Maximizing researcher contributions to science and policy
A recent article in the Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (IJHPR), analyzes the factors behind a recent surge in high quality publications by Israeli… Read more »
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“Yathu Yathu”(For us, By us!): an innovative and co-designed intervention to deliver peer-led community-based sexual and reproductive health service to adolescents and young people in Lusaka, Zambia
In a blog for World AIDS Day, Mwelwa Phiri and her colleagues discuss the Yathu Yathu trial of community-based peer-led sexual and reproductive health services in… Read more »
Science versus the virus: Science is saving millions of lives, but how is it so rapid, and why is the death rate so variable?
Estimates show millions of additional deaths have been averted, or avoided, as a result of scientific advances during the pandemic. In a paper in Health Research… Read more »
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Meet the SDG3 researchers: Tatenda Mawoyo and Stefani Du Toit
Tatenda Mawoyo joined the Institute of Life Course Health and Research (ILCHR) in the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch… Read more »
COVID-19 Risk Adjustment, Driving Transformation or Normalizing Deviance? It is Our Choice
There is no doubt that COVID-19 has placed great stress on our healthcare system. In many areas of the world,… Read more »
BMC Global and Public Health: New journal to advance SDG research
We are delighted to announce the upcoming launch of the new selective BMC journal BMC Global and Public Health, to sit alongside… Read more »
Sleep, rest and play – the Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors publishes its first articles
Wellbeing is an important part of all our lives. Inspired by the two important pillars of wellbeing: physical activity and sleep,… Read more »
Using a gender-transformative program to improve adolescent contraception use in South Africa and Lesotho
In a blog for World Contraception Day, Xanthe Hunt and colleagues discuss the 'If I Were Thabo' intervention to prevent unintended… Read more »
Lactation Consultants could be the best investment of many countries to support healthy populations
Lactation Consultants are certified professionals who can provide lactation care to all breastfeeding mothers. Their role could be… Read more »
How Will the Monkeypox Outbreak Affect the Hajj and World Cup – And What Can Be Done About It?
Ashwaq M Al-Nazawi and Ernest Tambo look at how the Monkeypox outbreak will affect the Hajj and World Cup, as well as what ca be… Read more »