From cigarette sensation to smoking cessation
What happens in the body after quitting smoking? Sources: 1. Take Control, 2022 2. The Huffington Post, Stoptober: What Happens To Your...
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Beyond Healthcare
The social, economic and environmental backdrop to wellbeing
Angela Tufvesson - Hong Kong
1Q 5A – Mental health and the community: Cultural differences hold the key
The most effective population-wide approach to preventive mental health care is necessarily nuanced and tailored to suit the needs of...
Andrea Chipman - United Kingdom
Recovering from our collective trauma towards a more resilient future
Cases of depression and anxiety continue to skyrocket, and it is becoming clear that the global pandemic will leave a legacy of poor mental
Healthy Caribbean Youth - the Caribbean
Caribbean youth ask their governments to do more for their mental wellbeing
Battling anxiety and other mental illnesses worsened by the pandemic, Caribbean youth have set their governments an agenda for change in...
Suntosh Pillay - South Africa
Ask the expert: social determinants of mental health
Suntosh Pillay is a clinical psychologist based in Durban, South Africa, working in the public mental health care sector. In the video...
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The growing link between climate change and mental health
Climate change is one of the great challenges of our time. The consequences of climate change on mental health can be direct or indirect,...
Garret Barnell - South Africa
Ask the expert: climate anxiety
Dr Garret Barnell is a clinical psychologist based in Johannesburg, working at the intersection of climate change and mental health. In...
Angela Tufvesson - Hong Kong
1Q 5A – Social media and mental wellbeing: Reducing the risk and using platforms for good
The unfettered world of social media can have a negative impact on mental health. Improving education and amplifying the positive...
Zarina Geloo - Zambia & Angela Tufvesson - Hong Kong
How Africa heals as community-led mental health care makes inroads
Mental health conditions remain untreated in large parts of Africa. Community-led initiatives are bridging the gap by training lay...
Andrea Chipman - United Kingdom
The Price of Prediabetes: A Growing Threat to Emerging Markets
The growing economic burden of diabetes globally, and its particular impact on emerging markets, has highlighted the importance of...
Jo Waters - United Kingdom
At the heart of air pollution
Air pollution is an invisible threat to human health as well as the planet—and not only because of its connection with respiratory...
Becky McCall - United Kingdom
Treating patient earth
With every day comes new evidence of the devastation caused by climate change, and paralleling this rise is the rapid escalation of the...
Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford - United States of America & Lesly Samara Vejar Renteria - Mexico
Obesity and mental health: Addressing stigma and misconceptions
Obesity is one of the most urgent global health challenges of the 21st century. Prevalence rates have reached pandemic proportions,...
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Increasing risk factors hurt economic growth
Better prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) could avert millions of years of lost productivity. Increasing risk factors cause...
Paul Adepoju - Nigeria
Make the link between chronic disease and economic output
As COVID-19 pandemic-priorities escalated, care of non-communicable diseases got pushed aside, particularly in less well off countries....
Devang Vussonj & Heri Marwa - Tanzania
Community health workers key to cost-effective prevention
Already strained healthcare systems further burdened by the Covid-19 pandemic are struggling to pay sufficient attention to NCDs, the...
Nalini Saligram & Deepa Prahalad - United States of America
Reflecting on women and NCDs in COVID-19 times
Before the pandemic crisis, women’s lives were already heavily affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs), as women constitute the...
Christine Michael - United States
Double burden on the poor
Populations in more than one in three low-income countries are hit by a double burden of malnutrition in the form of both obesity and...
Jo Waters - United Kingdom
Coronavirus could spur reforms to improve health of city dwellers
The number of people living in cities is projected to rise from 55 % to 68 % of the world’s population by 2050, according to the United...