Denise Suzanne Naniche Health Equity, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses

The Clash of the Titans: Where Epidemics Meet

30.03.2020

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Denise Naniche

The Clash of the Titans: Where Epidemics Meet

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe causing severe disease and death in vulnerable populations in Asia, Europe and North America, we...

Health Equity, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 30.03.2020

Mark Nieuwenhuijsen

COVID-19 and the City: How is the Pandemic Affecting Urban Health?

Over the last weeks, confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19 have soared globally, with these figures expected to continue increasing for some...

Environmental Health, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 25.03.2020

Carlos Chaccour

COVID-19: Act Now With a Vision for the Future

The worrying situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in Europe, particularly in Spain, calls for immediate actions to save lives in the short term,...

Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 23.03.2020

Rafael Vilasanjuan

A Virus for the Rich and for the Poor?

We do not know whether COVID-19 understands economy, but there is no doubt that it is destroying it. Without a vaccine that slows transmission, or...

Health Equity, Coronavirus 18.03.2020

Carlos Chaccour

COVID-19: Five Contrasting Public Health Responses to the Epidemic

[This article has been written by Carlos Chaccour and Adelaida Sarukhan, in collaboration with Joe Brew and Pau Rubio] Over the last weeks,...

Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 17.03.2020

Gonzalo Fanjul

Why Could the New Coronavirus be Deadlier for Low-Income Countries?

The risk is that the efforts undertaken by Europe, USA and other developed nations will be limited to themselves. It would be foolish to face a...

Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 16.03.2020

Denise Naniche

Women’s International Day 2020: The fight against biases

We all condemn the shockingly common discriminatory behaviors and violence towards women. Some discrimination is obvious, but some remains hidden...

07.03.2020

Otavio Ranzani

How Does the Air We Breathe Affect Us?

[This article has been originally published in Catalan in 'Espai Salut' newsletter of Diputació de Barcelona] Our Lungs:...

Environmental Health 04.03.2020

Sasha Khomenko

Is a Liveable City a Healthy City?

Photo: Vienna, Austria. Samuel Elias on Unsplash The majority of urban dwellers are used to living with high traffic volumes, busy...

Environmental Health 25.02.2020

Alicia Abellan

Endocrine Disruptors: What Are They and How Do They Affect Us?

[This article has been originally published in Catalan in 'Espai Salut' newsletter of Diputació de Barcelona] What are...

Environmental Health 21.02.2020

Antoni Plasència

COVID-19: Tangled in Uncertainty and Fear

[This article has been originally published in Spanish in El Periódico] The Danish physicist Niels Bohr used to say:...

Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 20.02.2020

Raül Toran

Global Health in 10 Current TV Series

Photo: The Knick. Cinemax Television viewing in Spain has changed over the last five years. The advent of a variety of digital...

Communications 13.02.2020

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