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Proposing a new indicator to assess health disparities: measuring inequalities in causes of death

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Iñaki Permanyer and Júlia Almeida Calazans Policymakers and scholars are increasingly interested in monitoring and curbing health inequalities. Measuring how ‘similar’ or ‘dissimilar’ the different causes of death are can help us understand global health inequalities and patterns of mortality. Int J Epidemiol 2024; 14 February.

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Kelly Thompson – Bringing sex and gender differences to the forefront

Frontiers

By Katharina Stock Dr Kelly Thompson is the Director of Research Operations at the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District in Western Sydney and an active researcher at The George Institute for Global Health. Kelly is currently serving as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Global Women’s Health.