Asthma affects over 10% of the population worldwide, and is the most common chronic disease in children. However, despite the pervasiveness of this disease, misconceptions regarding treatment and…
In 2016 the goal of eliminating hepatitis C was recognised as an integral focus for the public health community across Europe. At that year’s EU Hepatitis C Policy…
…negative psychosocial impact of COVID-19, including on suicide-related outcomes, at least in the short term. In the longer term, however, any positive community-based protective effect on mental health and suicide…
…human-associated microbiota? Although the term dysbiosis has morphed into a term centered largely around alterations in gut (and other anatomically-located) microbes, its original definition is quite simple: life in distress;…
What happens when a mother dies? In the West, the most ready and obvious answer is grief – the harrowing emotional and psychological toll of losing a loved…
…domains, namely health system governance, physical resources for health, health financing, human resources for health, health information, and health service delivery. A search, based on the framework, was conducted through…
Here’s my interview with Piotr Wysocki and Iwona Wawer, partners in HA-REACT , and chief specialists at the International Collaboration Unit of the National AIDS…
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that develops in the thin tissue lining that surrounds and protects the lungs, abdomen, heart, and very rarely, the testicles. The…
…this article, we attempt to explain why the term, which got paired with other words (country, national, etc.), is problematic. To depoliticize the word, we chose to do a rapid…
Following a workshop in Budapest on how to secure sustainable funding for harm reduction in Central and Eastern Europe, Jeffrey Lazarus has been speaking with…