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A Band-Aid being applied to a child's arm after they were given a vaccine.
Policywise

The Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program: Ensuring every child is protected

February 14, 2025 Advocacy,  children,  immunization rates,  public health,  Vaccines,  Vaccines for Children

A closer look at the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, which ensures all children in the U.S. have access to life-saving vaccines.

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Policywise

Public-private partnerships to address social inequality in health: Lessons from the literature

March 8, 2024 Partnership,  public health,  public health interventions,  Public-Private Partnerships,  social inequality

Globally, social inequality in health is a major public health challenge. In both upper-middle-income and high-income countries, contemporary healthcare and social service systems are struggling

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Policywise

A national health system for kidney failure and what comes next?

April 14, 2023 advanced kidney disease,  chronic kidney disease,  end-stage renal disease,  health insurers,  kidney failure,  Medicare,  public health

It’s been more than 50 years since the creation of a national health insurance program for people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), titled Medicare’s End-Stage

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Navigating COVID-19 in the workplace: Best practices to guide future decision-making 

March 17, 2023 COVID-19,  Decision-making,  public health,  Research,  SARS-CoV-2,  viral parameters,  Workplace

Ensuring safety during the COVID-19 pandemic has been crucial over the past three years due to the varying waves of COVID-19 variants. Consequently, public policy

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An older Indian man in a villaige in the mountains of Munnar, India. He stands wearing a white shirtwith most of the buttons undone and a white turban. His short beard is white and his hair is turning a bit grey.
Momentum

Collaboration, regional focus needed for dementia care in India

September 19, 2022 Dementia,  National School of Tropical Medicine,  public health

Dementia affects more than 55 million people, making it one of the world’s most widespread public health problems.

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Policywise

Reboot your thinking about mental health, the future of our health and health security

April 1, 2022 Amy McGuire,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Genetics,  Global Health,  Human Geno Sequencing Center,  Mental Health,  public health,  Richard Gibbs,  Sharmila Anandasabapathy,  TEDx

How willing are you to reboot the way you have always done things? Our society is currently experiencing a reboot – challenging basic assumptions about

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Policywise

upLIFT-ing Moms: A new free service to support pregnant and postpartum women

February 18, 2022 Mom,  Motherhood,  pediatrics,  perinatal mood and anxiety disorders,  Postpartum,  pregnant,  public health,  Women

Let’s just admit it, motherhood is hard. Being pregnant and having a baby is portrayed as one of the most joyous times for a family,

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Policywise

Communications and public health: An interview with Monisha Arya, M.D., M.P.H

July 23, 2021 communications,  Design Jam,  healthcare communications,  HPV,  public health

Dr. Monisha Arya talks about her experience with a health campaign design contest and the overall importance of healthcare communications.

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Policywise

Helping the most vulnerable: Kids in foster care

May 27, 2021 children,  Department of Pediatrics,  family,  Foster Care,  health policy,  public health,  Texas Children's Hospital

What can be done to improve the child welfare system and help make the lives of foster care children better?

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Policywise

Optimizing precision medicine in diabetes treatment

March 19, 2021 Diabetes,  Glucose,  insulin,  precision medicine,  public health,  type 1 diabetes

What is precision diabetes medicine, and how can it reduce the worldwide burden of diabetes and its costs?

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