Gonzalo Fanjul , Policy Director Policy & Global Development, Health Equity

Universal Health Care: Europe Is Not Leading by Example

17.05.2019

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Gonzalo Fanjul

Universal Health Care: Europe Is Not Leading by Example

[This post by Gonzalo Fanjul, ISGlobal's Policy Director, was published in the El País blog 3.500 Milliones on May 10, 2019] When the...

Policy & Global Development, Health Equity 17.05.2019

Florence Arianne Gignac

ATENC!Ó Project: More Than 1,500 Students Have Already Taken Part!

Does exposure to air pollution in schools affect attention processes and decision-making in adolescents? This is the question posed by ATENC!Ó...

Environmental Health 14.05.2019

Big Pharma and Global Governance of Health Issues

Training & Education,ISGlobal Alumni

Fernando Aguilar

The Gray Area Between Altruism and Business

To address the specific (and very difficult) subject of big pharma and its involvement with global governance of health , we...

Training & Education,ISGlobal Alumni 09.05.2019

Angela Mccaskill

Big Pharma: Sleeping With the Enemy or a Good Bedfellow?

The debate over good or bad intentions of “big pharma” has been ongoing for decades. As early as 1974 an article was published...

Training & Education,ISGlobal Alumni 09.05.2019

Quique Bassat

If it’s not Malaria, What is Causing the Fever?

Manhiça District Hospital (Mozambique) Malaria can be considered one of the most devastating diseases that has affected...

Epidemiology, Malaria 08.05.2019

Adelaida Sarukhan

Why Singing "Happy Birthday" Twice Can Save Millions of Lives

In the middle of the 19th century, the General Hospital in Vienna had two maternity clinics with very different outcomes in terms of mortality: ...

Communications 30.04.2019

Pau Rubio

A Photographic (and Geek) Journey through the History of Malaria Treatment

Quinine preparation used for malaria control and elimination in Italy. Photo: Quique Bassat (ISGlobal). [This article has been published...

Malaria 24.04.2019

Carolyn Daher

Play as a Public Health Intervention in Cities

[This article has been published in Catalan in the"Espai Salut" newsletter of the Diputació de Barcelona] When...

Environmental Health 16.04.2019

Antoni Plasència

Global Health Challenges in the 21st Century

[This interview was originally published on the Caixa Ciencia blog to mark World Health Day] Antoni Plasència is Director of...

Health Equity 09.04.2019

Lola Jover

Meet our Alumni: Núria Cortés

I interviewed Núria Cortés, an alumnus from the Master of Clinical Research – International Health Track (ISGlobal-University...

Training & Education, ISGlobal Alumni 08.04.2019

Clara Pons

A Decisive Walk Through the Streets of Maputo

[This article was published on Planeta Futuro / El País , on the occasion of World Health Day (7 April), by Clara Pons and P. Efraín Pantoja....

Policy & Global Development, Health Equity 07.04.2019

Alba Cabré

Mobile Devices, or Adolescent Sleep Thief

Problems related to sleep, such as difficulty in falling or remaining asleep, are frequent among teenagers. Several factors have been described...

Environmental Health 01.04.2019

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