Targets for avoidable sight loss ‘not being met’, 30-year study finds: A new global study has found no significant reduction in the number of people with treatable sight loss since 2010. Published in The Lancet Global Health, it examined population-based surveys of eye disease worldwide from 1980 and found public health services across the world are […]
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We are excited to share a new short film with you to hear how we at the Foundation plan to drive our mission forward, overcome stigma and hate, and end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Since Elton John started the Foundation in 1992, the landscape of HIV/AIDS has transformed in so many positive ways. It […]
Introducing the HIV Commission to mark World AIDS Day: Kat Smithson is director of policy at the National AIDS Trust which worked in partnership with the Terrence Higgins Trust and the Elton John AIDS Foundation to jointly establish the independent HIV Commission. To mark World AIDS Day, and the release of the HIV Commission’s first […]
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HIV treatments – where we are today and what’s next: Despite the ambitious 2020 goals set by UNAIDS 90-90-90 not being reached, innovative HIV treatments – from preventative to curative – are just around the corner and key to the success in eradicating the HIV epidemic that has killed more than 39 million people worldwide. In a new […]
WHO calls for reinvigorated action to fight malaria: Global malaria gains threatened by access gaps, COVID-19 and funding shortfall The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries and global health partners to step up the fight against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year. […]
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World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients: A new medication which can be applied to the skin could help prevent organ transplant recipients from developing harmful skin cancers. The world-first treatment being developed at The University of Queensland is the only drug of its type that could prevent the incidence of skin cancers […]
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Major measles outbreaks will likely occur during 2021 as an unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new academic article. The Lancet article has called for urgent international action to prevent potentially devastating measles epidemics in the coming years. Lead author Professor Kim Mulholland, from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Chair of the World Health Organization’s SAGE […]
AF Association reminds patients that ‘AF won’t wait’ on Global AF Aware Week: The Atrial Fibrillation Association is reminding people that healthcare services remain open for those who need them this Global AF Aware Week (16-22 November, 2020) following a worrying increase in the number of excess acute cardiovascular deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic — indicating […]
A cervical cancer-free future: First-ever global commitment to eliminate a cancer Geneva, 17 November 2020 – WHO‘s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, launched today, outlines three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment. Successful implementation of all three could reduce more than 40% of new cases of the disease and 5 million […]
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Looking through the door of meth labs: Methamphetamine ‘cooks’ in domestic labs are most likely to be male, Caucasian and about 30 years’ old, according to University of Queensland researchers. Their study included 125 cooks from 24 countries, providing some insight into the illicit activity characterised in the popular television series Breaking Bad. Dr Cheneal Puljević from […]