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New LawAtlas data show widespread preemption efforts by US states in policy domains that could improve health

Across the US, states are increasingly using preemption to stymie local advancement of public health policy strategies, according to updated data released today to LawAtlas.org by the Center for Public Health Law Research and the National League of Cities with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The updated data capture state preemption of local […]

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Experts call for rejection of coronavirus policy based only on age

Experts are urging the Government to reject the formulation and implementation of policy to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic based solely on the age of the population, as well as calling on both the Government and media organizations to be cautious in their use of language. The British Society of Gerontology argue that fostering generational […]

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Policy makers must attend to menstrual stigma to improve wellbeing, study finds

Researchers have found that addressing attitudes to menstruation may be necessary to improve well-being in low and middle-income countries, far more than simply better access to sanitary products. Period poverty—limited access to sanitary products—is known to negatively affect the wellbeing of young women and girls. This impacts physical and psychological health, social inclusion, and may […]

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For a long period of opening times for doctors?

Ädoctors to their practices läViking öopen to cash patients get seen quicker. But für this Plan the Minister of health, Jens Spahn earned a lot of criticism 20 to 25 hours per week to Ädoctors from 2019, at least für patients office hours free More time für patients, more money für Ädoctors – that sounds […]

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The local pharmacist is a part of home

Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU), has stated in an Interview with the apotheken Umschau its Position on key points of medical care in Germany Editor-in-chief Hans Haltmeier in Gespräch with the Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn Since the Europäcourt of justice in 2016, a controversial decision to mail order prescription drugs über […]

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Should put the policy on Prvention?

The German health system is one of the most expensive. Nevertheless, people are not gesüas in other Lächange. Für Prävention is, by contrast, spent very little money. Why the ächange should A heart für Prävention? The hits für, the German health care system currently is not – even if to save a lot of money […]

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AMA Adopts Policy Promoting Health Equity As a Goal

FRIDAY, Aug. 24, 2018 — The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has adopted a policy that sets health equity as a goal for the U.S. health care system, according to a report published in the organization’s AMA Wire. The action, taken at the 2018 AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago, is in accordance with […]