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Universal health coverage and incarceration

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Universal health coverage and incarceration: People in prisons left behind in drive to reach universal healthcare goals: An international study of global progress in reaching World Health Organisation (WHO) goals in the provision of universal healthcare coverage has found that many countries, including Australia, may be inflating their success by not counting people in prisons […]

Treating vision loss globally would see social and economic benefits

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Treating vision loss globally would see social and economic benefits: An estimated 1.1 billion people were living with untreated vision impairment in 2020, but researchers say more than 90 per cent of vision loss could be prevented or treated with existing, highly cost-effective interventions. Published today in The Lancet Global Health, a new commission report on […]