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IPH marks 25 years of shaping public health policy

Institute of Public Health

Set up prior to the signing of the Good Friday / Belfast Agreement in 1998, IPH has been shaping public health policy across the island of Ireland for 25 years. Watch summary video In his address, Professor McKee argued that governments will only achieve the best possible outcomes for their people if they invest in their health.

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Could biomass fuel use perpetuate the poverty trap through cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

million premature deaths in 2012 (7.7% The World Health Organization’s latest global air quality guidelines point out that indoor air pollution causes a health burden that mostly affects people in low- and middle-income countries. Her research interests centre on social determinants of health outcomes and the poverty trap.