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”
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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“
Need for transdisciplinary systems thinking to address snakebite
Snakebite, a major public health issue but a hugely neglected problem continues to affect millions of people with death and disability worldwide. In 2018, the first ever… Read more “Need for transdisciplinary systems thinking to address snakebite”
Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: a critical review to understand strategic priorities
Afghanistan, a landlocked mountainous nation, situated strategically between Central and South Asia, has been in conflict since the Saur Revolution in 1978 when the socialist People’s Democratic… Read more “Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: a critical review to understand strategic priorities”
Stronger together: a new pandemic agenda for South Asia
The global increase in COVID-19 cases in 2021 has primarily been due to an uncontrolled surge in South Asia. It is estimated that by 1 September 2021,… Read more “Stronger together: a new pandemic agenda for South Asia”
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