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This case study analyzes effects of social determinants, such as housing and environment, on one’s health. The case follows the life of a woman who comes to the Health Justice Initiative—a medical-legal partnership which aims to improve client access to justice through direct services, legal education, and systemic advocacy—to seek out legal help for a human rights issue stemming from poor housing conditions impacting her both physically and mentally. This case would be suitable for…

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.…

These immunization snapshot brochures published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) provide key statistics on immunizations for each of the major world regions: East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and West and Central Africa. These brochures include data visuals such as graphs and tables to show coverage levels of immunizations against specific diseases such as measles,…