A 70 year old man comes to see you for a routine check of his blood pressure. He is taking an ACE inhibitor and his blood pressure is under good […]
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New plan to tackle the global shortage of health workers fails to address economic constraints
The Five-Year Action Plan for Health Employment and Inclusive Economic Growth from the World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was recently adopted. It was developed […]
Peter Taylor: Health, SDGs, and public policy—the role of policy research institutions
The start of a journey In January 2016, shortly after 194 countries signed on to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and an ambitious, universal, and transformational vision for global development, […]
Junaid Nabi: Voting rights are a public health issue
Last week the Republican party’s attempt to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) collapsed before promptly being revived again. The new bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), had previously received […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—24 July 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Chris Simms: Brexit and the vengeance of unintended consequences
Decades before the advent of complexity science, H L Mencken wrote that “For every complex problem there is a solution which is clear, simple, and wrong.” These solutions typically complicate […]