Diagnostic waste: whose responsibility?
Waste management is notably absent from current discussions about efforts to improve access to diagnostics in low-and middle-income Countries (LMICs). Yet an increase in testing will inevitably lead to an incr... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - March 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alice Street, Eva Vernooij and Mohamed Hashim Rogers Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Worldwide dietary patterns and their association with socioeconomic data: an ecological exploratory study
Dietary patterns are associated with health outcomes and environment sustainability, having socioeconomic drivers. This ecological study aims to identify dietary patterns in food availability data at the globa... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - March 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gabriel Gon çalves da Costa, Giovanna da Conceição Nepomuceno, Alessandra da Silva Pereira and Bruno Francisco Teixeira Simões Tags: Research Source Type: research
Does international trade and investment liberalization facilitate corporate power in nutrition and alcohol policymaking? Applying an integrated political economy and power analysis approach to a case study of South Africa
While there is a growing body of legally-focused analyses exploring the potential restrictions on public health policy space due to international trade rules, few studies have adopted a more politically-inform... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - March 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Penelope Milsom, Richard Smith, Simon Moeketsi Modisenyane and Helen Walls Tags: Research Source Type: research
Moving from silos to synergies: strengthening governance of food marketing policy in Thailand
Governance processes play an important role in shaping the formulation and implementation of policy measures such as restrictions on marketing of ultra-processed foods. However, there is limited analysis of th... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - March 9, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sirinya Phulkerd, Yandisa Ngqangashe, Jeff Collin, Anne-Marie Thow, Ashley Schram, Carmen Huckel Schneider and Sharon Friel Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction to: Confronting potential food industry ‘front groups’: case study of the international food information Council’s nutrition communications using the UCSF food industry documents archive
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Source: Globalization and Health - March 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah Steele, Lejla Sarcevic, Gary Ruskin and David Stuckler Tags: Correction Source Type: research
COVAX, vaccine donations and the politics of global vaccine inequity
In 2021, donor countries, the pharmaceutical industry, and the COVAX initiative promoted vaccine donation or “dose-sharing” as a main solution to the inequitable global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. COVAX... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - March 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Antoine de Bengy Puyvall ée and Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementation of a non-randomized controlled trial of yoga-based intervention to reduce behavioural issues in early adolescent school-going children in Sri Lanka
Adolescence can be difficult to navigate and the post-conflict environment in Jaffna Province, Sri Lanka compounds existing issues for adolescents. Conduct problems, hyperactivity along with emotional problems... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - March 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Josephine Thirumagal Sivashankar, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran, Shannon Doherty and Nalini Sathiakumar Tags: Research Source Type: research
How are global health policies transferred to sub-Saharan Africa countries? A systematic critical review of literature
Most sub-Saharan Africa countries adopt global health policies. However, mechanisms with which policy transfers occur have largely been studied amongst developed countries and much less in low- and middle- inc... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - February 23, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Walter Denis Odoch, Flavia Senkubuge, Ann Bosibori Masese and Charles Hongoro Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction: Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - February 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Herm ínio Cossa, Dominik Dietler, Eusébio Macete, Khátia Munguambe, Mirko S. Winkler and Günther Fink Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Redressing COVID-19 vaccine inequity amidst booster doses: charting a bold path for global health solidarity, together
With large swathes of the world ’s population—majority clustered in low- and middle-income countries—still yet to receive the minimum of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; The need to address the failures of in... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - February 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sudhan Rackimuthu, Kapil Narain, Arush Lal, Faisal A. Nawaz, Parvathy Mohanan, Mohammad Yasir Essar and Henry Charles Ashworth Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Implementation of initiatives designed to improve healthcare worker health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: comparative case studies from 13 healthcare provider organisations globally
Healthcare workers are at a disproportionate risk of contracting COVID-19. The physical and mental repercussions of such risk have an impact on the wellbeing of healthcare workers around the world. Healthcare ... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - February 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N O ’Brien, K Flott, O Bray, A Shaw and M Durkin Tags: Research Source Type: research
Strengthening global health security – lessons learned from public health England’s international health regulations strengthening project
Country experiences of responding to the challenges of COVID-19 in 2020 highlighted how critical it is to have strong, in-country health security capacity. The UK government has invested in health security cap... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - February 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cindy Carlson, Tim Shorten, Asma Khalid, Matthew Cooper, Ruth Sherratt and Giovanna Voltolina Tags: Research Source Type: research
Regulation of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes as a public health tool: a public health ethics analysis
In recent years, genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes have been proposed as a public health measure against the high incidence of mosquito-borne diseases among the poor in regions of the global South. While ... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - February 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zahra Meghani Tags: Research Source Type: research
Guidelines for short-term medical missions: perspectives from host countries
In the past decade, there has been increasing guideline development for short-term medical missions (STMMs) traveling from high-income to low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of supporting health c... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - February 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Patti Tracey, Ethan Rajaratnam, Julie Varughese, David Venegas, Belinda Gombachika, Mercy Pindani, Elizabeth Ashbourne and Alexandra Martiniuk Tags: Research Source Type: research
The alcohol industry ’s involvement with road safety NGOs
Road crashes are a major cause of death among all age groups and the leading cause of death among persons 5 –29 years, according to the World Health Organization. One key risk factor is drink-driving. While the... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - February 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ivy Stein, Abdulgafoor M. Bachani and Connie Hoe Tags: Research Source Type: research
