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Sometimes the easiest solutions are those which may most desperately need to be implemented. This became apparent to me recently when one new article in Blood (1) led me to another recent one (2) on the high prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in lower income regions, and how a simple, cost-effective first step may change … Read more
Tackling the health challenges facing the citizens of lower-income countries will take coordinated efforts from governments, health care practitioners, thought leaders, NGOs, and pharmaceutical companies. Now, one of those pieces is hopefully falling into place: Johnson & Johnson’s pharma arm, Janssen, recently announced the creation of Janssen Global Public Health, a group devoted to “research, … Read more
Cancer InCytes seeks to highlight the deep intersections amongst social injustice, healthcare injustice, and economic burden on civil governance. This study provides evidence of exactly that… “Health disparities have a devastating impact on individuals and families, and they also affect society as a whole,” said Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD.” The direct medical expenditures for … Read more
TWICE AS STRONG By Barbara Amaya Child abuse at home sent Barbara Amaya on her way to the streets of New York City, where she endured nine years as a trafficked child. Surviving the routine of rapes, beatings, and drugs she somehow found her way into a new life. But that past did not leave … Read more
By Katherine Welch, M.D. Recently I was discussing health care outreach to people who are prostituted, are street kids, or other similar population groups with someone who works with an organization that does outreach. She told me her organization had “tried” a health care outreach once but it didn’t seem go over very well. A … Read more