Background Speeding remains a major contributing factor in road crashes and associated road trauma. Non-compliance with posted speed limits is a widespread international problem and survey research consistently demonstrates widespread misperceptions about the risks of speeding and negative community attitudes towards speed management initiatives. Having positive public attitudes towards safe travel speeds is critical to speed limit compliance, as is public understanding of the risks associated with unsafe speeds. A widespread challenge relates to how to shift the community’s attitudes on speeding and increase their acceptance of speed management interventions which in turn would increase public demand for safer speeds. These sentiments are reflected in a 2016 Austroads report titled “Public Demand for Safer Speeds: Identification of Interventions for Trial” and are acknowledged by the Australian National Road Safety Strategy as it pushes for a wholistic approach to Speed Management. Trad

Background High blood pressure (BP) is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality globally. The benefits of BP lowering in reducing cardiovascular (CV) events are well established and there is clear evidence that greater BP lowering confers a greater reduction in CV events. However, control of high BP is poor globally, with only one in three treated patients achieving traditional BP goals. Most treated patients receive only monotherapy, despite guidelines recognising that most patients require multiple medications to achieve target BP. Over the recent decades, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD)s in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has rapidly increased and high BP is the leading cause and increase continues, the burden of NCDs will soon surpass that of “traditional” communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional diseases. Nigeria, with a population of 207 million, is anticipated to become the 3rd most populous country in 2050. This portends a huge increase in the number

Background Pregnancy complications such as high blood pressure (also known as hypertension), gestational diabetes and anaemia increase risks to the mother and baby during pregnancy the world over, but the burden is particularly great in certain contexts, including many parts of rural India. These complications can have longer-term consequences after birth. For instance, up to 50% of women who experience gestational diabetes will go on to develop type 2 diabetes within 5-10 years. Meanwhile, following preeclampsia (a disorder of pregnancy that is marked by the onset of high blood pressure), women are at increased risk of cardiovascular complications, while anaemia (which over half of the women in India experience during their pregnancy) can markedly affect a woman’s well-being, energy and productivity in society if it persists. These challenges are coupled with the reality that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are two of the l

BackgroundDepression has a prevalence of around 30% in patients with cancer. Research shows that managing comorbid depression can be beneficial for overall care of cancer. But in India, there is no systematic identification or treatment of comorbid depression in such cases. Even in tertiary care centres, depression is managed only if patients express florid symptoms, and routine screening is not done. The effect of not treating depression both on the health of the individual and the economic impact on the health system can be quite significant as it reduces treatment adherence, increases emergency visits and hospital admissions, and prolongs illness.Monitoring mood fluctuations and linking them with stressors, both those related to cancer or those related to psychosocial issues, are key components of integrated cancer care. Strategies to increase awareness about one’s mental health status through self-monitoring and facilitate contact with mental health professionals using an algorithm-based referral system