this commentary is a brief response to nir eyal’s argument that health policies should not make healthy behaviour a condition or prerequisite in order to access healthcare as it could result in the people who need healthcare the most not being able to access healthcare. while in general agreement due to the shared concern for equity, i argue that making health behaviour a condition to accessing...

This commentary discusses the interesting and surprising findings by Hagen and colleagues, focusing on the role of the public health coordinator as a Health in All Policies (HiAP) tool. The original article finds a negative association between the employment of public health coordinators in Norwegian municipalities and consideration of a fair distribution of social and economic resources betwee...

the formulation of global health policy is political; and all institutions operating in the global health landscape are political. this is because policies and institutions inevitably represent certain values, reflect particular ideologies, and preferentially serve some interests over others. this may be expressed explicitly and consciously; or implicitly and unconsciously. but it’s important t...

the psychological effects and mental health issues in natural disaster is one of the most important affairs which have got less attention. there have been a great amount of health and social policies confronting with these physicaly and financially problems. this selection deals with the importance 'of mental health in natural disasters and the lack of psychiatrits psychologists and counse...