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Ujué Fresán
Ujué Fresán

Do You Know That Our Food Behaviors Impact On Our Planet

This text has been written by  Ujué Fresán and Guillaume Chevance , Assistant Research Professor and Head of the...

Environmental Health 09.12.2021
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Anna Saura
Anna Saura

Housing Protects and Improves Health Outcomes for People Living With HIV/AIDS

December 1 st is  World AIDS Day , whose theme this year is " End inequalities. End AIDS. End pandemics ".   Despite the availability...

HIV/Aids 30.11.2021
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Silvia de Sanjosé
Silvia de Sanjosé

Objective: Give All Women the Opportunity to Prevent Cervical Cancer

[This text has been written by Silvia de Sanjosé, Associated Researcher at ISGlobal and consultant at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), United...

Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health, Health Equity 26.11.2021
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Meelan Thondoo
Meelan Thondoo

ISGlobal Brings Health to The Transport Agenda of COP26

[This text has been written by  Alberto Rocamora , Advocacy Advisor at ISGlobal, and  Meelan Thondo , Postdoctoral Fellow at ISGlobal] ...

Environmental Health 25.11.2021
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Elena Marbán Castro
Elena Marbán Castro

A Global Epidemic That Affects One in Three Women—And It Is Not COVID-19

It has been estimated that between April and June 2020 one in every twenty people in Spain was infected with the SARS‑CoV-2 virus according...

Health Equity 24.11.2021
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Rosina Malagrida
Rosina Malagrida

Barcelona CaixaResearch Living Lab, Promoting Impact Research with and for Society

[This text has been written by Rosina Malagrida , co-coordinator of the Barcelona CaixaResearch Living Lab and Head of the Living Lab for...

Health Equity 22.11.2021
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Marina Tarrús
Marina Tarrús

ENDÈMIC: Do Barcelona’s Plants and Herbs Have Antibiotic Potential?

Each year, we celebrate World Antimicrobial Awareness Week , which aims to raise awareness about antimicrobial resistance globally and...

Antibiotic Resistance 18.11.2021
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Adelaida Sarukhan
Adelaida Sarukhan

Disinformation Has no Religion: the Most Common Fake News on COVID-19 Vaccines

Microchips, dangerous nanoparticles, sterility... these are only some of the elements that have fed the misinformation and mistrust ...

Communications, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 17.11.2021
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Yvette Moya-Angeler
Yvette Moya-Angeler

The Important Role Doctors Can Play in the Climate Crisis

We know that human health is closely linked to the health of our planet and that everything that happens to the planet also affects us. The...

Environmental Health 16.11.2021
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Kaushik Ramaiya
Kaushik Ramaiya

World Diabetes Day - Improving Health Outcomes for People at Risk of Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: the Clinician’s Voice from Tanzania

Over the last decades, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has dramatically increased throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and this trend is...

Health Equity 11.11.2021
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Marianna Karachaliou
Marianna Karachaliou

What Do We Know About Antibodies After SARS-CoV2 Infection? A Study in the Catalan Population

This text has been written by Marianna Karachaliou , Gemma Moncunill , Assistant Research Professor, Carlota Dobaño , head of the ISGlobal...

Epidemiology, Immunization, Coronavirus, Emerging Viruses 10.11.2021
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Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen

COP26 Climate Crisis: Why Public Money Should Not Go to Electric Cars, But to Urban Planning

Government investments, subsidies and tax breaks should not go to  electric cars , but towards  better urban planning and new urban...

Environmental Health 04.11.2021
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