by Ivan Maslyankov | Dec 20, 2021 | Tobacco control
Tobacco use causes significant morbidity and mortality in countries of any socioeconomic status. Governments around the world have had various success in providing cessation services to those who want to quit. However, international organisations such as the World...
by Ivan Maslyankov | Nov 22, 2021 | Policy change
Virtually all fiscal measures affect people’s health in one way or another. However, within this universe of policy tools a specific subset of measures are directly aimed at changing behaviours and risks that are strongly associated with health. We’ll refer to those...
by Ivan Maslyankov | Nov 8, 2021 | Gender and health
Striving towards gender-equitable global health outcomes has been a significant and long pursuit. There is no doubt that gender equality is an indisputable human right on its own. However, new data have also shown that it has the potential to lead to substantial...
by Ivan Maslyankov | Oct 21, 2021 | Climate and Environment
When it comes to health risks, there is a disconnect between knowledge and behaviour. For example, the negative effects of smoking, alcohol consumption and illicit drug use are well-known, but this does not stop millions of people from using these substances. When the...
by Ivan Maslyankov | Oct 4, 2021 | Climate and Environment
Sometimes it’s difficult to comprehend the extent to which certain things are harmful to one’s health. The perfect example – air pollution. It’s not a parasite, nor a heat wave and it’s usually not associated with a discrete event. It’s an invisible killer that...
