Tagged: World Health Organization

Nine Things New Zealand Must Do To Tackle The Child Obesity Crisis - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jul 25, 2017 •

• child obesity crisis,
• food environment,
• Health,
• New Zealand,
• nutrition,
• obestiy,
• Uncategorized,
• World Health Organization

Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere, Professor Boyd Swinburn A panel of 71 independent and government experts have undertaken an evaluation of New Zealand Government food environment policies, compared to international best practice.  This is the second such evaluation, the first being in 2014.  In this blog we summarise the findings. There are some areas where New Zealand is at the level of … Read More

Superbugs could kill more people than cancer by 2050 - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • May 28, 2016 •

• antibiotic discovery,
• antibiotics,
• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy,
• colistin,
• e coli,
• Jim O'Neill,
• Superbugs,
• USA,
• WHO,
• World Health Organization

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs are in the news again. This time a strain of E. coli resistant to the antibiotic colistin has been spotted in the USA. So why is this newsworthy and should we be scared?  A strain of E. coli has been identified in the USA that is resistant to the antibiotic colistin. A paper describing the strain has just been published … Read More