Sian M Griffiths: How to implement handwashing with soap in schools
11 March 2016 was an important day for global public health. It was the day the UN adopted a hygiene indicator as part of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6–the goal that covers the availability and...
View ArticleHarry HX Wang and Sian M Griffiths: A primary care oriented approach to...
From Healthy China 2020 to Healthy China 2030 Seven decades ago, China’s healthcare was characterised by barefoot doctors who demonstrated the contribution of primary care to improved population...
View ArticleSian M Griffiths: £1 housing scheme helps tackle health inequalities
Good housing is a prerequisite for good health. When he was constructing the welfare state, William Beveridge named squalor—which he said resulted from a shortage of good houses—as one of the five...
View ArticleSian Griffiths: Inequality matters
Reducing health inequalities, even in affluent areas, needs to be a priority for government and society, say Sian Griffiths and colleagues As Theresa May stood on the steps of Downing Street on her...
View ArticleSian Griffiths: Is gambling a public health issue?
Public health precautionary strategies are needed at national and local level to protect populations from harm from gambling Records show that the Chinese were playing a game of chance using tiles—a...
View ArticleSian Griffiths: We need to take decisive action to address the harms of...
Lack of evidence should not be an excuse for inaction Awareness about the need to engage the gambling industry in reducing gambling related harm has become topical. In recent weeks the government has...
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