Health Harm to Ukraine Civilians, Now and in Future
We are early days in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and do not know whether it will be a short ...
Tag: public health
One Health and Well-Being – Inspiring a Global Unity of Purpose
Editor’s Note: After “War and Peace?”, “Close to the Edge: Climate Change: Focus on Africa, Asia and the Coastal Poor”, ...
The Move to Decriminalise Recreational Marijuana in Italy
In just one week, half a million Italians united under the ReferendumCannabis ballot campaign to decriminalise recreational marijuana. Under Italian ...
Australian Bushfires Continue to Wreak Havoc
Hundreds of wildfires have been raging across Australia for more than two months, destroying 7.4 million acres of land and ...
Capitalizing on a Crisis: Oxygen for Sale in New Delhi
Air pollution as a business opportunity, clean oxygen as the product. In the midst of the New Delhi air pollution ...
Why Populism is Dangerous: Public Health at Risk
Populism is dangerous and puts public health and the economy at risk. But it is hard to resist. Populist politicians ...
Climate changes health, how can we adapt to protect it?
The World Health Organization (WHO) projects that climate change will cause 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050. ...
My Superhero’s Name is Milly, and She Saves Lives in Uganda
Milly goes door-to-door selling every day goods and medicines in her hometown district of Kyengera. Kyengera is just outside Kampala, ...
Sex Work and the Law: A social taboo
Sex work is often seen as a social taboo, despite the fact that there are many millions of adults engaged ...
What Soda Taxes Tell Us About Lawmaking and Lawmakers
The controversy over soda taxes tells us why effective public health policies are so difficult to enact. Philadelphia Mayor Jim ...
Zika Virus Highlights Flaws in Public Health Approaches in the Americas – Part 1
Zika's exponential spread has much of the Americas panicking about how to handle this new epidemic. Countries from Brazil to ...
Getting Trump-ed by Islamophobia
Stigma-inducing discrimination caused by Republican-frontrunner Donald Trump creates mental health disparities amongst minority Americans. People vying to be our leaders ...
