Viewpoints

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…

VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 63-66 PDF Jessica Oga, Moses Mulumba, Stuart Ssebibubbu, Fatina Mwebe, and Nimrod Muhumuza On April 24, 2026, the Kenyan Court of Appeal at Malindi reinstated criminal proceedings against a girl who had been…

VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 59-62 PDF Mira Younes, Samirah Jarrar, Sahar Saeidnia, Malak Makki, and Nizar Hariri On March 13, 2026, amid Israeli preparations for a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, an airstrike killed two paramedics at a…

CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH, VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 19-22  PDF Felipe Agudelo-Hernández and Javier Díaz-Amaya When a conflict-affected adolescent appears before a juvenile judge in Colombia, the hearing often comes at the end of…

VIEWPOINT, Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 47-50 PDF Richard Pearshouse Air pollution rarely appears on death certificates. With a notable exception from a London coroner’s report following the death of a nine-year-old girl in 2013, individual deaths are not…

Letter to the Editor, 12 March 2026 Natalie Kate C. Ramirez The viewpoint by Joseph J. Amon, “Politicized Science and Attacks on Public Health,” highlights a pressing concern regarding the growing politicization of scientific discourse and its…

CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH, VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 11-14  PDF Swarupa Deb This viewpoint critically analyzes contemporary global opposition to pediatric gender-affirming care (GAC) as a regulatory ideology that justifies human rights…

VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 51-53 PDF Joseph J. Amon Before its leadership and staff were gutted, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided technical assistance and disaster epidemiology training to state and local public…

VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 55-58 PDF Allan Maleche, Sharifah Sekalala, and Timothy Wafula On December 4, 2025, Kenya and the United States signed a health cooperation framework aimed at “guiding collaboration to eliminate HIV, malaria, TB,…

EXPLORING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HEALTH RIGHTS, VIEWPOINT, Vol 27/2, 2025, pp. 23-26 PDF Tania Agosti, Andrea Baldwin, Susana T. Fried, Jaime M. Gher, Mariah Grant, Alice M. Miller, Mindy Jane Roseman, and Nerima Akinyi Were We write this viewpoint as…