Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM discusses Health Literacy, Health Equity, and Housing: Focus on the Section 8 Housing Search (#7)
Housing is Health. Health Equity is Health Literacy. What can we do to make systems better so people can use them and improve their health?
Dr. Rofadun Nisa and Javaid Iqbal discusses “Healthcare in Kashmir”
The i-value By Javaid Iqbal Health Care in Kashmir *All authors contributed equally to this publication (Rofadun Nisa and Javaid Iqbal) The weight of delivering health care during a pandemic is heavy—it is even more so when this is happening in a society suffering from a protracted socio-political conflict for the last seven decades. […]
The GOLDEN TRIAD OF EPD: Prevention (Part 2)
Stroke Reimagined By Stuti Chakraborty The Golden Triad of EPD in Stroke: Prevention (Part 2) Apart from early prediction or detection of stroke, and its related outcomes, it is also imperative to ensure the primary prevention of stroke. This is of relevance from a public health perspective because ensuring the health of billions of people […]
Stuti Chakraborty proposes the GOLDEN TRIAD OF EPD: Early Prevention and Detection in Stroke (Part 1)
Stroke Reimagined By Stuti Chakraborty Detection and Prediction of stroke outcomes have been recent advancements of AI-ML, especially with the help of imaging data The “EPD” In Stroke: Golden Triad of Early Prevention and Detection – Part 1 Through the past blogs and vlogs in this series, we have come to realise the utmost urgency […]
Dr. Hannah Nazri’s Recommended Readings
Dr. Hannah Nazri recommends three books to understand how politics and economic climate, and culture can impact a patient’s journey in accessing healthcare especially if they are women.
Dr. Hannah Nazri on medicine, activism and the nature of science
Dr. Hannah Nazri tells us why she is passionate about combining activism into her clinical work and research interests, the nature of science and how medicine cannot work in silo.
Joanna Burke-Bajaj explores One Health as an opportunity for advocacy towards systems change
Health with Humanity By Joanna Burke-Bajaj One Health: An emerging public health field with the opportunity to build systems change The new and burgeoning field of One Health (OH) grew from the long-known concept of connection between living things, but took on new meaning in the growing knowledge of connectivity between health-related disciplines and major events […]
Joanna Burke-Bajaj details the conflicting history and future of the Breast is Best campaign for breastfeeding and the Fed is Best movement
Health with Humanity By Joanna Burke-Bajaj The Future of Choice in Feeding: A history of breastfeeding conflict between the Breast is Best campaign and the Fed is Best movement August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month, and as such it is also a time when new parents can sometimes find themselves thrust into a social media spotlight and […]
A tale of two centuries
Zaitoon By Dr. Butool Hisam A tale of two centuries Towards the end of the 20th century, a 22-member committee of the World Bank produced the World Development Report. This flagship report on the state of health around the Globe served as a benchmark to understand and improve the health of nations (World Development […]
Disability Equity: creating a more inclusive healthcare system and Public Health framework.
Disability it is one of those topics that fall within the intersection of health and social sciences. How the disability community is structured, supported, and even developed depends holistically on the delicate balance of medical intervention and societal inclusion.
