I was introduced to CSIH in early 2001, when I reluctantly agreed to go to Croatia to advise on developing a population health survey. I was quite uncertain of what state the country would be in given its relatively recently involvement in the Serbian War.
I wanted to be an astronaut. It was my lifelong career ambition.
This week, on July 28, countries around the world will mark World Hepatitis Day by calling for increased access to hepatitis testing, prevention and treatment.
L’hépatite C virale est une maladie grave du foie qui se propage au contact du sang et qui peut entrainer, si elle n’est pas traitée, le cancer, une défaillance ou une cirrhose du foie et même la mort. Quelque 300,000 canadiens en sont infectés et près de la moitié ne le savent pas.
As advocated by Solomon Benatar, in the context of global health, ethics needs to include considerations of inequities in health and capacity, and of the social, economic, and political conditions where research is being conducted.
