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Closed Loop Partners Releases Key Insights from First-of-a-Kind Multi-Retailer Reusable Bag Pilots, with CVS Health, Target & Walmart

Stuart Mitchell

Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy and the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag released a new resource to help guide retailers looking to adopt reusable bag service models. The report, Beyond the Plastic Bag, shares key insights and analysis gathered from collaborative reusable bag pilots conducted in select CVS Health, Target and Walmart stores throughout Northern California in 2021, as part of the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag’s Beyond the Bag Pilots. Approximately 100 billion single-use plastic bags are used each year in the U.S., most…

USC Quarterback Caleb Williams Teams Up with National “Seize the Awkward” Campaign to Support Young Adults’ Mental Health

Stuart Mitchell

The Seize the Awkward campaign released a new public service advertisement (PSA) featuring star quarterback Caleb Williams encouraging young people to check in with their peers and have open conversations about their mental health. The campaign— from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and The Jed Foundation (JED) in collaboration with the Ad Council —worked with the Caleb Cares Foundation and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of California (USC) to develop the student-produced video. In times of crisis, three in four young adults turn…

Make suicide prevention in Africa a priority, UN health agency urges governments

Stuart Mitchell

Did you know that Africa has the highest suicide rate in the world? To reverse that worrying statistic, the UN health agency WHO recently launched a social media campaign to raise awareness around mental health illness, which is believed to account for up to 11 per cent of the risk factors that are associated with suicide. “Every death by suicide is a tragedy,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, who maintained the suicide prevention was “rarely a priority” in national health programmes. Tweet URL Ahead of World…

UK Charity Pledges New Funding For Next Generation Of African Early Career Global Health Professionals

Stuart Mitchell

The Hamish Ogston Foundation, a charitable organisation dedicated to eliminating disparities in both access to medical treatment and health awareness around the world, has committed £1.5 million to support the training of early career health researchers in Africa and to establish a health researcher network between the UK and five African countries. The Platinum Jubilee Health Training Programme will fund 25 new PhD scholars based in The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe through a three-year PhD programme which will help to address the most pressing public health problems confronting…

Campaign highlights how data is making better mental health for all a reality

Stuart Mitchell

Health Data Research UK, the UK’s national health data science institute, is launching a campaign to highlight the potential of big data to address long-standing inequalities faced by people affected by mental health conditions.  Poor mental health is the biggest cause of ill health, affecting almost everyone at some point in their lives.1  Moreover, the considerable links between physical and mental health are often overlooked, with research showing this failure contributes to a 10 to 20-year shorter life expectancy for people with serious mental health conditions.2  The situation is challenging…