Archive: 2026

News to 30 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now World Health Assembly focuses on equity… The 79th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva under the theme “Reshaping global health: a shared responsibility,” concluded this week…

VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 67-69 PDF Joseph J. Amon and Rohini J. Haar In May 2026, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) and Insecurity Insight issued their 2025 annual report on attacks on health care in conflict, entitled…

News to 23 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now WHO declares emergency over Ebola outbreak… The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health…

 Mohammad S Razai, Maide Baris, Hossein Dabbagh, and Muhammad Asghari The US-Israeli strikes on universities, schools, research centres, and hospitals in Iran are attacks on the civilian systems that sustain the functioning of a society. The rhetoric…

CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH, Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 23-39  PDF Marie L. Churchill, Emily A. Knapp, Alexander D. McCourt, Nandita Somayaji, Courtney K. Blackwell, Lyndsay A. Avalos, Kelly A. Hirko, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Johnnye Lewis, Yeyi Zhu, Alison E.…

CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH, VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 15-17  PDF Júnia Aparecida Laia da Mata and Sayed Abdul Basir Samimi The attack on a girls’ school in Minab On February 28, 2026, during coordinated US–Israeli air strikes against…

News to 16 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now 79th World Health Assembly this week This week (18–23 May 2026) global leaders meet in Geneva to debate pandemic preparedness, digital health, and expanding Universal Health Coverage…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 179-197 PDF Benjamin Mason Meier and Darby McBride  Abstract The United States stands apart from other nations in opposing the right to health under international law, with longstanding conservative opposition to a…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 167-178 PDF Pedro Crepaldi Carlessi, Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido, and Islândia Maria Carvalho de Sousa Abstract Since the 1970s, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advanced “traditional medicine” as a global policy…

BOOK REVIEW Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 199-202 PDF Audrey R. Chapman Social Injustice and Public Health, fourth edition, edited by Barry S. Levy (Oxford University Press, 2026) Social Injustice and Public Health is a comprehensive collection of 31…