Global health is our health

Sleep Health is Our Priority

Recently, a study conducted by Shockey et al. [1] provided information about sleep quality in the United States. From the findings, it was concluded that sleep quality varies by occupation and location of state, in general. In terms of occupations, Healthcare Practitioners ranked the as the most group commonly experiencing poor sleep. The major occupation group with high prevalence of poor slee...

Is global health really global?

It accompanies a set of papers which were also presented at the conference. So far, these papers describe a range of global health issues, from the health status of the United Arab Emirates (1) through to social determinants of health in India (2). Two papers from Rwanda (3) and India (4) consider specific aspects of oral public health, which was a major sub-theme of the conference. An evolutio...

What is global health?

lobal health' is coming of age, at least as measured by the increasing number of academic centres, especially in North America, which use this title to describe their interests (1). Most global health centres are in high-income countries although several have strong links with low-and middle-income countries. A task force is establishing a mechanism to coordinate European Academic Global Health...

Global health is (local) public health.

Is our health workforce prepared for future health megatrends?

Megatrends have the ability to fundamentally impact how societies are shaped, operate and interact. Megatrends can best be described as an ‘important shift in the progress of society’. Classic examples of these societal impacts can be seen in the invention of the telephone or the ready availability of affordable commercial air travel. More importantly, as health is an outcome of how societies a...