Apoorv Suresh

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Founding Senior Editor, The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia (Views are my own)

What could global health look like if we improve how we report research data? Join Zoë Mullan and other Lancet Group editors to discuss how better race and ethnicity data reporting can help build a healthier future. 📆 Oct 23, 11am BST 👉 Register: hubs.li/Q03GrSg00

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In the early years of my PhD I remember being asked if we'd ever treat or cure diseases like HIV or Huntington's. I remember saying maybe, but not knowing if I believed. Seeing research pay off as real impact on human lives is - incredible. www.bbc.com/news/article... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

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Armed conflicts pose unprecedented challenges for public health. Often overlooked as a dimension of the health effects of war, the impacts of conflict on the environment are gaining increasing attention. ✍️ Rebecca Sers reports: tinyurl.com/4u4fhz3f

The environmental impacts of conflict

Often overlooked as a dimension of the health effects of war, the impacts of conflict on the environment are gaining increasing attention. Rebecca Sers reports.

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"All that knowledge and experience from traditional medicine is a tremendous resource, if approached with thoughtfulness and respect, and explored through sound scientific methods." New World Report—WHA adopts new strategy on traditional medicine tinyurl.com/5n8fvczn

WHA adopts new strategy on traditional medicine

WHO is seeking ways to integrate traditional medicine—relied on by billions worldwide—into wider health systems. Talha Burki reports.

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"My people respect me, and as soon as they see me with the team, they allow their children to be immunised." In northern Nigeria, trusted local leaders are walking door-to-door, leading vaccination campaigns, and yielding real results for vaccine uptake. bit.ly/43dZLby

How traditional rulers are boosting immunisation uptake in northern Nigeria

Traditional monarchs in northern Nigerian states are partnering up with national public health organisations to get more children protected. It’s working.

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Adolescence, “a time of ideas, reimagination, revolution, and a creation of new approaches—exactly what we all need for a better future and the survival of our planet.”   Lancet editors on the 2nd Commission on adolescent health & wellbeing. Read 👉 bit.ly/4jadJQj

Editorial: A wake-up call: the second Commission on adolescent health

✨ Exciting new Lancet role ✨ This autumn, our Group is launching an OA journal dedicated to the unique health challenges on the African continent: The Lancet Regional Health—Africa 🌍 To lead this important endeavour, we are searching for an Editor-in-Chief. Find out more & apply ⤵️ bit.ly/3Xp919w

Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Regional Health - Africa

Do you enjoy using science to drive change in the world? Would you like to develop and launch an online-only gold open access journal for The Lancet. About our Team The Lancet Regional Health -Africa ...

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