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This Lancet Series highlights oral health as a serious but often overlooked global health problem, citing high prevalence and substantial disease burden. The first paper in the series describes the scope of the global oral disease epidemic and sets it in the context of its high costs and social and commercial determinants. It argues that the high prevalence and unequal distribution of these preventable diseases are the result of broad inequities in access to care.…

This data visualization from The Lancet presents the findings and 2021 report data from The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change at country specific, regional, and income group levels. The Lancet Countdown is dedicated to monitoring the world’s responses to climate change and the health effects that result from those efforts, providing a global overview of the relationship between public health and the climate crisis. The data is presented under five categories:…

This Lancet Series examines and evaluates the health and well-being of the nearly 1 billion people currently living in slums. The authors discuss opportunities to alleviate the health burdens and improve the social characteristics of such neighborhoods, while calling for a more established discipline of study to further analyze the possibilities for those living in these conditions. They conclude that awareness must be raised if sufficient gains are to be made in developing solutions to…