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{"title":"The Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration.","authors":"","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00336-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00336-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 18","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12486565/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145198232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"International fluoride symposium: effects of fluoride on human health and its mechanisms of action - a meeting report.","authors":"E Angeles Martinez-Mier, Gina A Castiblanco-Rubio, Guillermo Tamayo-Cabeza, Andrea Aguiar, Morteza Bashash, Tracy Bastain, Kelly Brunst, Carrie Breton, Alejandra Cantoral, Jose L Figueroa, Carly Goodman, Howard Hu, Jesus Ibarluzea-Maurolagoitia, Bruce Lanphear, Ashley Malin, Mauro Martinez, Karen E Peterson, Elizabeth F S Roberts, Susan Schantz, Mikel Subiza-Perez, Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz, Martha M Tellez-Rojo, Christine Till, Deborah J Watkins, Frank Lippert","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00345-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00345-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fluoride prevents dental caries in a dose-response manner, leading some countries to adjust fluoride levels in water or table salt, as well as to promote the widespread use of topical fluoride. Recent studies have found associations between prenatal fluoride exposure levels of < 1.5 mg/L in water and urine and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Although high fluoride levels have been recognized as neurotoxic in the past, a large body of contemporary evidence derived from retrospective analyses of birth cohort studies suggests fluoride may be neurotoxic to children at lower levels, highlighting the need for further, prospective research and multidisciplinary collaborations. The International Fluoride Symposium, held from April 29 to 30, 2024, brought together 20 researchers from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Spain to discuss the impacts of fluoride on human health and its mechanisms of action. The primary goals of the symposium were to address challenges related to assessing fluoride exposure, share findings from cohort studies, develop a comprehensive research agenda, and foster international research partnerships. Key discussions included the dental caries preventive and toxic effects of fluoride, sources of fluoride exposure, biomarkers, dietary intake assessment methods, and analytical challenges. Presentation of results from cohort studies highlighted research on prenatal fluoride exposure and its association with neurodevelopmental outcomes and presented perspectives for future analyses. The symposium emphasized the need for customized dietary fluoride intake assessment tools, the development of high-throughput analytical methods for fluoride analysis, and research on the combined effects of fluoride with other chemical elements commonly found in the environment and the human diet. Additionally, there was a call for the harmonization of cohort data from diverse populations to address urgent questions about the impact of fluoride on human neurodevelopment and other health outcomes beyond oral health. It was agreed that prospective longitudinal cohort studies intentionally designed to assess fluoride exposure and neurodevelopment are essential, as none of the existing birth cohorts were designed to specifically study fluoride exposure (e.g., selection of biomarkers, collection intervals, diet exposure assessment). Furthermore, broader environmental health cohort studies that incorporate high-quality biomonitoring of waterborne neurotoxicants (such as fluoride, arsenic, lead, mercury), repeated measures of exposure, and inclusion of key covariates (e.g., socio-economic status, diet, iodine) are encouraged. Finally, developing effective communication strategies among scientists and the public was considered crucial for advancing fluoride research and mitigating potential health risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 26","pages":"28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12477808/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145184596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Proceedings of the Summit for Perinatal Excellence 2025.","authors":"","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00343-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00343-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 25","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12434910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145063333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building the future of public health intelligence: updates from the fifth Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) Global Technical Meeting (GTM) convened by WHO.","authors":"Raquel Medialdea Carrera, Sami El Sabri, Yasmin Rabiyan, Olga Lugovska, George Sie Williams, Esther Hamblion, Etien Koua, Philip AbdelMalik","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00340-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00340-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 22","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12442272/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145063368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Abstracts from the 10th Atlantic Corridor Medical Student Research Conference 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00342-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00342-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 24","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12424196/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145032809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coordination and collaboration for strengthening respiratory surveillance at the national level: updates from workshop hosted by the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, 24-25 July 2024.","authors":"Raquel Medialdea Carrera, Aspen Hammond, Jijoho Mischael Michel, Hannah Lewis, Yeon Kyeng Lee, Lidia Alexandrova Ezerska, George Sie Williams, Wenqing Zhang, Philip AbdelMalik","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00341-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00341-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent public health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic, MERS, and Avian Influenza outbreaks, underscore the need for effective surveillance systems for respiratory pathogens with epidemic and pandemic potential. In 2022, WHO initiated a project to help national public health professionals identify and address gaps in coordinating multiple surveillance systems for early detection and monitoring of viral respiratory events. The project involved developing country-specific approaches to address these gaps and identifying generalizable best practices. WHO headquarters collaborated with the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) to select three pilot countries: South Africa, Togo, and the United Republic of Tanzania. Each country conducted a landscape assessment of relevant surveillance activities followed by national workshops to discuss coordination, collaboration, and strengthening of Public Health Intelligence (PHI) for respiratory surveillance.National workshops were held in Dar es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania), Kpalimè (Togo), and Johannesburg (South Africa), bringing together professionals from various domains and sectors. The workshops highlighted system-specific and cross-cutting challenges and best practices related to respiratory surveillance. These findings informed a stakeholder workshop at the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin on 24-25 July 2024, which convened stakeholders from WHO headquarters, WHO AFRO, US CDC, and representatives from the pilot countries.The workshop underscored the critical importance of coordination and collaboration in respiratory surveillance. By integrating multiple surveillance systems and fostering cross-sectoral communication, countries can enhance their ability to detect and respond to respiratory pathogens with epidemic and pandemic potential. The shared best practices and recommendations provide a valuable framework for strengthening global health security and preparedness.</p>","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 23","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12416063/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145013828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Accelerating HPV-related cancer elimination - a meeting report.","authors":"F Ricardo Burdier, F Xavier Bosch, Dur-E-Nayab Waheed, Laura Teblick, Mario Poljak, Marc Baay, Silvia de Sanjosé, Marc Bardou, Iacopo Baussano, Irene Man, Eduardo L Franco, Alex Vorsters","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00337-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00337-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The human papillomavirus (HPV) Prevention and Control Board organized a meeting to explore effective strategies for accelerating the elimination of HPV-related cancers, starting from WHO's cervical cancer elimination campaign targets-vaccination of 90% of girls by age 15, two HPV screenings with a high-performance test for 70% of women between 35-45 years, and 90% treatment and care of women with cervical disease. Nevertheless, the global HPV vaccination coverage remains low (~ 30%), as does screening coverage, with only 24% (48/139) of programmes utilising recommended high-performance tests (such as HPV testing). The meeting explored various strategies, including the extension of vaccination for women at older ages. While vaccination of HPV-positive individuals has demonstrated safety and immunogenicity, further research is required to confirm the potential protective effects and reduced viral transmission among infected populations. Several innovative approaches were discussed, including the HPV Faster strategy, promoting combined HPV vaccination and screening for women up to age 45. This strategy aims to substantially reduce cervical cancer incidence by decreasing future screening needs among HPV-negative women and intensifying follow-up for those already HPV-positive. A variant of this approach, Sweden's \"HPV EVEN Faster,\" simultaneously vaccinates and screens younger women (ages 23-30), aiming at significantly reducing HPV circulation and effectively reaching underserved populations. Moreover, in resource-limited settings, transitioning to single-dose vaccination emerged as a promising strategy to expand vaccine coverage, as modelled in India, Rwanda, and Brazil. Modelling data reinforced the prioritisation of increasing vaccination coverage and expanding targets in girls up to age 20 as the most efficient strategy to reduce cervical cancers. However, when increasing coverage is challenging, extending vaccination to boys could potentially enhance herd protection. Finally, the discussions underlined that successful \"accelerated\" HPV elimination strategies must be context-specific, taking into consideration local resources, health system capacities, and socio-economic factors. Political commitment, targeted implementation research, and innovations such as affordable new vaccines and point-of-care tests are key to speed up global progress toward HPV-related cancer elimination.</p>","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 19","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12395638/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144942164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Synthesising key findings from Indonesia's first civil society-led forum on primary health care: PHC forum, Jakarta, 13-14 November 2023.","authors":"Diah Satyani Saminarsih, Clarissa Cita Magdalena, Nadhira Febianisari, Yurdhina Meilissa, Sadika Nuraini Hamid, Muhammad Iqbal Hafizon, Sayyid Muhammad Jundullah, Olivia Herlinda","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00338-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00338-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite evidence showing the important role of a robust primary health care (PHC) in achieving health equity, many nations still need strong, directional policies and unyielding commitments to strengthening PHC after the Astana Declaration. The \"PHC Forum: Towards Health Equity and Resilient Communities\" was held in November 2023, in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss the challenges and opportunities in actualising the commitments towards a robust PHC system globally.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This paper presents a thematic analysis of the PHC Forum. The Forum was organised into two days with a total of 783 participants, categorised as policymakers, academics, health workers, civil society leaders, and community members, mostly from the Global South countries. The Forum aimed to democratise stakeholders participation by creating an inclusive platform for all relevant actors, including civil society organisations (CSOs) and community health workers (CHWs). This was intended to generate empirical insights derived from lived experiences. To synthesise key findings from the Forum, expert statements were systematically compiled, categorised, and triangulated with relevant prior studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Forum resulted in the identification of key messages that can be organised into seven themes: (i) health for all vision, reinforcing that investing in a robust PHC system is central to achieving the universal health coverage (UHC); (ii) community participation and empowerment, reiterating community not just as beneficiaries; (iii) importance of CHWs, with a focus on realising decent work; (iv) financing and prioritisation, calling for increased investment towards PHC; (v) innovations, underlining the role of innovative technologies and approaches to improve health equity; (vi) PHC integration, stressing the need for both vertical and horizontal integration of public and private health services; and (vii) climate change, with an emphasis on recognising the increasingly critical role of a robust PHC system in facing climate change.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The key messages that emerged from the Forum emphasise the essential elements for building a robust PHC system, particularly in the Global South. A paradigm shift beyond health to focus on the bigger systems is needed to achieve health for all. The Forum emphasised that communities are the leaders in PHC transformation, driving towards equitable health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 20","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12366000/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144882070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Proceedings of the 6th National Big Data Health Science Conference : Columbia, SC, USA. 13-14 February 2025.","authors":"","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00328-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00328-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 13","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12312251/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Proceedings from the 2024 precision public health research symposium: advancing health equity through precision public health.","authors":"Allison Olawsky, Samantha Keohane, Megan C Roberts, Amelia Smit, Cason Whitcomb, Dana Lee Olstad, Erin Turbitt, Jarrod Marable, Julia Steinberg, Kate Saylor, Kim Foss, Latrice Landry, Caitlin G Allen","doi":"10.1186/s12919-025-00331-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12919-025-00331-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9046,"journal":{"name":"BMC Proceedings","volume":"19 Suppl 15","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12261526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144636089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}