International Magnetic Conference.—Opening Address

International strategies to address obesity.

Obesity rates are increasing in most countries throughout the world. The reasons for the increase are complex and involve biological, behavioural and environmental factors. We have unintentionally created environments that encourage over-eating and discourage physical activity. Despite the recognition of the seriousness of obesity to public health, no interventions have been effective in reduci...

What Health System Challenges Should Responsible Innovation in Health Address? Insights From an International Scoping Review

Background While responsible innovation in health (RIH) suggests that health innovations could be purposefully designed to better support health systems, little is known about the system-level challenges that it should address. The goal of this paper is thus to document what is known about health systems’ demand for innovations.   Methods We searched 8 databases to perfo...

An international legal framework to address antimicrobial resistance

Editorials 66 Antimicrobial resistance is recognized as a grave threat to global health. It already causes an estimated 700 000 deaths annually and – without effective action – is predicted to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. 3 The World Health Organization (WHO) has prepared a draft Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance that will be discussed at this year's World Health Assem...

Opening address 20th International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis.

Fundamentals of research ethics--international and regional perspectives: welcome address.

I would like to welcome Professor Pirzada Qasim, the Vice-Chancellor of Karachi University, and all the delegates and thank you all for participating in this conference Fundamentals of Research Ethics – International and Regional Perspectives. I am especially grateful to the foreign participants , who came despite discouragement by their governments. I am confident that you will appreciate how ...