Many health problems require international action, but getting governments to agree on
strategies for prevention or treatment is difficult. By making use of scientific evidence on the …

Globalization of trade, marketing and investment has important implications for public health,
both negative and positive. This article considers the implications of the single package of …

Although the application of legal instruments to international health issues-relative to other
areas of international concern-is still at a rudimentary stage of development, the …

Summary The third UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) on
Sept 27, 2018, will review national and global progress towards the prevention and control …

The" essential public health functions"(EPHFs) concept originated from concerns that
countries at all stages of development are experiencing rapid changes in their health and …

* The World Trade Organization performed research for the paper prepared for the
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. A summary of this research is included in the …

Objective To explore correlates of high compliance with smoking bans in a cross-sectional
data set from the 41 countries with national comprehensive smoke-free laws in 2014 and …

Other major achievements include strengthening of the international nongovernmental
movement against tobacco, for example, continuing and expanded world conferences on …

Humanitarian assistance, health leaders, and health personnel are in the unique position to
be able to leverage something universally important, irrespective of the details of any given …

In her article Fran Baum is correct in pointing out that the political complexities of our
globalised world must be taken into account by public health professionals. 1 Global health …