Editorial
A Nuclear-Free Arctic: Interview with Dr. Nancy Doubleday
The Polanyi conference brought scholars together to discuss the contemporary status of nuclear weapons. One of the speakers was Dr. Nancy Doubleday, a lawyer and biologist who holds the Hope Chair of Peace and Health at McMaster University, and who has worked extensively in policy development and human rights claims in the Arctic…
A Doctor’s Plea For His Patients: An Interview with the Organizer of the National Day of Action
On June 30, 2012, the Canadian government implemented cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFH) for refugees. With these changes to the IFH, Canadian refugees no longer had access to medication coverage, vision and dental care…
Social Responsibility in the Post-Antibiotic Era
Antibiotic-resistant microbes – bacteria and other microscopic entities that have acquired a complete or near-immunity to standard antimicrobial treatments – have gone under the radar for a dangerously long time. As a result we are facing a future where it is entirely possible that infections may once again become the leading cause of mortality worldwide…
Beyond Metal Bars: Breaking Down the Health Care Dynamics at Guantanamo Bay
Despite President Obama’s claims of shutting Guantanamo Bay down, the military detention camp remains standing. The institution is often criticized for its human rights violations and severe health problems…
A Moral Tempest: 2014 United Nations Climate Change Summit
On September 23rd, the United Nations kick started the long anticipated Climate Change Summit in New York City. Expectations are high and an atmosphere of optimism and solidarity pervades discussions…
Strides in Trans*-Related Health Insurance in the US
Recent strides of the trans-rights movement have led to positive shifts in the tides governing the ability of trans people to acquire necessary healthcare. These include the lifting of the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ generalized ban on trans-related healthcare coverage for Medicare recipients, individual states banning…
Advancing Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: Building Momentum on the Road to 2015
As the 2015 target deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) quickly approaches, two important platforms have taken place over recent weeks that seek to galvanize the international community into action…
Antiretrovirals and Neo-Colonialism
In order to understand the harm pharmaceutical companies have done to sub-Saharan Africa, the current climate of the epidemic must be examined. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reported that in 2012, 35.3 million people worldwide were living with HIV…
Global Health Diplomacy: The Inextricable Links between Health and Foreign Policy
In the past decade, health issues have become more prominent in the foreign policies of the world’s nations. Broad strategies have been formulated to address health challenges and global health has begun to enjoy greater acknowledgment in the interplay of global political relationships…
In the Wake of Typhoon Haiyan
On November 22nd 2013, the fourth strongest typhoon ever recorded struck the Philippines, leaving devastation in its wake. Over a million residents have been left homeless while the death toll has climbed to over 5,000.
GAY=DEATH: Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill and what it means for HIV
With the introduction of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (AHB) in Uganda in 2009, an environment of fear, stigma and shame now envelopes the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community…
The Importance of Focusing on Global Adolescent Health
According to UNICEF there are almost 1.2 billion adolescents worldwide, accounting for almost one fifth of the world’s population, with nearly 90 percent living in low and middle income countries. On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) brought together leading international experts to address…
Tax the Fat: A remarkable approach to public health?
In our Fall 2011 issue, Juxtaposition featured a Global Health Tidbit detailing a new “Fat tax” that had been imposed by the Danish government on October 2011. Hailed as a “remarkable approach to public health”, the novel tax sought to impose a surcharge on foods containing more than 2.3% saturated fat (including meats, processed foods and dairy)…