A cyclical service delivery cascade in the context of HIV
How does changing one tiny bit of a service delivery cascade change the way we think about it? Plus the cost-effectiveness of gene therapies, consumer trust in storing health data, and nudging old people to write advance directives for EOL care.
Weekly Roundup: Sex differences in Partner Selection
Plus resource allocation in a pandemic, using Twitter to crowdsource symptoms, the relationship between being indebted and subjective well-being, and improving a hospital's public quality metrics.
Weekly roundup: The NHS needs to be restructured, combating COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and screening for Gastric Cancer
In this week we take a look at how the Lancet believes the NHS should be restructured, ways of combating vaccine hesitancy, the effect of parental deprivation on the cardiovascular risks of children, and screening for gastric cancer.
The Right to Health during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Right to Health is an important legal concept. But does it actually make a difference when the time comes?
COVID-19 may have led to a decrease in worldwide inequality
Prevailing wisdom says that income inequality has increased due to COVID-19. But has it? A new working paper by Angus Deaton argues exactly the opposite: inequality has actually decreased. But only if one takes China out of the picture.
Antenatal help, Antibiotic Resistance, and HIV Screening
Diseases and disorders tend to affect complex systems in different ways: understanding motivations, systems, and economics is key to getting healthcare to work out.