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Health can contribute to peace in the Eastern Mediterranean Region—what should be done to make it happen?

September 6, 2023: Health can contribute to peace in the Eastern Mediterranean Region—what should be done to make it happen? More...

The EU must step up its actions and leadership on global health

June 15, 2023. The EU must step up its actions and leadership on global health

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019

 NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. Lancet. 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1. Epub 2021 Aug...

Changing the narrative: responsibility for youth engagement is a two-way street

Lal A, Bulc B, Bewa MJ, Cassim MY, Choonara S, Efendioglu E, Germann S, Hafeez H, Iversen K, Nishtar S, O'Leary C, Orlic P, Ralston J, Ramchandani R, Walji S. Changing the narrative: responsibility for youth engagement is a two-way street. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Aug 9. pii: S2352- 4642(19)30247-0. doi:...

Mobilising society to implement solutions for non- communicable diseases

Akselrod S, Bloomfield A, Marmot M, Moran AE, Nishtar S, Placella E; NCD expert editorial group. Mobilising society to implement solutions for non- communicable diseases. BMJ. 2019 May 20;365:l360....

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature. 2019...

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

Willett W, Rockström J, Loken B, Springmann M, Lang T, Vermeulen S, Garnett T, Tilman D, DeClerck F, Wood A, Jonell M, Clark M, Gordon LJ, Fanzo J, Hawkes C, Zurayk R, Rivera JA, De Vries W, Majele Sibanda L, Afshin A, Chaudhary A, Herrero M, Agustina R, Branca F, Lartey A, Fan S, Crona B, Fox E, Bignet V, Troell M, Lindahl T, Singh S, Cornell SE, Srinath Reddy K, Narain S, Nishtar S, Murray CJL. Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. Lancet. 2019 Jan 16. pii: S0140-6736(18)31788-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-...

Time for a new obesity narrative

Ralston J, Brinsden H, Buse K, Candeias V, Caterson I, Hassell T, Kumanyika S, Nece P, Nishtar S, Patton I, Proietto J, Salas XR, Reddy S, Ryan D, Sharma AM, Swinburn B, Wilding J, Woodward E. Time for a new obesity narrative. Lancet. 2018 Oct 20;392(10156):1384-1386. doi: 10.1016/S0140- 6736(18)32537-6. Epub 2018 Oct...

A Key Component of Universal Health Coverage

Berwick D, Snair M, Nishtar S. Crossing the Global Health Care Quality Chasm: A Key Component of Universal Health Coverage. JAMA. 2018 Oct 2;320(13):1317-1318. doi:...

Three global health- care quality reports in 2018.

Berwick DM, Kelley E, Kruk ME, Nishtar S, Pate MA. Three global health- care quality reports in 2018. Lancet. 2018 Jul 21;392(10143):194-195. doi:...

Commissioners of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs

Nishtar S, Niinistö S, Sirisena M, Vázquez T, Skvortsova V, Rubinstein A, Mogae FG, Mattila P, Ghazizadeh Hashemi SH, Kariuki S, Narro Robles J, Adewole IF, Sarr AD, Gan KY, Piukala SM, Al Owais ARBM, Hargan E, Alleyne G, Alwan A, Bernaert A, Bloomberg M, Dain K, Frieden T, Patel VH, Kennedy A, Kickbusch I; Commissioners of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs. Time to deliver: report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs. Lancet. 2018 Jul 21;392(10143):245-252....