Oriana Ramirez , Policy Analysis Coordinator Environmental Health

The 2030 Agenda as an Innovative Framework for Urban Health

13.01.2020

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Oriana Ramirez

The 2030 Agenda as an Innovative Framework for Urban Health

Foto: IISD/ENB-Kiara Worth Por Oriana Ramírez y Carolyn Daher (ISGlobal) At ISGlobal, we believe that the 17 Sustainable...

Environmental Health 13.01.2020

Rosabel Blanco

Diary of a Volunteer in Mozambique: When Holidays Are Not Just About Sun and Sand

Rosabel Blanco Sabugo, deputy manager of the Palomera (Leon) branch of Caixabank, spent her holidays volunteering at the Manhiça Health...

Health Equity 09.01.2020

Carmen De Keijzer

Green Spaces: A Resource for Mental Health

Mental health problems are a major cause of disease and disability worldwide. Currently, mental and addictive disorders contribute to 7% of all...

Environmental Health 08.01.2020

Adelaida Sarukhan

2020: A Taste of the Year to Come

Predicting what 2020 will bring (in addition to an extra day) is not easy, but this year’s happenings have certainly given us...

Communications 27.12.2019

Eva Martich

The Inconvenient Truths About Our Current R&D Model and Access to Medicines

[This article has been written by Eva Martich , ' Science for Patients ' project coordinator at ISGlobal, and Claudia Vaca...

Health Equity 16.12.2019

Oriana Ramirez

Is Chronic Kidney Disease of Undetermined Causes the Canary in the Coal Mine for Rising Temperatures and Health Effects?

Workers in a sugar cane field in Nicaragua. (Photo: Oriana Ramirez) In recent years, numerous cases of chronic kidney disease...

Environmental Health 13.12.2019

Shabbar Jaffar

Integrating HIV, Diabetes and Hypertension Services in Sub-Saharan Africa as a Step Toward Universal Health Coverage

Photo: Sign indicating where the diabetes and hypertension clinic is located at the Wakiso Health Clinic in Wakiso, Uganda. Until about a...

12.12.2019

Laura Rehberger

All the Opportunities Lost for Lack of Sexual Health

Foto: Ana Ferreira, Bolivia. [This article has been published in Spanish in El País-Planeta Futuro] ...

Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health 04.12.2019

Sheila Fernández-luis

Being Born and Growing Up with HIV

Photo: ISGlobal. Argencia, seven months old, lives in Manhiça (Mozambique) and has HIV. Twice a day she takes her treatment, which...

HIV/Aids 01.12.2019

Adelaida Sarukhan

Ivermectin: From Soil to Worms, and Beyond

The incredible story of the drug’s discovery, impact and possible future uses. What do penicillin, aspirin and ivermectin have in...

Malaria 21.11.2019

Xavier Rodó

Can the Best Climate Models in the World Predict Cases of Dengue?

Two ISGlobal teams were among the 16 teams chosen to meet a worldwide challenge launched by the United States: to predict the incidence of dengue...

Environmental Health 20.11.2019

Raül Toran

Plantas de fresa para crear un mapa de contaminación del aire de Barcelona

Ilustraciones de Miriam Rivera ( @miriamriig ), divulgadora científica especializada en formato cómic y coordinadora de Biomiics . ...

Environmental Health 13.11.2019

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