Towards a sustainable social model: Implications for the post-2015 agenda

Sustaining Health for Wealth: Perspectives for the Post-2015 Agenda; Comment on “Improving the World’s Health Through the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Perspectives From Rwanda”

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) offer a unique opportunity for policy-makers to build on the millennium development goals (MDGs) by adopting more sustainable approaches to addressing global development challenges. The delivery of health services is of particular concern. Most African countries are unlikely to achieve the health MDGs, however, significant progress has been made particul...

The Response to and Impact of the Ebola Epidemic: Towards an Agenda for Interdisciplinary Research

Background The 2013-2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa was the largest in history and resulted in a huge public health burden and significant social and economic impact in those countries most affected. Its size, duration and geographical spread presents important opportunities for research than might help national and global health and social care systems to better prepare ...

Evaluation and Fitting of Sustainable Sport Development Model of the Country Based on Agenda 21 of the Olympic Movement

Aims & Backgrounds: The implementation of the principles of sustainable development in sport has been recommended and emphasized by the International Olympic Committee. The purpose of this study was to identify the dimensions and components of this category and to develop a sustainable development model for Iranian sport. Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive-survey research that uses basi...

Learning Valuable Perspectives on Improving the World’s Health Through the Post-2015 Development Agenda: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Improving the World’s Health through the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Perspectives from Rwanda

The world has made a great deal of progress through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improve the health and well-being of people around the globe, but there remains a long way to go. Here we provide reflections on Rwanda’s experience in working to meet the health-related targets of the MDGs. This experience has informed our proposal of five guiding principles that may be useful for co...