Oral disease are a neglected area of global health, despite being among the most common ailments of mankind. Following the publication of a ground-breaking series of papers on oral health in The Lancet in July 2019, a Lancet Commission...
Rare Diseases (RDs) pose a Global Health and development concern. Lacking a universal definition, RDs are defined as conditions that affect no more than 1 in 2000 individuals in the EU and Australia, fewer than 200,000 persons in the...
The nature and complexity of public health emergencies, like the current COVID-19 outbreak, raise a number of distinctive and profound ethical challenges. Yet, despite the existence of a number of authoritative ethics guidance documents and important ethical lessons learned...
A multidisciplinary approach to endometriosis among transgender and gender diverse community.
The concept of the ‘severity’ or ‘seriousness’ of a genetic condition (disease/disorder) is pivotal to determining current, and future, applications of genomic medicine, particularly those relating to reproduction. Yet this concept remains nebulous and poorly understood (Molster et al,...
The United Nations anticipate a growing need of humanitarian assistance to cope with pandemics, natural disasters or armed conflicts. In response, international organizations are increasingly adopting innovations in humanitarian action. These solutions include the use of digital technologies such as...
The number of individuals infected by COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) already surpassing SARS and MERS. As of February 22, according to worldometer, 78,635 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Among the infected individuals 2,459 died. Given the severity, the speed of...
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease of social inequity. Prior to COVID-19, it was the leading cause of death from an infection, endemic in many low- and middle-income countries facing weak systems of health and social protection, and grossly overrepresented...
