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Lori Hanson In Lies, Damned Lies, and “Official Statistics” authors Maria Gargiulo and Megan Price offer an important reminder of the inherent difficulty and potential danger in collecting data and providing information to the public during a…

Alice Rothchild Journals in the medical, social, and political sciences have begun to highlight an appreciation of structural racism, and the personal and public health costs of bigotry and chronic stress. For oppressed populations, understanding…

Nida S. Zubairi and Omar J. Baqal COVID-19 continues to take a heavy toll in Kashmir, with over 317,000 cases and 4,343 deaths reported by early July 2021 in a region of around 13 million people. But Kashmiris are concerned not just about COVID-19 and…

Maria Gargiulo and Megan Price Collecting data in a pandemic is difficult and can be dangerous. Even in the best settings, where health records are routinely and accurately maintained, it can be hard to justify maintaining that level of precision when…

By Caroline Kinsella Maternal and newborn deaths must not be accepted as inevitable consequences of an armed conflict, natural disaster, or disease outbreak. This World Refugee Day, it is crucial that we listen to the displaced women and girls around…

Table of Contents Issue 23.1 features: Special Section: Public and Mental Health, Human Rights, and Atrocity Prevention General Papers Virtual Roundtable Book Reviews TABLE OF CONTENTS/FRONT MATTER Special Section: Public and…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 297-299 PDF Bram Wispelwey Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health, by Eugene Richardson, MIT Press, 2020 Physician-philosopher-revolutionary Frantz Fanon begins his chapter “Medicine and…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 259-271 PDF Moses Mulumba, Ana Lorena Ruano, Katrina Perehudoff, and Gorik Ooms Abstract This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and breadth of community…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 225-236 PDF Nirmala Pillay, Dzimbabwe Chimbga, and Marie Claire Van Hout Abstract Zimbabwe has successfully reduced its HIV prevalence rate and AIDS-related deaths in recent years, but women, particularly those who…

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 199-212 PDF Lucía Berro Pizzarossa and Patty Skuster Abstract Since the late 1980s, people have safely self-managed their abortions with medication, changing the landscape of abortion. This practice continues to…