I recently learned that about 38% of the calories consumed by pregnant women in Mexico comes from the consumption of sugary drinks, like sodas. Mexico also has the highest consumption […]
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Jennifer Hislop: Running healthcare systems in an age of austerity—riding the “rodeo bull”
This was the analogy put to delegates by Hungarian Minister of State for Health, Miklos Szocska, during the first session of the European Health Forum panel on “Investing for health. […]
Richard Smith: Moving from global heath 3.0 to global health 4.0
Global health 1.0 was called tropical medicine and was primarily concerned with keeping white men alive in the tropics. Global health 2.0 was called international health and comprised clever people […]
Kristine Sorensen: The challenge of publishing health research
We live in an information rich society, where information is produced and communicated faster and faster. New technologies and ways of communicating, combined with a high demand for health related […]
Roberto Debono: “We must not speak about crisis, we must speak about a new reality”
The title is a quote from a discussion between Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the Minister of Health, Lithuania, and Spyridon-Adonis Georgiades, the Minister of Health, Greece, and it set the tone […]
Veena Rao: The link between agriculture and nutrition in India
Agriculture is intrinsic to nutrition. It is like stating the obvious—and no formal education or training is required to see the linkage. But the simplicity ends here. While “agriculture” is […]
Simon Williams: What the ASDA and Tesco “mental patient” costume tell us about misassumptions of mental health
Recently, the British supermarket chain ASDA hit the headlines for selling a controversial “mental patient” Halloween costume. Although the costume was quickly withdrawn following complaints by notable mental health charities, […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—7 October 2013
NEJM 3 Oct 2013 Vol 369 1295 The human birth canal, it has often been observed, is not particularly well designed for the passage of one baby, let alone two. […]
Suchita Shah: HIV and health in the Navajo Nation: why historical trauma matters
The dry New Mexico wind whips up a dust cloud in the distance. Alone on a highway that stretches for miles through expanses of arid desert soil, I am travelling […]
Sophie Cook: The pitfalls of consultation skills models
Have GPs become too pre-occupied with consultation skills models? According to Roger Neighbour, author of “The inner consultation” a book familiar to most generations of GPs, while consultation models are […]