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Editor's Choice: A declaration on the value of experiential measures of food and water insecurity to improve science and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Water security is necessary for good health, nutrition, and wellbeing, but experiences with water have not typically been measured. The Water InSecurity Experiences (WISE) Scales show promise in doing so because they capture user-side experiences with water in a more holistic and precise way than traditional supply-side indicators. Early use of the WISE Scales in Latin America & the Caribbean has revealed great promise, although representative data are lacking for most of the region. Concurrent measurement of experiential food and water insecurity has the potential to inform the development of better-targeted interventions that can advance human and planetary health. 

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Call For Papers: Health inequalities in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

Call for Papers: IHMENAInternational Journal for Equity in Health is calling for submissions that will shed further light onto some of the inequities in health that exist across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

This collection is looking for theoretical, review, and empirical submissions that critically study health system inequality through an interdisciplinary perspective, or focuses on inequalities from the perspective of epidemiology, health economics, health policy, or that applies social science disciplines and methods.

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Leaving no one behind on the road to Universal Health Coverage: The Kerala story
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Reproductive health and the politics of abortion in Ethiopia, Zambia, and Tanzania
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Moving towards UHC: engaging non-state providers
Edited by Zubin Cyrus Shroff and Krishna Dipankar Rao

Showcasing social science approaches to health systems and policy research
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Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience
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Meet the Editor: Dr Ana Lorena Ruano

New Content ItemThis International Women’s Day, we talked with the new Editor-in-Chief of the 'International Journal for Equity in Health' and discussed her work and visions of the field.
Published Mar 08, 2023


Who we are as 'scholars' matters.

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In my recent IJEH article "Five ways health 'scholars' are complicit in upholding inequities, and how to stop", I argue that who we are and what we do in these spaces matter. As a new IJEH editorial team member, I'm excited to share more about myself & my motivations in this invited blog post!
Published Jun 13, 2023

The importance of measuring experiences of water insecurity

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One of the most pressing consequences of climate change is the water crisis; indeed water is at the center of the climate crisis. Water issues are increasing in magnitude and severity worldwide, and affects health and wellbeing in far-reaching ways. Even though water is a human right addressed in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, “Clean Water and Sanitation for All”, we are still struggling to fully grasp the impact of the water crisis on peoples´ daily lives.
Published Aug 28, 2023

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At a time when health inequalities across the world are widespread and often increasing, International Journal for Equity in Health provides a highly visible forum where strong evidence relevant to the search for, and attainment of, equity in health can be found. Served by a globally recognized editorial board, the journal publishes research which improves the understanding of issues that influence the health of populations and shapes evidence-based decisions by health policy-makers. 

International Journal for Equity in Health focuses on disseminating influential research which examines the political, policy-related, economic, social, and health systems- and services-related influences, particularly with regard to identifying and understanding the systematic differences in distributions of one or more aspects of health in population groups defined demographically, geographically, or socially.

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Ana Lorena Ruano, University of Bergen, Norway
Daniel Maceira, National University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Ibero-American University, Mexico

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The journal encourages the submission of Notes from the Field. These should describe pragmatic or creative solutions to research under difficult conditions or that describe and analyse the work that practitioners carry out and that may not rely as solidly on methodology as a research article. They should contribute to policy debates and describe the lessons and challenges learned during the fieldwork or data collection. The articles must present a clearly articulated problem and aim to share experiences which benefit researchers, practitioners, and/or policymakers. Authors can choose the article type that is most appropriate for their work.

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