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May 2008

  • WHO Reports Noncommunicable Diseases Now Biggest Killers - (World Health Organization (WHO)) - 27-MAY-2008 The global burden of disease is shifting from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases, with chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke now being the chief causes of death globally, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report. The shifting health trends indicate that leading infectious diseases – diarrhea, HIV, tuberculosis, neonatal infections and malaria – will become less important causes of death globally over the next 20 years.


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February 2008

  • Robert Ball, a chief architect of medicare, dies at 93. - (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)) - 01-FEB-2008 Ball was interviewed as part of a Kaiser Family Foundation documentary series to mark the 40th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. The interview, available online, includes Ball's assessment of the social and economic climate of the country prior to the enactment of Medicare.


January 2008

  • NCHS publishes new series "Data Briefs" - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS)) - 29-JAN-2008 Data briefs are statistical publications that provide information about current public health topics
  • Report summarizes state data for tracking disparities - (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)) - 22-JAN-2008 Assessing health status is a core function of public health on the state level. This report summarizes the data available in each state for health assessment, a necessary step in achieving public health goals. Using the leading indicators from Healthy People 2010, the authors found that while data generally are available across all states, gaps do exist. Across states, data sometimes are not available for a few specific health objectives and for certain age groups.


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