by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Dec 7, 2022 | health, policy, poverty, public health, SDGs
Approximately two billion people worldwide, at least one quarter of the world’s population, suffer from the “hidden hunger” of micronutrient deficiency. [1] Micronutrient deficiencyMicronutrients – vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, folic...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Apr 3, 2022 | cash transfer, policy, poverty, welfare
Instead of providing welfare payments to people who have to prove they have extremely low incomes, an alternative theory involves guaranteeing a basic income to everyone. By setting a floor under which no one falls, proponents hope to reduce income disparities and...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Nov 22, 2021 | business, climate change, environment, health care, policy, public health, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, UN
22 November 2021 The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are targets for how we, on a planetary basis, need to restructure our economies, production, use of natural resources, and the living circumstances of men, women and children around the world. The 17 goals...
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...
