffee consumption on risk of mortality. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/180494/drinking-coffee-reduces-risk-death-from/

 MAY 2018 Update  Infectious Disease A Summary of Recent Published Activity PERSPECTIVE The Blind Men and the Elephant — Aligning Efforts in Global Health R.S. Dhillon and A. Karan N Engl J Med 378:1374, April 12, 2018 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Birth Outcomes for Pregnant Women with HIV Using Tenofovir–Emtricitabine K. Rough and Others N Engl J Med 378:1593, April 26, 2018 Azithromycin to Reduce Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa J.D. Keenan and Others N Engl J Med 378:1583, April 26, 2018 Quick Take Evaluation of Intussusception after Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccination in Africa J.E. Tate and Others N Engl J Med 378:1521, April 19, 2018 Zika Virus Shedding in Semen of Symptomatic Infected Men P.S. Mead and Others N Engl J Med 378:1377, April 12, 2018 Comments IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in an Adult C. Murase and M. Akiyama N Engl J Med 378:e20, ...