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We live in a golden age of medical science, but is the policy ready?

We live in a golden age of medical science, but is the policy ready?

Cutting-edge medicines and treatments exist, but widespread and equitable access to them does not. We can reverse this trend if we invest in health as a strategic asset. Acting earlier on diseases results in fewer hospitalizations; longer, healthier, more productive lives; and less demand on and costs for healthcare systems

The Trouble With "Follow the Science"

The Trouble With "Follow the Science"

Scientific guidance isn't carved in stone-it shifts as new evidence reshapes old assumptions. The recent reversal of long-standing hormone therapy warnings highlights how politics, public trust, and evolving data collide and why "follow the science" is far more complicated-and more vital-than the slogan suggests.

Cultivating an Equity-oriented Data Sharing Culture for African Health Research Initiatives

Cultivating an Equity-oriented Data Sharing Culture for African Health Research Initiatives

We propose a roadmap for promoting a data-sharing culture in African health research governed by data justice and solidarity. This framework integrates dynamic consent, equitable benefit-sharing, reciprocity, data custodianship, controlled access infrastructures, and data sovereignty

Climate Change: Africa Needs Help Against Escalating Public Health Crisis

Climate Change: Africa Needs Help Against Escalating Public Health Crisis

An associate professor of infectious diseases and public health epidemiology in Nasarawa State, Dr. Ishaku Akyala has emphasised the severe toll of climate change on public health in Africa. Speaki…

Piloting the WHO Global Guidance Framework for the Responsible Use of the Life Science in Uganda

Piloting the WHO Global Guidance Framework for the Responsible Use of the Life Science in Uganda

WHO published in 2022 the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research (the framework), which calls on Member States and relevant stakeholders to mitigate biorisks and safely govern dual-use research (DUR) while harnessing the power of life sciences for the global health.

The efficacy of Facebook’s vaccine misinformation policies and architecture during the COVID-19 pandemic

The efficacy of Facebook’s vaccine misinformation policies and architecture during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Facebook began to remove vaccine misinformation as a matter of policy. This study evaluated the efficacy of these policies using a comparative interrupted time-series design.

Why Meta-regulation Matters for Public Health: the Case of the EU Better Regulation Agenda

Why Meta-regulation Matters for Public Health: the Case of the EU Better Regulation Agenda

Meta-regulation - the rules that govern how individual policies are developed and reviewed - has not received much attention in the study of health policy. Far from value-free and objective, they have however significant potential to shape policy outputs and, as such, health outcomes.