by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Sep 15, 2020 | health care, mental health, mental illness, NCD, non-communicable diseases, policy
5 September 2020 Obscene inequalities. Myths. Changes in government systems. “They tied me up and wanted to kill me.” The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission released a new report today on addressing NCDs and injuries (#NCDIs) among the world’s poorest 1...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Sep 2, 2020 | policy
My favorite quote so far from today’s Public Health Schweiz’s conference (#SPHC2020): Facts alone cannot win political debates. Facts do not conquer hearts. As Fritz Sager (#UNIBE) explained, too often scientists think the public will be swayed by facts....
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jul 29, 2020 | CDC, disease control, funding, health care, policy, public health
29 July 2020 This posting is a brief excerpt of my third article on public health priorities, on funding for the US CDC. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) is the largest player in the disease control world. The US CDC’s total annual...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jun 30, 2020 | climate change, environment, methane
June 2020 How can the fossil fuel, waste management and agriculture sectors decrease methane? A science policy symposium from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (#CCAC) last week provided policy experiences and recommendations from experts. What is methane?Methane...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jun 25, 2020 | CDC, disease control, health care, policy, public health, WHO
25 June 2020 This posting is an excerpt from my second article in the Public Health Priorities series, Funding for Disease Control. Disease management is suddenly a household topic due to COVID-19. But what are the normal priorities of the World Health Organization...
