Key Messages
In Great Britain, rickets used to be a symbol of socioeconomic inequality. Continue reading
In Great Britain, rickets used to be a symbol of socioeconomic inequality. Continue reading
Romania has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the Eastern European region. Continue reading
The Cultural Contexts of Health project being developed by the University of Exeter WHO Collaborating Centre on Culture and Health in collaboration with WHO Europe Continue reading
Country singers value a good story. While the pain and joy of love is a common theme, domestic abuse, the waste of war, prison and poverty also figure. Ask Johnny Cash. The man in black was clear. He said that until ‘we make a few things right, you’ll never see me wear a coat of white’. Continue reading
As an academic psychologist, I find working with older adults illuminating for all sorts of reasons. It’s particularly interesting to learn what they won’t discuss. Continue reading
Migration is central to the lives of a sizeable portion of today’s global population. In 2015, an estimated 244 million people were international migrants, whilst a further 740 million were estimated to migrate within their own country. Continue reading
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Culture and Health is delighted to announce that for the very first event in our Cultural Contexts of Health seminar series we will be hosting Professor Jeremy Greene, who will be giving a talk entitled ‘Making Old Drugs New Again: On the Uses of History in Health Policy and Practice’. Continue reading
In some sites, both healers and self-treatment are popular because biomedical therapeutic options are unavailable or difficult to access. Continue reading
Developing guidance for policymakers on culturally informed approaches to public health is central to the work of the University of Exeter’s WHO Collaborating Centre on Culture and Health. Continue reading
For some time now, the old `doctor knows best’ attitude has been shifting in favour of dialogue with patients. Sometimes it is the better informed and more assertive patients who are driving the change, but clinicians, too, are becoming more attuned to factors such as gender, culture and faith which can influence experience, diagnosis and treatment. Continue reading