Mònica Ubalde , Postdoctoral Researcher Environmental Health

How Does Urban Planning Affect Human Health? Our Health and the Health of Our Planet Depend on the Design of Our Cities

13.05.2021

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Mònica Ubalde

How Does Urban Planning Affect Human Health? Our Health and the Health of Our Planet Depend on the Design of Our Cities

[This text was written by Mònica Ubalde , Carolyn Daher , Mireia Gascon , Ioar Rivas , Jordi Sunyer...

Environmental Health 13.05.2021

Pau Rubio

Rafael Vilasanjuan: “Supporting the temporary suspension of patents is an unprecedented decision for an unprecedented crisis”

On Wednesday, 5 May 2021, the United States announced its support for a proposal at the World Trade Organisation to temporarily waive...

Immunization, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 06.05.2021

Juan Carlos Gabaldón

Venezuela’s Malaria Epidemic Demands More International Attention

[By Juan Carlos Gabaldón , Medical Research Fellow at the University of Navarra (UNAV), and Carlos Chaccour , Assistant Research Professor and...

Malaria, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 04.05.2021

Jeffrey Lazarus

Elimination, Not Mitigation, of COVID-19 Yields Best Outcomes for Health, Economy and Civil Liberties

While countries such as New Zealand, Japan and Australia have chosen to fight COVID-19 by adopting an elimination strategy —i.e. maximum...

Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 29.04.2021

Raül Toran

Shhh! 8 Films That Explore the Topic of Noise and How It Can Affect Our Health

[By Raül Toran , science outreach coordinator at ISGlobal, and Maria Foraster , researcher at ISGlobal.] ISGlobal...

Environmental Health 26.04.2021

Matiana Gonzalez

Malaria in Times of COVID-19

[This text has been written by por Matiana González Silva and Regina Rabinovich , coordinator and director, respectively, of the ...

Malaria, Coronavirus 22.04.2021

Jeffrey Lazarus

New COVID Variants Have Changed the Game, and Vaccines Will Not Be Enough. We Need Global ‘Maximum Suppression’

At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over SARS-CoV-2 , the...

Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 19.04.2021

Marlita Putri Ekasari

#ENERGHY, Creating New Business Models Aimed at Democratizing Health for All

Gillian Murphy and Marlita P utri E kasari undertook the #ENERGHY postgraduate course “Energising Global...

Training & Education, ISGlobal Alumni 15.04.2021

Sara Soto

One Health: How to Achieve Optimal Health for People, Animals and Our Planet

The “ One Health ” concept, introduced in early 2000, refers to a notion that has been understood for more than a century: human...

Antibiotic Resistance, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 06.04.2021

Sarah Koch

Every Step Counts – Updated WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour

[This text has been written by Sarah Koch , postdoctoral researcher at ISGlobal; Carolyn Daher and Mark Nieuwenhuisen , coordinator and...

Epidemiology, Environmental Health 06.04.2021

Pau Rubio

COVID-19 and Climate Change: An Open Case With Many Grey Areas

You read it right here just the other day: " Three out of four newly described diseases in humans have a zoonotic origin ". Over the past few...

Environmental Health, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 05.04.2021

Edna Siima

World Adolescent Week: How do We Recognise Adolescents Living with Diabetes?

[Edna Siima Majaliwa is a Paediatrician and Paediatric Endocrinologist at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She is a...

Health Equity 01.04.2021

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