Open access publisher BioMed Central, in partnership with the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC (NIPD), has launched a new journal, Infectious Diseases of Poverty. There will be a launch ceremony in Beijing on 2 November, at the Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. The inaugural issue focuses on the health system framework… Read more »
There is widespread recognition of the need for accurate, timely and effective human resources for health data to inform the development of policies on human resources for health in countries. However, many low and middle income countries have week information systems that can generate data that could guide the policy dialogue to scale up the… Read more »
Can health innovations designed for a developing country setting be applied in a developed country setting? Is it time for developed countries to learn from the lessons of developing countries? How can we move away from the synthetic barriers to progress and the boundaries associated with being developed and developing countries? A thematic series to… Read more »
Founded in 2004 at the conclusion of a World Health Organization study, the Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA) aims to provide global leadership to researchers and practitioners interested in the potential of screening and brief intervention (SBI) to reduce alcohol-related harm. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice has recently published a… Read more »
Each year, the University of Southern Denmark awards a communication award to a top researcher at the University, and this year, Professor Philippe Grandjean, co-Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Health has been awarded the prize. Grandjean is considered Denmark’s leading researcher in the field of environmental medicine and receives this award for his contribution to the communication… Read more »