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ISGlobal - Barcelona Institute for Global Health | #iCERCA centre and member of #SOMM_alliance 🟠 bit.ly/isglobalorg

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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 21h
➡️ Morbidity and mortality: what’s the difference? 🔹 Morbidity refers to the frequency or burden of diseases and other health problems in a population.  🔹 Mortality refers to the deaths that occur in a population and their causes.  🔗https://shorturl.at/PPqxp #GlobalHealthDictionary
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 01/10/2026
After another exciting year of research collaboration, the #WORMVACS annual meeting has come to Barcelona! 👋At #ISGlobal, we are thrilled to have hosted this year’s gathering. Discover the latest updates on our work toward developing a helminth vaccine ➡️ wormvacs.org/news
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 01/10/2026
Toni Trilla s'ha jubilat com a degà de la Facultat de Medicina de la @ub.edu. Referent en epidemiologia, ha contribuït durant dècades a formar noves generacions de professionals de la salut. 🧡Gràcies, Toni, pel teu compromís! Ens alegra molt continuar comptant amb tu com a investigador a #ISGlobal!
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 30/09/2026
🔬 El pròxim dissabte 3 d'octubre, @prbb.org obre les seves portes amb l'#OpenPRBB!  ⚗️💬 Visites guiades als laboratoris, tallers i xerrades científiques, i molt més!   Més info i inscripcions 👉https://www.isglobal.org/ca/-/openprbb-2026
El pròxim dissabte 3 d'octubre, el PRBB obre les seves portes en unes jornades per apropar la ciència a la ciutadania.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 28/09/2026
👩‍🍼Improving air quality and maternal education could help prevent thousands of cases of low birth weight, according to a new #ISGlobal study. 🔗https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/mejorar-la-calidad-del-aire-y-la-educacion-materna-podria-ayudar-a-prevenir-miles-de-casos-de-bajo-peso-al-nacer
Improving air quality and maternal education could help prevent thousands of cases of low birth weight, according to a new ISGlobal study.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 25/09/2026
🎯 What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? 🌐 They are 17 global goals set out in the UN’s 2030 Agenda to end poverty, protect the planet and promote well-being. 🔗Learn more: diccionario.isglobal.org/en/ods #SDGs #Agenda2030 #GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthDictionary
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 24/09/2026
#ISGlobal’s 2025 Annual Report is now available. From research and training to international collaboration and societal impact, Transforming Health Together looks back on some of the people, projects and evidence that shaped our work in 2025. 🟠Read the full report at 2025.isglobal.org
Transforming health together - ISGlobal Annual report
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 23/09/2026
🌍 After 16 years, ECTMIH returns to Barcelona. #ECTMIH2027 will bring the global health community together to rethink collaboration, equity and innovation under the theme Refocusing on Global Health. 📍 Barcelona 📅 25–28 Oct 2027 🔗 ectmih2027.eu #GlobalHealth #TropicalMedicine
Panorámica de Barcelona con anuncio del congreso ECTMIH 2027 — Reenfocando la salud global. Fechas: 25-28 de octubre de 2027.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 23/09/2026
✈️At #SOMMaConnect2026, #ISGlobal researcher José Muñoz presented FAMBA, an innovative platform combining specialised health support for travellers with epidemiological surveillance and data analytics. 🔗 web.fambaproject.com #GlobalHealth #DigitalHealth #Innovation @sommalliance.bsky.social
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 22/09/2026
🌡️ This week, #ISGlobal Research Professor Xavier Basagaña represented the institute at the Parliament of Catalonia in a hearing related to the proposed law on urgent measures for climate security. The session took place before the Ecological Transition Committee. 🔗 shorturl.at/2cbwp
Xavier Basagaña appeared before the parliamentary committee considering the proposed law on urgent measures for climate security.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 22/09/2026
🌍 Since 2002, the @GlobalFund partnership has helped save 72 million lives and reduce the combined death rate from AIDS, TB and malaria by 65%. The 2026 Results Report shows what sustained investment and global cooperation can achieve. Read more 👉🏾 shorturl.at/6NDkX #GlobalHealth
Since 2002, the Global Fund partnership has reduced the combined death rate from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria by 65 per cent.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 21/09/2026
🩺 Four in five deaths investigated by #CHAMPS were considered preventable or potentially preventable. After 10 years across 7 countries, the findings point to opportunities to strengthen maternal, newborn and child health. 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/8AM4l #ChildHealth #GlobalHealth
Among babies and children under five, respiratory infections, sepsis, malnutrition, malaria and diarrhoeal diseases were among the main factors identified.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 19/09/2026
🎗️ This #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth, discover Healing in Two Voices: 31 intimate stories exploring childhood and adolescent cancer and survivorship through personal experiences and professional perspectives. 🔗 equolproject.eu/resources #ChildhoodCancer #GlobalHealth
Mujeres sonrientes en collage sobre fondo amarillo con logo e·QuoL, contornos blancos y líneas punteadas.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 18/09/2026
📊 Children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD or autism in Denmark today more closely resemble the general population than those diagnosed a decade ago. A new study explores this shift and what may be driving it. 🔎 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/mrRlw
The findings suggest that the rise in diagnoses observed over the past decade may reflect, at least in part, changes in the characteristics of the people receiving these diagnoses, in addition to possible changes in the underlying risk of developing these conditions.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 17/09/2026
🌐 Could wealth redistribution policies help avert millions of deaths? An #ISGlobal-led study in @thelancet.com estimates that tax measures now under discussion could avert 6.6–29.5 million deaths by 2030, as development aid declines Read more: shorturl.at/d9bcy #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
Taxing Billionaires and Redistributing Wealth Could Save Millions of Lives Amid Global Aid Cuts
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 16/09/2026
On 13 November, the #INCLUDE project will hold its final conference in Barcelona to share lessons learned, tools and strategies for integrating gender equality and intersectionality into biomedical research. 📍 @prbb.org, Barcelona 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/X2OvF
The INCLUDE project will hold its final conference in Barcelona to share lessons learned and tools.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 15/09/2026
🌍 The transition away from fossil fuels is a climate imperative. But it is also a public health opportunity. Putting health at the centre of the energy transition can deliver benefits far beyond climate action. Read the new #CATALYSE Narrative: 🔗https://shorturl.at/qRHtG
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 14/09/2026
🌿 What does health mean when the land itself is changing? Among the Punan-Tubu in North Kalimantan, climate change, development and shifting ways of life are reshaping health, mobility and belonging. 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/1zhse #PlanetaryHealth #GlobalHealth
From left to right: The village of Long Nyau; Dhole and Jefry pulling a boat up the Punan River to Long Ranau; and a living room in Long Titi.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 12/09/2026
🏆 Awards for Manolis Kogevinas and Michelle Turner ⚽ AI to anticipate injuries in women’s football 🌿 Nature-based social prescribing and loneliness 🌙 Night shift work and long COVID Explore the September #ISGlobalNews newsletter. 🔗https://shorturl.at/xOM1M #GlobalHealth
Newsletter September 2026
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 11/09/2026
🫁 This weekend, #ISGlobal contributed to #HealthyLungsForLife Barcelona, supporting the stakeholder event at Palau Macaya and free spirometry testing at Plaça Universitat. A weekend to raise awareness of #LungHealth, clean air and prevention. Learn more: shorturl.at/G4bVK #BreatheCleanAir
Two people inside the marquee at the ‘Healthy Lungs for Life’ event.A volunteer carrying out a free spirometry test on an elderly man, with a queue of people waiting behind himThe stakeholder event at Palau Macaya.A group photo of the team of volunteers.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 10/09/2026
📸🌍 No et perdis l’exposició “Els confins de l’emergència climàtica”, sobre el canvi climàtic a Barcelona i el Sahel. 📍 Facultat de Medicina UB 🗓️ 1–30 de setembre ⏰ Dl–dv, 7:30–21:30 h 💡 Vine a veure-la i vota la teva foto preferida! També pots votar en línia: shorturl.at/SoEnl
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 08/09/2026
🌿How can contact with nature benefit our health? On October 27 and 28, Barcelona will host the Nature and Health Workshop, a meeting to share experiences, connect stakeholders and explore new ways of integrating nature and health. 👉https://shorturl.at/OIzbs
On October 27 and 28, Barcelona will host the Nature and Health Workshop.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 07/09/2026
⚖️ The #INCLUDE Manifesto calls for action on equity, diversity and intersectionality in biomedical research. Structural inequalities shape research, knowledge and health outcomes. Let’s work towards a more just, accountable and inclusive research ecosystem. 👉https://shorturl.at/6ikQA
The INCLUDE Manifesto calls for action on equity, diversity and intersectionality in biomedical research.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 05/09/2026
🫁 How healthy are your lungs? This Sunday, join #HealthyLungsForLife at 📍Plaça Universitat, Barcelona, for free lung function testing and practical advice on clean air and lung health. 📅 6 Sept · 10:00–18:30 🔗 More info: shorturl.at/tke5a
FREE LUNG HEALTH CHECKS
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 02/09/2026
🧬🔬 Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics… These disciplines enable the analysis of large sets of biological molecules simultaneously. 🦠 They also help to identify biomarkers and monitor pathogens and antimicrobial resistance. 🔗https://shorturl.at/ziz2S #GlobalHealthDictionary
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 01/09/2026
🌱 #ISGlobal supports “Save Our NEAT+”, a call to safeguard NEAT+, a free tool that helps humanitarian organisations identify environmental risks early and put #DoNoHarm into practice. 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/1mgWf #HumanitarianAction #PlanetaryHealth
 NEAT+ is a free, open-source environmental screening tool that helps humanitarian organisations identify environmental risks early in the design of emergency and recovery interventions.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 31/08/2026
👏 #ISGlobal researcher @mkogevinas.bsky.social has received the #EPICOH Lifetime Award in recognition of his outstanding career in occupational epidemiology. Congratulations, Manolis, on this well-deserved recognition!  🔗https://shorturl.at/y479b
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 27/08/2026
🌍 𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 – 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 Join us for a talk with Andy Haines, trained in family practice and epidemiology, and former Director of the @LSHTM.  📅 1 September 2026 🕒 15:00 CEST 🔗 meet.goto.com/490441445 #ClimateChange #ClimateAndHealth
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 26/08/2026
🌧️ Climate variability in the Atlantic Ocean can help anticipate outbreaks of cutaneous leishmaniasis in North Africa months in advance, according to a study led by #ISGlobal. 🔗https://shorturl.at/UYOn7
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 25/08/2026
🦟 The Asian tiger mosquito, 𝘈𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴, is one of the world's most important invasive mosquito species. 🦠 But how does it spread, which diseases can it transmit, and how is climate change influencing its distribution? 🔗https://shorturl.at/e2Aqe #GlobalHealthDictionary
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 24/08/2026
🌃 Night work and chronic insomnia may increase the risk of developing #LongCOVID. 📝 This is the conclusion of a new study led by #ISGlobal in collaboration with @igtp.bsky.social. 🔗 www.isglobal.org/en/-/el-trabajo-en…
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 21/08/2026
☀️🌾Aquesta setmana hem iniciat la fase d’intervenció del #projecteOMBRES per reduir l’exposició a la calor durant el treball agrícola. 👉Les actuacions inclouen la instal·lació d'ombres, roba lleugera i transpirable, ventiladors, aigua fresca i una guia per prevenir els colps de calor.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 20/08/2026
🦟What are mosquitoes warning us about? On #WorldMosquitoDay, Leonardo López (#ISGlobal) explains how climate change is reshaping vector distribution and health risks. 🔗https://www.isglobal.org/en/healthisglobal/-/custom-blog-portlet/de-islandia-al-sur-de-europa-de-que-nos-alertan-los-mosquitos-
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 19/08/2026
When your goal is to improve maternal and child health, the research is only the first step. The #PROTECTnetwork shared its results with researchers and policymakers in Mozambique to ensure the latest findings on #MaternalVaccines reach those who can benefit most. ➡️ tinyurl.com/2jj6u2t8
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 17/08/2026
🌍 #ISGlobal helped shape Spain’s Global Health Strategy, approved in May 2025, promoting a #OneHealth approach. 🤝 Through mediation, technical workshops and policy advice, it helped turn a fragmented approach into a common framework for global health action. 🔎 Read more: shorturl.at/EFV8y
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 14/08/2026
🌡️ Fieldwork has begun for the OMBRES project in Bell-lloc d’Urgell. The team is collecting data on heat, humidity, hydration and working conditions to better understand heat stress among agricultural workers. #HeatStress #Agriculture #PlanetaryHealth
Workers picking apples in an orchard, standing on a lifting platform and loading crates.Crates full of freshly harvested apples amongst rows of apple trees, with workers and machinery in the background.Apple orchards
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 13/08/2026
📸 The finalist photos from “The Confines of the Climate Emergency” are on display this August at Centre Cívic del Besòs, connecting climate impacts in Barcelona and the Sahel. 🗳️ Vote for your favourite: shorturl.at/KA31q #ClimateHealth #Migration
'CLIMA SALUT MIGRACIONS' 

What does the climate emergency look like from Barcelona and the Sahel?
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 12/08/2026
🐄🦟 Can cattle shape malaria transmission? A #BOHEMIA study involving #ISGlobal applies environmental epidemiology to explore whether cattle may divert malaria vectors from people or favour their spread. 🔗 Read more: f.mtr.cool/lajiibydtu #Malaria #OneHealth
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 11/08/2026
🔬 Investigadores i investigadors d’#ISGlobal van participar en unes colònies científiques d’@explorium.bsky.social per apropar la recerca en malària als infants a través del joc i l’experimentació. Ciència, curiositat i lleure per entendre millor la salut global. 🦟 #Malaria #STEM #SalutGlobal
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 07/08/2026
The air around us contains microscopic biological particles, but how do scientists study them? 🌬️ Air samplers collect #bioaerosols. 🧪 Laboratory analyses identify them. 📊 Results are interpreted alongside sampling and environmental data. Learn more: shorturl.at/YYB6M
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 06/08/2026
🌎#ISGlobal has joined more than 80 organisations across Europe in supporting the European Declaration on Heat and Health, calling for stronger integration of health into EU climate policy. Read the declaration: 🔗https://shorturl.at/fNcqt #PlanetaryHealth #EuropeanDeclarationOnHeatAndHealth
ISGlobal has joined more than 80 organisations across Europe in supporting the European Declaration on Heat and Health
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 05/08/2026
Although #Venezuela hasn't been in the headlines lately, the emergency is still very real. 💙 Five Venezuelan health professionals from #CampusClínicSolidari remind us that the need continues. Every contribution counts, no matter how small. 🔗Donate: f.mtr.cool/rqkiyolohe #HumanitarianAid
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 04/08/2026
"To me, SurPass means peace of mind." 💙 The SurPass digital care plan is now a reality for childhood cancer survivors in Croatia! Read what this milestone means to survivors, families, and advocates in their own words: f.mtr.cool/jilvsswaov #eQuoLproject #SurPass #ChildhoodCancer 🎗️
Niños, adolescentes y una médica con el logo PanCare SurPass, sobre fondo de ondas tricolor
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 03/08/2026
Wildfire smoke is different from everyday air pollution. Read on to find out what makes it different, what the scientific evidence says and how you can protect your health. 🔥🌫️ 🔗Read more: shorturl.at/jCyEZ #ISGlobal #Wildfire #Science #GlobalHealth
Two women and three children are looking out over a city shrouded in smoke; on the left, a tree is on fire and an orange sun is visible.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 31/07/2026
🧑‍🔬 How can institutions better support research talent? On 22 October, #ISGlobal is hosting a workshop called 'The Research Talent Lifecycle', which will cover attraction, selection and professional development in #research. 👉 Free event. Registration required: shorturl.at/pPrJn
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 30/07/2026
⚽ Can #AI help anticipate injuries in elite women’s football? A study involving #ISGlobal, Barça Innovation Hub, @unibonn.bsky.social, @barcabsky.bsky.social and Made of Genes presents a new decision-support model for injury-risk prediction. 🔗 shorturl.at/prkjt #WomenInSport #GlobalHealth
The study addresses one of the main challenges in sports medicine: anticipating injuries before they occur.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 29/07/2026
🦠 Viruses are everywhere, yet we have identified only a tiny fraction of their immense diversity. A global study involving #ISGlobal mapped RNA viruses across 102 cities, revealing thousands of previously unknown viruses and new clues about viral evolution. 🔗Read more: shorturl.at/9JWWF
Photo: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH - Transmission electron microscope image showing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 28/07/2026
El diagnóstico precoz de la #hepatitis vírica no solo requiere tratamientos: necesita confianza y accesibilidad. 🌍Descubre cómo el proyecto europeo HEP-HOP capacita a facilitadores comunitarios para llevar el diagnóstico descentralizado a donde más se necesita 👉https://shorturl.at/dYk0k #ISGlobal
Dos personas con batas blancas en evento público; mujer con móvil rojo habla por micrófono mientras hombre la escucha.
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 27/07/2026
🫁 Can the air children breathe affect their cardiometabolic health? A study led by #ISGlobal links childhood exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 at home and school with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome. 🔗https://shorturl.at/wMSZd #AirPollution #ChildHealth #GlobalHealth
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 24/07/2026
#MetabolicSyndrome is diagnosed when at least 3️⃣ of the following 5️⃣ factors are present: ➡️ Excess abdominal fat, high blood pressure, elevated fasting blood glucose, high triglyceride levels and low HDL ("good") cholesterol. 🫀Learn more: shorturl.at/3vqHS #GlobalHealthDictionary
Diagnosis of metabolic syndrome: This is confirmed when a person has at least 3 of the 5 risk factors listed (abnormal values for glucose, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure or waist circumference).
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