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Improving representativeness in trials: a call to action from the Global Cardiovascular Clinical Trialists Forum
(Oxford University Press, 2023)
Participants enrolled in cardiovascular disease (CVD) randomized controlled trials are not often representative of the population living with the disease. Older adults, children, women, Black, Indigenous and People of ...
Equitable recovery from COVID-19: bring global commitments to community level
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
One after the other, high-level speakers at the 2020 United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS) on COVID-19 pointed to growing inequalities and stresses to health, social, economic and democratic systems caused by the pandemic, ...
Conceptualising global health: Theoretical issues and their relevance for teaching
(BioMed Central, 2012)
Background: There has long been debate around the definition of the field of education, research and practice known as global health. In this article we step back from attempts at definition and instead ask what current ...
The feminization of medicine in Latin America: ‘More-the-merrier’ will not beget gender equity or strengthen health systems
(Elsevier, 2022)
This viewpoint addresses the lack of gender diversity in medical leadership in Latin America and the gap in evidence on gender dimensions of the health workforce. While Latin America has experienced a dramatic change in ...
Policy considerations to promote equitable cervical cancer screening and treatment in Peru
(Levy Library Press, 2021)
Background: Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death among Peruvian women. Women seeking screening or treatment services experience delays in receiving screening results provided at community clinics or district ...
Building and sustaining effective partnerships for training the next generation of global health leaders
(Levy Library Press, 2021)
Introduction: Partnerships are essential to creating effective global health leadership training programs. Global pandemics, including the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic, have tested the impact ...
COVID-19 vaccine equity: a health systems and policy perspective.
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
INTRODUCTION: The global COVID-19 vaccine rollout has highlighted inequities in the accessibility of countries to COVID-19 vaccines. Populations in low- and middle-income countries have found it difficult to have access ...
Endemic Cardiovascular Diseases of the Poorest Billion
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016)
The poorest billion people are distributed throughout the world, though most are concentrated in rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) data can be sparse in low- and middle-income countries ...
The Peruvian COVID-19 vaccine scandal and re-thinking the path to public trust.
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
In February 2021, the Peruvian 'vaccinegate' scandal broke when the media reported that nearly 500 experimental doses of an ongoing COVID-19 trial were given to key individuals not enrolled in the trial. Indeed, vaccine ...
The global burden of women's cancers: a grand challenge in global health
(Elsevier, 2016)
Every year, more than 2 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer, yet where a woman lives, her socioeconomic status, and agency largely determines whether she will develop one of these cancers ...