Public Health in the Town of Boston 1630-1822

Mental health spillovers and the Millennium Development Goals: The case of perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cap...

South Africa’s COVID-19 Alcohol Sales Ban: The Potential for Better Policy-Making

Policy Forum Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies

1 Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, 4 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Uni...

Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies

1 Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, 4 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Uni...

Handing the Microphone to Women: Changes in Gender Representation in Editorial Contributions Across Medical and Health Journals 2008-2018

The editorial materials in top medical and public health journals are opportunities for experts to offer thoughts that might influence the trajectory of the field. To date, while some studies have examined gender bias in the publication of editorial materials in medical journals, none have studied public health journals. In this perspective, we studied the gender ratio ...