2023 Public health stories #13

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 13 of 2023.

I.

This Lancet series on “Commercial Determinants of Health” is a compelling compilation of frameworks and recommendations around this topic.

II.

This thread on Twitter about the dire life expectancy situation in the US is worth reading and if not already abundantly clear- an urgent call for action.

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.

My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv

And some utterly damning charts.

1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English. pic.twitter.com/pOoziEK5mZ

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 31, 2023

III.

Global Health Informatics: the state of research and lessons learned published in JAMIA

“This issue seeks to document and understand how health informatics approaches have been undertaken in multiple LMIC scenarios and environments and how they can demonstrate the scientific impact of informatics-based best practices applied to COVID-19 and beyond.”

BONUS.

2023 Issue 1 of Stanfor Med Mag explores how social factors make or break us. An amazing set of articles that reminds us why health is not just about medicines or genetics.

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