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Socioeconomic Health Inequalities are a Matter of Human Rights
Human rights are an authoritative moral and legal framework that can be used by governments to reduce socioeconomic health inequalities
Missing Women in Colonial India
This post presents patterns of missing women in Colonial India. Male-biased sex ratios emerge most visibly after age 10.
Epidemic Disease and Indigenous Survival: Research Findings for Colonial Latin America
Post-contact depopulation in the New World resulted from the introduction of epidemic diseases to which Indigenous peoples were defenceless.
Living in an Interwar World: Communicable Disease and Epidemic Information
This article traces the origins of the current system of global health information and the foundations of current communications problems.
Poverty, Pollution, and Mortality: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in a Developing German Economy
I analyze the health impact of the 1918 “Spanish Flu” in South-West Germany and the harmful effects of poverty and air pollution on mortality.
Health progress and inequality: the first year of LRHM
Long Run Health Matters is one year old! This post puts together the research summaries published during the last year.
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Looking forward to the high policy dialogue and to present on #tax and #SDGs organized by @UNDP_SDGFinance & @AhteshamRKhan at @Columbia with #tax government officials, think tanks and tax scholars @Jayati1609 @PeterHongler @aredonda @Lustarnde @n_pushkareva @JosephEStiglitz
What’s the link between racism, religiosity & sex?
Segregation was defended to prevent inter-racial reproduction.
This is deemed against God’s plan.
This may explain why white Southerners cling to religion: it justifies their racism.
Cue a fertile soil for Pro-Life campaigns.
From our archive: Europeans have grown much taller since 1850.
What does this imply about their well-being?
Bernard Harris (@UniStrathclyde) explains it 👇
#health #heights #progress #wellbeing #development
https://lrhmatters.com/wellbeing/anthropometric-history-and-wellbeing
ICYMI: #Health has improved substantially in Europe, but #inequalities between poor and rich remain.
What can we do about it?
Brigit Toebes (@brigittoebes/@univgroningen) proposes recognizing and enforcing human rights to good health for all.
https://lrhmatters.com/drivers-of-health/socioeconomic-health-inequalities-are-a-matter-of-human-rights
#Health has improved substantially in Europe, but #inequalities between poor and rich remain.
What can we do about it?
Brigit Toebes (@brigittoebes/@univgroningen) proposes taking a human rights approach. A short 🧵on her @LRHealthMatters post (1/7)
https://lrhmatters.com/drivers-of-health/socioeconomic-health-inequalities-are-a-matter-of-human-rights
