Understanding the Relationship Between Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation

This case explores the complicated nature of forging effective coalitions that integrate the interests of all stakeholders when performing public health research. The case examines the harsh working conditions of fashion models, who often work under difficult conditions but have very little recourse if they are exploited due to a lack of worker safety regulations in their industry. The death of a young model with an eating disorder attracts the attention of a physician and…

This report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the South African Medical Research Council is the first global review and synthesis of scientific data on two forms of violence against women: violence by an intimate partner and sexual violence by someone other than a partner. The analysis indicates 35 percent of women globally have experienced either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence. Almost one-third of…

This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) provides a brief overview of the best evidence regarding the principal social determinants of health and opportunities for action available to policy-makers. Health inequities are unfair, avoidable, and remediable differences in health status between countries and between different groups of people within the same country. Health inequities are attracting increasing attention on national and global policy agendas. Despite this, few countries have been able systematically to reduce…