Snakebite envenoming is an important cause of preventable death. The World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal to halve snakebite mortality by 2030. We used verbal autopsy… Read more “Global mortality of snakebite envenoming between 1990 and 2019”
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The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare
Snakebite is a public health problem in rural areas of South Asia, Africa and South America presenting mostly in primary care. Climate change and associated extreme weather events… Read more “The impact of climate change on the burden of snakebite: Evidence synthesis and implications for primary healthcare”
The feudal structure of global health and its implications for decolonisation
Global health as a field has its epistemological roots in related fields of tropical medicine and international health.1 2 These fields are not only products of colonialism, they… Read more “The feudal structure of global health and its implications for decolonisation”
Individual responsibility: a red herring that lets the fossil fuel industry off the climate catastrophe hook
On the eve of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum, Kent Buse, Soumyadeep Bhaumik and colleagues argue that the health of people and planet can only be… Read more “Individual responsibility: a red herring that lets the fossil fuel industry off the climate catastrophe hook”
A Reporting Tool for Adapted Guidelines in Health Care: The RIGHT-Ad@pt Checklist
To maximize the efficiency of resources and reduce redundancy, organizations and countries may decide to adapt an existing practice guideline rather than developing a new one. The… Read more “A Reporting Tool for Adapted Guidelines in Health Care: The RIGHT-Ad@pt Checklist”
Ensuring continuum of care in child and adolescent primary care: how evidence synthesis shaped the space
Syntheses of evidence are of immense importance to clinical medicine, health systems and policy decision-making as well as in program implementation. The synthesis of evidence in a… Read more “Ensuring continuum of care in child and adolescent primary care: how evidence synthesis shaped the space“
Transitioning medical education towards trans-disciplinarity
Community medicine training consists of a bit of family medicine and a bit of public health- with no advanced competencies on either. Family medicine is now an… Read more “Transitioning medical education towards trans-disciplinarity”
Facilitators and barriers of life jacket use for drowning prevention: qualitative evidence synthesis
Drowning is a public health problem globally, with over 90% of deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries . Unintentional drowning was estimated to cause about 295,210… Read more “Facilitators and barriers of life jacket use for drowning prevention: qualitative evidence synthesis”
COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health
The World Health Organization(WHO) has released a special Report on Climate Change and Health propose a set of priority actions from the global health community to governments and policy makers, calling… Read more “COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health”
Mitigating the chronic burden of snakebite: turning the tide for survivors
The International Snakebite Awareness Day has taken place annually on Sept 19 since 2018. Snakebites kill an estimated 137 880 people each year and three times as many… Read more “Mitigating the chronic burden of snakebite: turning the tide for survivors“
Dr. Soumyadeep Bhaumik 