by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jan 12, 2023 | disease control, health, health care, policy, poverty, public health, Sustainable Development Goals
Lack of micronutrients causes diseases ranging from anemia to stunting in children as well as child mortality and cognitive deficiencies. One key intervention is large-scale food fortification (#LSFF), which adds #micronutrients to food staples such as rice, wheat and...
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 | May 19, 2020 | health care, policy, public health
19 May 2020 This blog is an excerpt from my new article, Public Health Priorities: the importance of public health. You can also see my presentation for European Public Health Week 2020 on this subject. COVID-19 has focused attention on global public health...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Feb 18, 2020 | health care, health insurance, SDH, social determinants of health
Taken from my article on social determinants of health: Sicker people cost more in health care resources. How do we equitably pay for their care? It would be immoral (not to mention illegal in many places) to charge people premiums based on their actual costs. One...
