Volume 20, Number 1

Emily Nagisa Keehn and Ariane Nevin Abstract South Africa experiences the world’s highest HIV burden and one of the highest burdens for tuberculosis (TB). People in prison are particularly vulnerable to these diseases. Globally, and internally in…

Brianne McGonigle Leyh and Marie Elske Gispen Abstract Syria is currently experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, and access to medicines for emergency care, pain control, and palliative care remains shockingly…

Judith Daire, Maren O. Kloster, and Katerini T. Storeng Abstract In July 2015, Malawi’s Special Law Commission on the Review of the Law on Abortion released a draft Termination of Pregnancy bill. If approved by Parliament, it will liberalize…

David Flood, Anita Chary, Alejandra Colom, and Peter Rohloff The field of global nutrition has coalesced around the “first 1,000 days” concept, which prioritizes pregnancy and the first two years of life as a critical window to improve child health…

Claire Bowley, Ann-Mason Furmage, Kanchan Marcus, and Stephanie D. Short Abstract Persons with disabilities are vulnerable to rights violations when accessing health care, including allied health care. However, the commitment of allied health…

Melanie Edmunds Abstract Australians with severe mental illness experience inequitably high rates of physical illness and shortened life expectancy compared to the general population. A social analysis of this phenomenon incorporating a precis of…