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Natalie Pafitis
Natalie joined BioMed Central in October 2007 after having completed an MSc in Environmental Health at the Cyprus International Institute in Association with the Harvard School of Public Health. She is the Editor of BMC Public Health. Natalie has a keen interest in the use of research evidence to underpin public health policy and to advance the Sustainable Development Agenda. She is an ambassador of the Sustainable Development Goals for the BMC Series journals.
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  • Do smoking bans lead to less or more smoking in the home? - 26th June 2018

World Health Day 7th April 2013 – Raising high blood pressure awareness

03/04/2013

BMC Series blog

World Health Day is celebrated on the 7th April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. This year’s theme is high blood pressure. With one in… Read more »

BioMed Central at 140th American Public Health Association conference

22/11/2012

BMC Series blog

BioMed Central has recently returned from APHA 2012, the 140th meeting of the American Public Health Association and the oldest and largest gathering of public… Read more »

Supporting young researchers in their efforts to publish successfully

15/11/2012

BMC Series blog

Guest blog post by Dr Valéry Ridde, an Associate Editor of BMC Health Services Research.  Dr Ridde is an Associate Professor at the University of Montreal… Read more »

BMC Public Health supplement – Universal coverage: Can we guarantee health for all?

22/06/2012

On Health

Countries across the globe are faced with the challenge of bettering their health financing systems to achieve and maintain universal coverage of health… Read more »

BIGGER is not better for our planet

21/06/2012

BMC Series blog

If there are currently more than seven billion people on earth and our total weight is estimated at 287 million tonnes, what are the implications for our planet… Read more »

BMC Pediatrics at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting

13/04/2012

BMC Series blog

In 1981 the Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health brought forth the notion that ‘Children are one third of our population and all of our future’.… Read more »

BMC Women’s Health publishes over 100 articles

18/05/2009

On Health

BMC Women’s Health is proud to announce that it has reached and surpassed its 100th article milestone. The journal, launched in 2001, continues to steadily… Read more »

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