Preventing Drowning: An Implementation Guide

This report published by the National Academies Press (NAP) summarizes the proceedings of a workshop about pain treatment for patients with serious illness amidst the opioid epidemic. Speakers and presentations reviewed the nature of the opioid epidemic and the policies designed to combat it, showing how those responses affected people with serious illness. The workshop also addressed the special challenges for racial minorities, children, and those with both substance use disorder and serious illness. The…

This case study describes an attempted trial of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Matlab, Bangladesh in the 1990s. While previous interventions for child health focused on one issue at a time, health experts hypothesized that a variety of interventions could be delivered together using an integrated, vertical approach. However, the IMCI approach did not end up yielding improvements in child survival indicators. This case is a good example of something that is…

When it comes to presenting a “snapshot” of information, word clouds and infographics are especially useful for the economical use of text, visuals, and space. Word clouds can capture big picture trends, priorities, and feedback. Infographics can distill data into succinct stories, in a way that text alone can’t communicate. A variety of digital tools exist to virtually design word clouds and infographics that can be shared in multiple formats. The Global Health Education and…