World Footwear Yearbook 2024

 

Find the great trends within the footwear sector around the world in the World Footwear  Yearbook 2024 Global footwear production reached 22.4 billion pairs in 2023, a 6% decline after the recovery registered in the previous year.   A 1.5 billion pairs loss following a drop in consumption in the main markets, as represented by the United States (-749 million pairs), China (-398 million pairs), and the European Union (-399 million pairs). GET ACCESS TO ALL THE RELEVANT FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY ­ www.worldfootwear.com ­ ­ ­ ­

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NEW PLACES Data Now Live!

 

August 29, 2024

NEW PLACES Data Now Live!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Population Health in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is excited to announce the newest release of PLACES (available at www.cdc.gov/places). PLACES provides hyper-local, model-based estimates for the entire U.S. population for 49 chronic disease and other health-related measures at four levels of geography: U.S. counties, incorporated and census-designated places, census tracts, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.  The latest PLACES model-based estimates are generated from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), U.S. Census 2020 Population Count, and the American Community Survey 2018-2022. Seven New PLACES Measures This year’s release includes seven new health-related social needs measures for 39 states and the District of Columbia. These include the prevalence of:  Social isolation Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (or SNAP, formerly food stamps) Food insecurity Housing insecurity Threat of utility shut-off Transportation barriers, and Lack of social and emotional support. Additional updates for this PLACES release include: Two measures were discontinued because of program recommendations—chronic kidney disease and preventive services for older adults. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for colorectal cancer screening were updated for adults aged 50–75 to 45–75 years. The measure for cervical cancer screening could not be updated. Measure names and definitions were adjusted for asthma, cancer, smoking, sleep, taking high blood pressure medication, routine checkup, dental visit, mental health, and physical health. See current release notes and measure definitions for more information. All measure definitions were updated based on Chronic Disease Indicators (CDI) indicator definitions. We want to hear from you! Thank you for your support of PLACES as a tool for effective and efficient public health action. We look forward to hearing how you use these data to promote health, prevent disease, and promote equity in our nation’s largest cities to smaller cities and rural areas—and everywhere in between. Please share your stories with us by sending an email to PLACES@cdc.gov. You can also direct any questions to that mailbox address. Click Here to Email Us!

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NIH Health Information:Metastatic Cancer | Mental Health Resources | Test for Alzheimer’s | Psoriasis | Overdose Medications

 

Thursday, August 29, 2024   When Cancer Spreads Cancer can be more difficult to treat after it spreads. Learn how researchers are trying to find better ways to stop this process, called metastasis. (From NIH News in Health) Back-to-School Mental Health Resources Get resources on coping strategies and guidance for seeking help for children and teens this back-to-school season. (From NIH’s NIMH) Accurate Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease A blood test identified Alzheimer’s disease correctly in older adults with about 90% accuracy. (From NIH Research Matters) Psoriasis Find out about psoriasis and this chronic disease’s symptoms, at-risk populations, treatments, and more. (From NIH’s NIAMS) Overdose Reversal Medications Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. Discover what medications are available to help prevent an overdose death and how to obtain them. (From NIH’s NIDA)

This bimonthly newsletter contains resources and tips about healthy living and wellness from across NIH, the nation’s medical research agency. To find more trusted health information from NIH, go to https://www.nih.gov/health-information.

IMF latest news

 

Dear MARIA, We just published a new blog—please find the full text below.  Women Lead Record Number of Central Banks, but More Progress is Needed (Credit: georgeclerk/iStock by Getty Images) By The Editors Women are leading more central banks than ever before, thanks to appointments in the past year, but recent gains still leave the share of female governors far short of parity. The number of women in governor roles rose to 29 this year from 23 last year, though that left the share of female leaders at just 16 percent of the world’s 185 central banks, according to an April report by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. Greater gender balance in senior positions may help increase the diversity of thought and checks and balances, in turn contributing to increased economic and financial stability and improved performance, IMF research shows. Appointments this year in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea are examples of how smaller economies are driving more progress on gender balance, according to OMFIF, a London-based think tank for monetary, economic and investment issues. This year’s rise was the biggest gain in more than a decade of surveys, but the Chart of the Week shows how central banks still have much room to make progress toward greater parity in the ranks of top policymakers steering the global economy. The tally adds to evidence of the struggle of women at central banks as well as in the economics discipline, where they remain underrepresented even after steady gains. A first-of-its-kind IMF survey of the European Central Bank and its Group of Seven counterparts showed last year that fewer than half of employees at those institutions are women, but on average only a third of women are economists or managers. This survey underscores how policies to eliminate gender gaps have been only partially successful. ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel has cited a substantial gender imbalance in economics—one that the institution is determined to change among its own staff. Schnabel noted in a 2020 speech that the barriers aren’t insurmountable, and that mentoring opportunities and ensuring childcare can help narrow gender imbalances.  The latest additions to the list of countries naming a woman as central bank chief came in January, when Jasmina Selimović began a six-year term in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Elizabeth Genia was appointed to the top job after serving as acting governor. Last year, Michele Bullock became the first woman to lead the Reserve Bank of Australia. Cambodia, Georgia, Moldova and Montenegro also appointed women as the heads of their monetary authorities last year, according to OMFIF’s 2024 gender balance index.  —For more, see the recent gender equality and demographics podcast featuring Inclusion and Gender Unit Economist Lisa Kolovich, the June report on Promoting Gender Equality and Tackling Demographic Challenges, OMFIFs’ March podcast on gender equality in financial institutions with IMF’s Monique Newiak and Mariarosaria Comunale, and the 2023 blog Women Struggle for Equal Pay and Progression at Central Banks. Jeff Kearns Managing Editor IMF Blog jkearns@IMF.org