“Pay attention when turning a corner”: an overview of mental health policies in Brazil by Naomi Sordan Borghi, Igor Euflauzino, Maria Alice Silva Ferraz de Araújo

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Sickle Cell Disease in Bahia, Brazil: The Social Production of Health Policies and Institutional Neglect by Clarice Mota, Leny A. B. Trad, Lisa Dikomitis

“…A disease is considered neglected when it is not given due priority in health policies despite the social relevance of that disease, either in terms of the number of individuals affected by it or its morbidity or mortality. …”
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IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEDICAL REHABILITATION SYSTEM AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY by A.O. Nagoriyanskii

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‘Willpower’ is not enough: time for a new approach to public health policy to prevent obesity by Susan A. Jebb, Paul Aveyard

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The Complex Intersection of Race and Rurality: The Detrimental Effects of Race-Neutral Rural Health Policies

“…In this commentary, we discuss our experiences as women of different races growing up in the same rural area and how these experiences relate to health and health policy. Despite nearly five million Black people living in nonmetro areas, rural Black Americans face erasure in the rural narrative and the policies enacted to support them. …”
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Serology as a Tool to Assess Infectious Disease Landscapes and Guide Public Health Policy by Andrea H. Haselbeck, Justin Im, Kristi Prifti, Florian Marks, Marianne Holm, Raphaël M. Zellweger

“…Understanding the local burden and epidemiology of infectious diseases is crucial to guide public health policy and prioritize interventions. Typically, infectious disease surveillance relies on capturing clinical cases within a healthcare system, classifying cases by etiology and enumerating cases over a period of time. …”
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How effective is public health policy in Scotland on vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy? by Ruth Campbell, Christopher Curran, Jonathan Hayward, Jon Godwin, Susan Johnston, Julie Armstrong, Andrew Collier

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Editorial: Public health policy and health communication challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic and infodemic by Zhiwen Hu, Zhiwen Hu, Chuhan Wu, Pier Luigi Sacco, Pier Luigi Sacco, Pier Luigi Sacco

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Mental health policy: protecting community mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic by Retno Lestari, Febri Endra Budi Setyawan

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The evolution of health policy in China and internal migrants: Continuity, change, and current implementation challenges by Yunting Zheng, Ying Ji, Chun Chang, Marco Liverani

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A global survey of national oral health policies and its coverage for young children by Balgis Gaffar, Robert J. Schroth, Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Francisco Ramos-Gomez, Jorma I. Virtanen, Jorma I. Virtanen

“…Europe had many countries with children-friendly oral health policy coverage.ConclusionsAbout half of the surveyed countries had a national oral health policy. …”
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Politics–evidence conflict in national health policy making in Africa: a scoping review by Edward W. Ansah, Samuel Maneen, Anastasia Ephraim, Janet E. Y. Ocloo, Mabel N. Barnes, Nkosi N. Botha

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Health inequities in Bhutan's free healthcare system: a health policy dialogue summary by Karma Tenzin, Thinley Dorji, Gampo Dorji, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno III

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Donor support for Health Policy and Systems Research: barriers to financing and opportunities for overcoming them by Alexander Kentikelenis, Abdul Ghaffar, Martin McKee, Livia Dal Zennaro, David Stuckler

Subjects: “…Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR)…”
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Can draft national health policy-2015 revamp mental health system in India? by Farhad Ahamed, Sarika Palepu, Ravneet Kaur, Kapil Yadav

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Frozen section telepathology service: Efficiency and benefits of an e-health policy in South Tyrol by Ilaria Girolami, Stefania Neri, Albino Eccher, Matteo Brunelli, Mattew Hanna, Liron Pantanowitz, Esther Hanspeter, Guido Mazzoleni

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Public health policy in a time of change and disaster in South Africa: 1910–1920 by Edwin G. Bain, Jan Venter

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Contraceptive use among female head porters: implications for health policy and programming in Ghana by Cornelius Dassah, Maximillian Kolbe Domapielle, Joshua Sumankuuro

“…Using Bronfenbrenner's socio-ecological theory, we explore the factors that influence the contraceptive decision-making of migrant female head porters in the Kumasi Metropolis and the implications for health policy and planning. Methodology: A case study of female head porters in the Kumasi Metropolis was conducted. …”
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Innovative mental health policies, plans and interventions: How to manage consequences of economic crisis? by J.M. Caldas De Almeida

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Assessing Malawi’s recent development of a National Oral Health Policy – learning for the future by Cleopatra N Matanhire-Zihanzu, Stephanie Chambers, Jeremy Bagg, Peter Chimimba

“… # Methods A case study approach examined the processes followed by Malawi to develop its National Oral Health Policy, launched in April 2022. The aim was to understand how oral health policy is being developed within the context of an African country. …”
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