An empty lap
Mangala’s son would be on the cusp of adulthood had he not drowned seventeen years ago in a pond near the family home in a village in West Bengal.
She recalls how the day he died had started out like most others. Her husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law had left the house as the sun was rising, off to farm the land they rented nearby.
Her mother-in-law stayed at home to help care for Mangala’s two young sons while she started cooking for the family.
While Mangala was finishing the curry her mother-in-law headed outside to greet a passing salesman. Unbeknownst to her, her young grandson had followed her. When she stepped back indoors, alone, Mangala called for her son. When he did not respond, they started looking in earnest.
The search proved fruitless.
“I looked everywhere, in every corner of the house, but I didn’t find him. Then I shouted, asking neighbours where my child was. No one had seen him.By: MangalaMother who
Submission on options for improving the composition of the food supply in relation to industrially-produced trans fats in Australia and New Zealand
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REVERSE: Reducing cardiovascular and kidney risk in diabetes
Background
Diabetes is a major public health challenge, causing additional complications across multiple organ systems. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are the leading causes of disability and death in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
In Australia, T2DM prevalence has nearly tripled in recent decades, with around 1.3 million people affected. The condition carries enormous economic and societal costs. T2DM has a major impact in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas like Western Sydney, South-Western Sydney, and regional NSW, where high prevalence and CVD/CKD complications represent major challenges for local health services.
Treatments to slow and prevent the CVD/CKD effects of diabetes exist, but they rely on a health system that can readily identify high-risk patients, implement, and monitor treatment, and coordinate the complex care of such patients. Although proven strategies to delay and prevent the impacts of CVD and CKD in high-risk diabet
The Resilience Collaborative 2024: Enhancing healthcare worker resilience by co-developing evidence-based solutions for scale (RECONNECTIONS)
BackgroundThe Resilience Collaborative (TRC) is a global learning community that aims to promote healthcare worker resilience, as part of supporting their wellbeing, preventing burnout, improving quality of care in low-resource settings.TRC was launched by the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation in 2021 to support health workers and the organisations that care about them. As part of the TRC’s evolution, The George Institute for Global Health has taken on the role of the host organisation for this global community of practice since May 2023.AimThe goal is to advance equitable quality of care by prioritising the wellbeing and resilience of healthcare workers (HCWs) and the systems they support, through leadership development and capacity building. To advance learning and drive adoption of evidence-based strategies for health worker resilience and sustain the shared ownership and partnership, The George Institute as the host organisation has drafted an impact pathway that addresses effort
Response to Food Standards Australia New Zealand’s Preliminary Position on the Nutrition Information Panel Review
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Promoting mental health and wellbeing among transgender persons in Delhi NCR using a peer support approach: A mixed method study
BackgroundIn India, transgender individuals face a disproportionate burden of mental illness, yet their mental health remains largely under-researched. Studies have revealed alarming statistics, such as 42.7% of transwomen experiencing moderate to severe depression and 48% suffering from psychiatric disorders. This is in stark contrast to the approximate 14% prevalence among gender conforming individuals. Recognizing mental health as a global priority, the United Nations has emphasized addressing mental illness as crucial for sustainable development.AimsOur project aims to address this pressing issue by conducting a preliminary evaluation of a peer support model tailored to the needs of transgender individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. We seek to explore the effects of this model on anxiety, depression, suicide/self-harm rates, and overall psychological wellbeing. Additionally, we aim to assess the acceptability of the peer support approach and identify factors that facilitate or impede i
Evidence library
Please find below a list of the key publications supporting the case for potassium-enriched salt. For a more comprehensive list, click here or to return to the main page click here.
Trials
Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death.New England Journal of Medicine, 2021https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2105675
Salt substitution and salt-supply restriction for lowering blood pressure in elderly care facilities: a cluster-randomized trial.Nature Medicine, 2023https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02286-8
Effects of salt substitutes on clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Heart 2022https://heart.bmj.com/content/108/20/1608.long
Effects of a reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute on blood pressure in rural Indian hypertensive patients: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trialThe American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522003185
A guide to potassium-enriched salt
Please find below downloadable one-page guides for consumers and health professionals with key information on potassium-enriched salt.
For health professionalsA guide to potassium-enriched salt.Learn more
For consumersA guide to potassium-enriched salt.Learn more
WHO guidelineA summary for policy makersLearn more
FactsheetSwitching the world’s salt supply: Scaling up the use of potassium-enriched salt.Learn more
For meal producersLearn more
EvidenceUK evidence on using low-sodium salt substitutes.Learn more
The UHC Accelerator
Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
The UHC Accelerator was established with the mission of supporting and convening national political champions to accelerate UHC reforms.
We aim to:
Provide mentorship for implementers and change-makers at the national level;
Contribute to the generation and use of rigorous, high-quality research on UHC;
Create safe and trusted spaces for open, provocative dialogue that can directly drive policy form and programme design.
The UHC Accelerator complements other global initiatives by connecting experienced UHC reformers with people who have the power and authority in their countries to accelerate UHC - bringing together those driving health system
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