Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancers, and other non-communicable diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries, and The Lancet Taskforce recently made the case for investing in non-...communicable disease prevention. Now, in The Lancet Planetary Health, Benjamin Bowe and colleagues report that exposure to PM2·5 air pollution is indeed a risk factor for diabetes.
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Public health, innovation, intellectual property and trade
This report found that while European Schools are paying increasing attention to inclusion, children with disabilities continued to face problems. They are rejected, pressured into changing schools, or are not provided with appropriate accommodations and support to allow them to learn and thrive in ...an inclusive environment.
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PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0172392 February 16, 2017
PLOS Medicine | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002462 November 28, 2017
You can download the report in Englisch and French. Summaries available in Arabic, Amharic, Dari, Tigrinya, Pashto
The Syrian Government’s Widespread and Systematic Use of Chemical Weapons
The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil
Lack of Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Sudan’s Rebel-Held Southern Kordofan
Research Article
PLOS Medicine | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002374 August 8, 2017
Enfrentando la enfermedad de Alzheimer en los países en desarrollo.
Rev Neuropsiquiatr 80 (2), 2017 (P. 105-110)
Recibido: 03/02/2017 Aceptado: 12/06/2017
Research Article
PLOS Medicine | DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002253 April 4, 2017
PLOS Medicine | DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002088 August 23, 2016