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Report and Roadmap - Chronic Kidney Disease: Finding a Path to Prevention, Earlier Detection, and Management
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognized as a growing public health threat, with hig
h global prevalence and poor health outcomes. In the United States, CKD affects more than one in seven American adults, an estimated 37 million people.
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Prevention and Chronic Disease
About Prevention and Chronic Disease
Prevention and Chronic Disease is an all-encompassing priority
that addresses how chronic diseases are understood and managed, how populations are impacte
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Food Is Medicine Task Force
About Food Is Medicine
Food Is Medicine (FIM) interventions are a spectrum of programs and services
that respond to the critical link between nutrition access and health within the healthcare, Feeding Change Food Is Medicine Goals
Identify and leverage scalable financing pathways
Leverage Feeding Change research projects to understand how to scale FIM programs in our healthcare system, Food Is Medicine Intervention Pyramid
, Contact Us
For more information on the Food Is Medicine Task Force, please contact:
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Using Prevention to Improve Global Health
As economic development around the world gives way to obesity and stress, the prevalence of diseas
e rebounds. Chronic diseases, many of which are preventable, account for seven in 10 deaths.
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Advances in Science: From Getting to Zero+ to COVID-19 and Everything in Between
Hosted by Dr. Robert Eisinger, NIH, with guest speaker Dr. Victoria A. Cargill, Assistant Commissi
oner of Health at the Baltimore City Health Department.
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Combatting the Crisis of Opioids
As the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, the opioid epidemic continues to ra
vage the nation, and there are no simple fixes. As we work to overcome this crisis, the U.S.
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Advancing Critical Health Issues for Veterans
The national consensus is that veterans of the U.S. military, approximately 21 million men and wom
en, deserve first-rate health care.
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The World in Transition | Africa and the Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization Once Again?
Emerging and frontier markets have become a collective bellwether of global growth and social chan
ge, and perhaps nowhere is that more evident than in Africa and regions of the Middle East.
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The Business of Aging: Capitalizing on the Demographic Shift
As population aging transforms societies across the globe, it presents 21st-century businesses wit
h a profusion of new opportunities. Companies are just beginning to respond.
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Global Food Industry Leaders Building a Healthier Future
In the midst of a food revolution, industry leaders will discuss shifts toward healthy and sustain
able products, as well as challenges and opportunities their businesses face.
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Building Bridges to Developing Economies: Reports From Field Practice
By 2030, the middle class of the developing world will represent about one-third of the global eco
nomy.
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Center for the Future of Aging: June 2022
Executive Director's Note
Dear Readers,