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Matt Hancock wants a new levy to tackle gambling harms, but it's a lost opportunity unless you spend it the right way.
In England, one in fifty children cycle to school. But if English children cycled at the same rates as Dutch children, this could rise to two in five.
A Lancet commission has come up with a new sustainable diet that's supposed to be the way forward.
Blaming the rapid increases in syphilis cases on PrEP is an oversimplification of a complex problem.
The Canadian government is currently drafting regulations on plain packaging for cigarettes. Tobacco companies are trying to weaken the regulations via lobbying and misleading PR campaigns.
An international comparison of life expectancy rates has raised alarm bells for the UK.
Corruption in Nigeria's health sector can be eliminated by the implementation of a few simple strategies.
The UK government is shockingly apathetic about the fast rise in mortality in England and Wales.
Growing numbers of people are using food banks to feed themselves and their families. But many areas where residents face a high risk of food poverty are under-serviced.
Sub-Saharan countries have unprecedented opportunities to substantially improve health outcomes within a generation, largely with their own resources.
Sex workers shouldn't be victims of violent crime and murder at work – and yet they continue to face daily dangers.
Why do a higher proportion of children in England end up on wards after being checked into emergency departments?
Wondering why the Good Lord gave Culicoides impunctatus to Scotland? This might be the best answer yet.
To tackle diseases like meningitis, African governments must find fresh ways to fight for lower cost vaccines.
Medical circumcision in settings where there are high rates of HIV will only be successful if these interventions take into account local beliefs about circumcision.
Classing e-cigarettes as quit smoking aids could help rebrand the tobacco industry as a legitimate player in health policy. Here's why we should be concerned.
A moving dispatch from the frontline in the fight against Zika.
Eradicating TB won't happen unless the number of people who are latent carriers is tackled. A new estimate suggests it's a much bigger problem than previously thought.
Many women across the world feel unable to refuse sex or request condom use. Empowering them could help bring down HIV rates.
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Lecturer in Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Associate Professor in Health Systems/Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Professor in Anthropology and Health Systems , London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Professor in Gambling Behaviour, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Honorary Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Associate Professor in Public Health Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Professor in Health Information, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Professor of Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Director and Handa Professor of Global Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Associate Professor in Anthropology of Gender, Violence and HIV, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
