Unsafe abortion – responsible for some 18% of all maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa – is one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health problems in the world today. A newcollectioninInternational Journal for Equity in Healthaims to shed light on the articulation between the legal, political, social, and cultural conditions that work to enhance or hinder access to safe abortion services.
The vaping craze has swept the nation, advertised as a ‘better’ alternative to smoking. But is this really true? In arecent articlepublished inRespiratory Research, Deirdre Gilpin and her colleagues explored whether exposure to electronic cigarette vapour (ECV), compared to cigarette smoke extract (CSE) resulted in changes in specific lung bacteria’s potential to cause harm.
Drug consumption rooms are an evidence based intervention which can help people who use drugs do so in a safer environment. However, they remain controversial in many countries. In this blog, authors,皮埃尔•史密斯andPablo Nicaisefrom theInstitute of Health and Societyat UCLouvain, highlight the experience of the city of Liège, Belgium.
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease worldwide. The disease can also cause a heavy financial burden for families, particularly in low and middle income countries. In a recent article inInfectious Diseases of Povertyauthors Noemia Siqueira and Kritika Dixit investigated whether active case finding can reduce patient incurred costs for tuberculosis in Nepal.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has stated that universal health coverage (UHC) is “a political choice”. But what does it mean to say that UHC is political?