National health systems need strengthening if they are to meet the growing challenge of
chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. By application of an accepted …

the sanitary revolution that introduced clean water and sewage disposal was voted the most
important medical advance since the journal was first published. That result reminds us of …

Screening questionnaires such as the geriatric depression scale (GDS) 3 help with recognising
depression, which can then be assessed for treatment. The brief assessment schedule (…

5 Global PaedSurg Research Collaboration. Mortality from gastrointestinal congenital
anomalies at 264 hospitals in 74 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: a …

The increasing policy focus on sustainable development offers new opportunities to align
the public health narrative with that of sustainable development to promote both sustainable …

Chemical pollution is considered one of the nine planetary boundaries, and increasing
evidence suggests that we are already operating outside of this, risking irreversible …

Objective: To examine whether cardiovascular risk factors differ in children from towns in
England and Wales with widely differing adult cardiovascular death rates. Design: School …

By focusing on the Masters of Public Health course, this study took a pragmatic approach to
exploring the interface between public health education and public health practice. The …

Factors operating in fetal life or during childhood may be important in determining fibrinogen
and factor VII concentrations in adult life, and particularly in explaining social gradients in …

The main challenges today are complex systems problems, with equally complex solutions;
there are problems that have the potential to affect all individuals at different levels, affecting …