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Health Populi
APRIL 7, 2019
Today, 7 April, is World Health Day. With that in mind, I devote this post to three key social determinants of health (SDOH) that are top-of-mind for me these days: food for health, climate change, and universal health coverage. UHC happens to be WHO’s focus for World Health Day 2019. [As
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 22, 2023
By Aparajita Lath* The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), hosted the 10 th Trilateral Symposium on Human Health and Climate Change in Geneva this November.
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Bill of Health
JULY 11, 2024
by Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado There is a wealth of research demonstrating that corruption — the abuse of entrusted power for private gain — has contributed to weakening health systems and worsening public health globally. Yet, funding for mental health is grossly inadequate. per person in low-income countries.”
Health Populi
JUNE 3, 2019
“How should we define ‘health?'” The context for the question was that the 1948 World Health Organization definition of health — that health is, “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”– was not so useful in the 21st century.
Bill of Health
JULY 14, 2023
Public Health Service’s (USPHS) Syphilis Study at Tuskegee , whose revelation to the public sparked today’s legal schema for regulating and protecting the research it funds (the “Common Rule”), as well as research done in anticipation of receiving FDA approval for marketing a new product. While the U.S.
Health Populi
JUNE 30, 2020
APA published the report, Stress and Health Disparities, in 2017, and the learnings resonate even louder today than when the Association launched the paper. The World Health Organization identified stress as one of the top ten determinants of disparities in health in 2008. In this pandemic era, the U.S.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 13, 2025
Data from a 2017 study shows that 74% of the countrys influenza-related morbidity and mortality occurred in LTC facilities. When COVID hit, CMS and state public health agencies had not prioritized infection control resources for LTCs, leaving them ill-prepared to protect their vulnerable residents.
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