Why a new journal in Public Health?

Why a new journal in Public Health?

Why a new journal? Because it's a Journal of Public Health Research. When we decided to launch a new journal, we thought a lot about the topics readers would like to see and read about. The most important thing was that the new journal had to fit the modern concept of public health. It immediately became clear that, whereas the concept of health is rather difficult to interpret, the public heal...

Why Publishing the Journal of Public Health in Africa

Why a New Journal?

Is there need for a journal of infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology? It is true that the number of articles related to infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology published in existing journals has increased significantly. Many of these articles contain important information on antibiotics or the microbiology and pathophysiology as well as the epidemiology of infections that th...

Emerging health threats: why do they need a new journal?

This editorial heralds the online publication of a new, international, peer-reviewed, open access journal, dedicated to emerging threats to human health. The Journal is an initiative of the Emerging Health Threats Forum, an independent, not-for-profit association that was established with support from the UK's Health Protection Agency. This Journal builds on the Forum's extensive emerging healt...

Launching the Israel Journal of Health Policy Research: Why a new journal? Why now? Why open access?

The Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (IJHPR) is a new, open access journal. IJHPR seeks to promote intensive intellectual interactions among scholars and practitioners from Israel and other countries regarding all aspects of health policy, with particular attention to Israel. The ultimate aim of these interactions is to contribute to the development of health policy in Israel, and also ...