Lancet Commission 2015: Global Surgery

This report from the Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP) focuses on the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mothers, newborns, young children, and adolescents. The report found that these populations are losing 20 percent of their health and social services in both wealthy and poor nations due to the pandemic. Global implementation for the United Nation’s 2030 Goal for Every Woman and Every Child, the global strategy for…

This report from The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Era shows that health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), but higher quality health systems are still urgently needed. The Commission asserts that providing health services without guaranteeing a minimum level of quality is ineffective, wasteful, and unethical. The authors offer a conceptual framework for high-quality health systems with three integral domains: foundations,…

This brief in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report presents data on suicide rates by race and ethnicity and age group in the United States in 2021. The brief analyzes suicide rates over time for seven racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.: American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, White, and Multiracial; and by age groups from 10-65 years. The publication finds that suicides increased in the…