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A safer world starts with strong primary healthcare

WebA safer world starts with strong primary healthcare. October 26, 2020. The covid-19 pandemic has reminded us of the critical role that primary healthcare has in …

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Why health should replace wealth as the heart of prosperity

WebIt is health rather than wealth that lies at the heart of our wellbeing and provides the true foundation for a lasting prosperity. Tim Jackson is professor of …

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The US's broken healthcare system is at the root of vaccine

WebThe US’s broken healthcare system is at the root of vaccine hesitancy. September 10, 2021. The US’s compromised vaccine rollout casts a harsh light on a …

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We must redesign the WHO’s building blocks to create more …

WebSince its launch in 2007, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework for strengthening health systems’ has been widely considered as a global action plan to …

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Gro Harlem Brundtland: Political commitment is the key to

WebUniversal health coverage is not just desirable, but eminently achievable. The new Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom, has made …

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The hospital of the future: creating healthcare spaces that can help

WebThe hospital of the future: creating healthcare spaces that can help people feel better. What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of your local …

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Where's the integration between public health and primary

WebDespite NHS England’s focus on the importance of health system integration, the government spent £10 billion on a largely outsourced Test and Trace …

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A global conversation on defining health: Alex Jadad and

WebA global conversation on defining health: Alex Jadad and Laura O’Grady. December 10, 2008. “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well …

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The role of the arts within health

WebThe arts also support caregiving, with artworks and literature enhancing our understanding of health and patient experience, and participating in the arts improving …

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What we all should know about PPE for healthcare workers

WebJune 18, 2020. One of the key issues for healthcare systems around the world during the covid-19 pandemic has been the lack of sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) …

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The benefits and risks of public awareness campaigns: World …

WebWAAW presents an opportunity for us all—around the world—to reflect on our relationships with antibiotics, now and into the future. Every element of health seems …

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Beyond Physical and Psychological Health: Philosophical Health

WebPhilosophical health is a state of fruitful coherence between a person’s ways of thinking and speaking and their ways of acting, such that the possibilities for a grateful …

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Feminist movements are key to public health equity

WebFeminist movements are key to public health equity. June 28, 2021. We need greater investment in feminist movements, one of the most effective ways to …

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Why do we ignore capitalism when we examine the health crises …

WebOur reluctance to look at capitalism when we investigate global patterns of health and disease has a cost, writes Nicholas Freudenberg. A cascade of health …

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Renaissance Medicine: A Short History of European Medicine in …

WebBook review by Katherine D. Van Schaik Vivian Nutton. Renaissance Medicine: A Short History of European Medicine in the Sixteenth Century.Routledge, 2022.

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Richard Smith: “Flat of the curve” healthcare

WebRichard Smith was the editor of The BMJ until 2004. He is now chair of the board of trustees of icddr,b [formerly International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease …

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Using healthcare models to inform obesity interventions.

WebMinimal intervention is an opportunistic process where the health professional attempts to find out how the service user feels about the behaviour, challenge the …

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Striving for equality by putting women at the centre of their

WebStriving for equality by putting women at the centre of their maternity care. September 17, 2021. Maternal mortality and morbidity have been at the forefront of the …

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Gro Harlem Brundtland: New WHO guidelines are crucial step to …

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Richard Smith: The hegemony of “health people”

WebThe “health people” will arrive with their computers, statistics, journals, theories, knowledge, and inability to think beyond the biomedical model and take over. …

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Lack of children’s hospitals: challenge in delivering comprehensive

WebChildren don’t get sick as often as adults. Cardiovascular diseases and killer tumors are luckily not as prevalent as in adults. But these facts can never overshadow …

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Amali Lokugamage: Maternal mortality—undoing systemic

WebAmali Lokugamage is a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, UK and a deputy lead for clinical and …

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Confronting the manufactured famine in Gaza, Palestine

WebThis blog focuses on the imminent risk of famine in the Gaza strip amidst the current humanitarian crisis.

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