World Health Day 2026: Global Action for Universal Health Coverage
World Health Day on April 7 marks the anniversary of the World Health Organization. For 2026, the focus is on universal health coverage. The idea is simple. People everywhere should have access to the care they need without falling into financial hardship. Many families still face steep costs or limited services, so this theme arrives at a moment when gaps in access are still affecting daily life.
SSM Population Health, 2024, 101638
The study found that premature mortality risk is highest among individuals with both low income and high-risk health behaviors, with a clear income gradient observed across all risk factor levels. These results emphasize the importance of targeted public health strategies and resource allocation to lower-income groups to reduce health inequities and prevent premature deaths.
World Tuberculosis Day 2026: A Global Call to Action
March 24th, 2026
Each year, World Tuberculosis Day is observed on March 24th, a day of significance marking Dr. Robert Koch's groundbreaking announcement in 1882 of the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (TB). This discovery was a pivotal moment in the medical field, leading to the development of diagnostic methods and treatments for this devastating disease.
The Significance of World Tuberculosis Day
Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances, 2024, 100088
The aims of this study were: (1) to examine BLLs in the Canadian general population and vulnerable sub-populations between 2007 and 2013 using data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS); and (2) to assess factors that are associated with elevated BLLs in these populations.
The Right to Protest: online panel discussion
LexisNexis is hosting a free, online panel discussion in partnership with the International Law Book Facility (ILBF) to explore the right to protest.
24th January 2024 at 17:00-18:30 GMT
The panel discussion, moderated by James Harper, General Counsel of Global Nexis Solutions - part of LexisNexis, supports the ILBF's law undergraduate essay competition 2023-2024, that asks law undergraduates the question: ‘Should the right to protest be unfettered?’
