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• This Week in Global Health

  May 18, 2012

  A weekly round- up of selected health news from around the world. Posted each Friday.

  
  Blood tests have traditionally been used to detect the HIV virus

  WLF is cited in this Financial Times article pitting tobacco companies against the plain truth.
  
  The number of women dying from childbirth and maternal complications has sharply dropped over the last two decades, reports The New York Times.
  
  Is a ‘fat tax’ the solution to the obesity epidemic? (ABC News)
  
  Tobacco control advocate Rick Stoddard is featured in this moving feature in the Pensacola News Journal.
  
  Over-the-counter HIV tests may soon be sold in U.S. pharmacies. (BBC)
  
  The First Lady of Tanzania advocates that the government teach midwifery in the country. (IPP Media)
  
  The CDC reports a growing asthma epidemic—asthma rates are at an all-time high in the United States. (UPI)
  
  Performing Caesarean sections in developing countries may save up to 16,800 lives annually, reports the New York Times.
  
  WebMD asks how America got ‘so fat’.
  
  Smoking in Russia may cost five times as much as it currently does by 2018, reports The Moscow Times.
  
  The Washington Post reports on a man who was criminally charged for refusing to take his tuberculosis medication.
  
  Malaysians gear up for World No Tobacco Day; 49.2% of Malaysian 20 year-olds smoke. (Free Malaysia Today)
  
  Physicians in India may be neglecting to report tuberculosis cases to the government—a pressing issue in a nationwide epidemic. (The Times of India)
  
  Australia accuses Big Tobacco of targeting teens. (The Australian)
  
  Bloomberg Business Week reports that youth smoking falls when tobacco taxes make cigarettes too expensive for teen budgets.
  
  

  
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  Stephen Hamill
  Associate Director, Communications and Advocacy
  World Lung Foundation
  
  

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• Graphic Pack Warnings at WCTOH: Hope for the Future

  May 15, 2012
  The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires that tobacco products must “carry health warnings describing the harmful effects of tobacco use” and that these warnings “should appear on both the front and back of package, be large and clear, and describe specific illnesses caused by tobacco.” The reality in many countries, however, is that warnings on tobacco products are often limited to one small black and white strip of information that is barely noticeable. Research has proven that cigarette packs are a key way that tobacco companies communicate with smokers and promote brands. They are particularly important for marketing and establishing brand images to young people, especially in countries which restrict other forms of promotion. Decades ago, misleading ‘light’, ‘mild’ and ‘slim’ brands were launched in Europe as a direct appeal to women’s concerns about the health effects of smoking, ...continue reading
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• This Week in Global Health

  May 11, 2012
  A weekly round- up of selected health news from around the world. Posted each Friday. Christy Turlington Burns, seated right, and CNN Hero Robin Lim, seated left, with moms and their newborns at the Bumi Sehat clinic in Bali, Indonesia (CNN) CNN asks if the world should observe a ‘No Mothers Day’ in recognition of maternal mortality . Good news for some of us: frequent chocolate consumption is linked to lower BMI. (Medscape) Australia’s biggest tobacco companies all reap record profits — even as they claim government persecution while fighting plain packaging in court. (Adelaide Now) Norway ranks #1 in the world for maternal health, education, and economic stability in the latest ‘State of the World’s Mothers’ report from Save the Children; the U.S. lags behind at #25. (LA Times) The NY Times criticizes a new marketing campaign that places free samples of infant formula in U.S. maternity wards. ...continue reading
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• Developing and Implementing an Effective Tobacco Control Mass Media Campaign

  May 8, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  May 4, 2012

• Using Education and Communications to Advance Tobacco Control Goals

  May 2, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Apr 27, 2012

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  Apr 20, 2012

• Poster: The Most Dangerous Places

  Apr 19, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Apr 13, 2012

• Big Tobacco: Past or Present?

  Apr 11, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Apr 5, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Mar 29, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Mar 22, 2012

• China’s Ministry of Health Launches First National Tobacco Control Mass Media Campaign

  Mar 21, 2012

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  Mar 16, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Mar 9, 2012

• Big Tobacco: Past or Present?

  Mar 7, 2012

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  Mar 2, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Feb 24, 2012

• Big Tobacco: Past or Present?

  Feb 22, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Feb 17, 2012

• Two Days in Lille: A WLF Photoblog on Flickr

  Feb 16, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Feb 10, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Feb 3, 2012

• Norway in January

  Jan 31, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Jan 27, 2012

• Tobacco Control in Vietnam: Looking Forward to a Healthy New Year

  Jan 25, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Jan 20, 2012

• World Lung Foundation – Commonly Cited Resources and Materials

  Jan 19, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Jan 13, 2012

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  Jan 6, 2012

• Making Waves in 2011: WLF Speaks Out

  Jan 5, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Jan 4, 2012

• This Week in Global Health

  Dec 23, 2011

• From Research to Action – China Tobacco Control Research Symposium, Lijiang, China

  Dec 19, 2011

• Enroll now: WCTOH Mass Media Workshop – March 2012, Singapore

  Dec 16, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Dec 16, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Dec 9, 2011

• “The conflict is over”: An insider’s unique perspective on smoking in Bollywood films

  Dec 6, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Dec 2, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Nov 23, 2011

• Peter Baldini, Chief Executive Officer of WLF, reflects on five years of global tobacco control work with Bloomberg Philanthropies

  Nov 21, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Nov 18, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Nov 11, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Nov 4, 2011

• Update from Kigoma: WLF’s latest work in Tanzania

  Nov 1, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Oct 28, 2011

• WLF Assesses the Impact of the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: Part 2 of 2

  Oct 24, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Oct 21, 2011

• WLF Assesses the Impact of the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: Part 1 of 2

  Oct 20, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Oct 14, 2011

• Russia Doesn’t Want to be # 1 Anymore

  Oct 13, 2011

• Friends and Foes: How did your country fare at the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases

  Oct 13, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Oct 7, 2011

• Largest Conference on Tobacco Control in Chinese – Speaking World Held Successfully in Taipei

  Oct 5, 2011

• Close to the Drama: Speaking with Dr. Staffan Bergstrom about delivering life-saving maternal health care to rural Tanzania

  Oct 3, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Sep 30, 2011

• Mashable’s Social Good Summit: The Highlights

  Sep 28, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Sep 23, 2011

• Follow the Action with Live Streaming Coverage from the UN Summit on NCDs

  Sep 20, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Sep 16, 2011

• Ask the Expert: Q&A with WLF's Rebecca Perl on FDA's New Tobacco Pack Warnings

  Sep 14, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Sep 8, 2011

• Glimmers of hope in Indonesia

  Sep 6, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Sep 2, 2011

• Is your country blocking progress on global health for the UN Summit on NCDs? An urgent call to action.

  Aug 31, 2011

• Meeting Vietnam's Vice Health Minister Madame Xuyen

  Aug 29, 2011

• Using Threat Appeals in New Media Channels

  Aug 26, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Aug 26, 2011

• Threat Appeals– How and when are they effective?

  Aug 24, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Aug 19, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Aug 12, 2011

• Big Tobacco wants to be your Facebook friend

  Aug 11, 2011

• This Week in Global Health

  Aug 5, 2011

• The ‘Heartbreak’ Campaign- Fighting Tobacco’s Devastating Effects in India

  Aug 4, 2011

• WLF In The News

  Aug 1, 2011

• Lung Health: The Need for Cleaner Cooking Methods

  Jul 26, 2011

• A Newbie’s Look at Graphic Tobacco Ads

  Jul 25, 2011

• Tobacco Advertising to Russian Women, Part III: A Dose of Reality

  Jul 20, 2011

• Tobacco Advertising to Russian Women, PART II: Making Death Look and Taste More Appealing

  Jul 14, 2011

• Tobacco Advertising to Russian Women, Part I: Marketing Death to the Vulnerable

  Jul 13, 2011

• Choking on Tar: Hard-hitting 'Sponge' ad shows Mauritians the frightening truth about smokers' lungs

  Jun 29, 2011

• Tobacco Advertising That Reached Millions Banned on the Moscow Metro

  Jun 27, 2011

• Lessons from Tobacco Control: Should the Food Industry sit at the health policy table?

  Jun 23, 2011

• Tobacco Control in Tianjin – an Ongoing Effort

  Jun 23, 2011

• Tobacco on the agenda at the UN NCD Meeting

  Jun 20, 2011

• Tribute to Jamshed Chhor

  Jun 20, 2011

• Ask the Expert: Q&A with FCA's Laurent Huber on
  Tobacco Pack Warnings and FCTC Article 11

  Jun 15, 2011

• A New Yorker’s Response to Smoke-Free Park Scofflaws

  Jun 13, 2011

• Launching the Anti-Tobacco Fight in Bangladesh

  Jun 9, 2011

• They Never Stop

  Jun 9, 2011

• Bangladesh's First Ever National Tobacco Control Mass Media Campaign

  Jun 8, 2011

• Fighting Tobacco in the Philippines: No Easy Task

  Jun 2, 2011

• A Global Fight: World Lung Foundation on World No Tobacco Day 2011

  May 31, 2011

• Countdown to the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

  May 4, 2011

• "Too Graphic for TV”: Innovative new-media campaign shows the harms of chewing tobacco to millions of Indians

  May 3, 2011

• WHO/Russian Ministerial Meeting on
  Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Moscow - Day 1

  Apr 28, 2011

• Bloomberg Philanthropies Applauds China's New Smoke-free Initiative

  Apr 25, 2011

• Billboards in India: Ban Smokeless Tobacco

  Apr 20, 2011

• Fighting Big Tobacco in China

  Mar 22, 2011

• WLF Interview on Russia's Tobacco Tax Increase

  Mar 3, 2011

• Anti-Corruption and Anti-Smoking: Hand-in-Hand in Tahrir Square

  Mar 2, 2011

• Meeting Tobacco Control Allies in Tabasco and Mexico City

  Feb 23, 2011

• CNBC: Lights, Camera, Action

  Feb 18, 2011

• Long Overdue: Graphic Pack Warning Labels for Cigarettes in the United States

  Feb 14, 2011

• The Myth of the Celebrity

  Feb 7, 2011

• Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya

  Jan 31, 2011

• Thoughts on a First CoP

  Dec 17, 2010

• Turkish "Sponge" leaves hotline busy signals

  Dec 14, 2010

• Smoke-Free Alexandria

  Nov 30, 2010

• Travel Log: Tanzania, Mauritius, Bangladesh and India

  Nov 23, 2010

• Incredible Istanbul: City offers the perfect smoke-free backdrop for WLF media workshop

  Nov 2, 2010

• Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health
  Sydney, Australia, October 6-9, 2010

  Oct 25, 2010

• 2010 World Cancer Congress in Shenzhen, China

  Sep 16, 2010

• Aus-Aid Australian Leadership Award Fellowship on Tobacco Control

  Sep 9, 2010

• Sunday in Tanzania

  Jul 20, 2010

• Smoke-free Alexandria, "effective immediately"

  Jun 22, 2010

• WLF Workshop in Bogotá, Colombia

  Jun 16, 2010

• Working Together for Tobacco Control in Vietnam

  May 20, 2010

• WLF Brings Communications Course to Singapore

  May 19, 2010

• Tanzania - Expanding Critical Health Services for Women and Children

  Apr 21, 2010

• Run, WLF, Run!

  Apr 6, 2010

• Craig David, Goodwill Ambassador against Tuberculosis

  Mar 29, 2010

• Moscow Sponge Winter Campaign

  Mar 12, 2010

• Spring Festival Gift-Giving in China

  Mar 9, 2010

• Enhancing Maternal Health in Tanzania

  Feb 3, 2010

• Some Things Just Don't Work that Well with Holes in Them

  Jan 27, 2010

• I Love Smoke-Free Paris

  Jan 22, 2010

• Media Communications Workshop in Singapore

  Jan 7, 2010

• Poverty and Lung Health: 40th World Lung Conference in Cancún, Mexico

  Dec 15, 2009

• Thanksgiving in Hanoi

  Dec 14, 2009

• Moscow Duma Launches

  Nov 16, 2009

• 3rd Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control

  Oct 27, 2009

• Turkey Smoke-free site Visit

  Oct 15, 2009

• Judith Mackay at WPRO meeting

  Sep 26, 2009

• Egypt Mass Media Training

  Sep 15, 2009

• Ad filming in Egypt

  Sep 15, 2009