'WHO report says eating processed meat is carcinogenic: Understanding the findings'
I think it may be confusing when Readersare told, that '...IARC/WHO does not assess the size of risk. The International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) used clearly defined guidelines toidentify hazards (qualitative evaluation), i.e. whether an agent can cause cancer, but IARC does not assess level or the magnitude of risk (quantitative assessment). In other words, the IARC/WHO evaluates the evidence not risk...', which is sandwiched very deep in the article that has as its title, ‘WHO report says eating processed meat is carcinogenic: Understanding the findings’.
For such apparently important ‘evidence’that millions of people would take seriously coming from the guardian of our World’s Health, W.H.O., I think, may be confusing. Health messages should beclearer and unambiguous, especially when it deals with what may impact livesand wellbeing of billions of people, not to talk of the economy of nations. Practitioners and carers (in this era that informed selfcare is promoted) who are not 'experts' in qualitative and quantitative analysis may be confused.
Wouldn’t it be useful to have such articlescarry the caveat, up front in the first paragraph of the full content, so that they know that they are reading opinion, not proven fact?’
Read the full article:
WHO report says eating processed meat is carcinogenic: Understanding the findings- https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2015/11/03/report-says-eati...
Joseph Ana
Prof Joseph Ana
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HIFA Profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Senior Fellow/Medical Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). He is a member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Care in primary, emergency, operative, and critical care (TAG-IC2). As the Cross River State Commissioner for Health, he led the introduction of the Homegrown Quality Tool, the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme, in Nigeria (2004-2008). For sustainability, he established the Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Nigeria. His main interest is in whole health sector and system strengthening in Lower, Low and Middle Income Countries (LLMICs). He has written six books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance programme, suitable for LLMICs, including the TOOLS for Implementation. He served as Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Clinical Governance (2012-2022), and he won the Nigeria Medical Association’s Award of Excellence on three consecutive occasions for the innovation. He served as Chairman, Quality & Performance, of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act 2014. He is member, National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health. He is the pioneer Secretary General/Trustee-Director of the NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers. (http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0 http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group).
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