As the UK approves the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, these authors call for an inclusive approach to vaccine allocation […]
Global health
Covid-19 could prompt an end to our continued betrayal of childhood
Many children in wealthy countries such as the UK face huge yet avoidable adversities, risk factors for toxic stress and lifelong physical and mental health problems. Al Aynsley-Green notes how […]
Welcome back to global health, America: An open letter to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
The pandemic is deepening existing inequalities, including gender inequality, say Roopa Dhatt, Samira Ouedraogo, Sarah Hillware, and Ann Keeling, but the US can help build a more equal world […]
Strengthening pandemic preparedness and response begins with answering the question: where are the women?
Research from the Ebola and Zika epidemics clearly demonstrated that disease outbreaks affect women differently to men, while also differentially impacting non-binary genders and transgender persons. The impacts have been […]
Our children face “pretraumatic stress” from worries about climate change
Children are particularly vulnerable to the psychological trauma from current extreme weather events. They can also be harmed by the fear of future harms, writes Lise Van Susteren. Adults have […]
An agenda for better health in hot and dry settings
As increasing numbers of people risk health impacts related to water scarcity, Carlos Dora and Roberto Bertollini call for an urgent agenda to promote research and action. […]
Dry cities can’t be healthy without reducing inequalities
Women and other groups carry disproportionate burden of the impacts of water scarcity on health. Policymakers should prioritize actions that minimize inequality and exclusion, while improving water management and health, […]
Better data are crucial for mitigating threats in the Middle East
Conflict and migration may compound harms from climate sensitive infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region. Shlomit Paz, Azeem Majeed, and George K Christophides suggest routes to […]
Malaria, mangroves, and migration: challenges for small island developing states in the Caribbean
Besides climate change and unsustainable exploitation of the environment, socioeconomic inequality and political unrest may also contribute to infectious disease outbreaks in the Caribbean archipelago. Migration among rural coastal communities […]
Poland’s abortion ban: a crushing blow to reproductive rights
On 22 October 2020, the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland ruled that abortion on the grounds of fetal abnormality was unconstitutional, further restricting Poland’s already stringent 1993 abortion law. This verdict […]