Local Health and Global Profits webinar: The power of metaphor in public health

Public health policy and practice are often described by means of a metaphor that depicts interventions as “upstream” efforts to prevent people from falling into a river, from which they must be rescu...

Chris and Xand look at how the alcohol industry may have shaped our drinking culture.

Chris and Xand look at how the alcohol industry may have shaped our drinking culture.

Behind the UK’s “landmark” pharma deal with the US lies a costly surrender, with higher drug prices, weaker safeguards, and vague promises of investment, write Els Torreele and Martin McKee When the...

EUPHA and co-signatories call on WHO and Member States to invest in training, leadership and governance of the public health workforce.

Disinformation is a coordinated or deliberate effort to knowingly circulate misinformation (i.e., false information) to gain money, power, or reputation. While most public health research has focused ...

Increasing the consumption of harmful products is the opposite of healthy or productive growth, say Nason Maani and colleagues Preventable ill health is at the heart of the challenges facing this co...

Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major public health crises we face today are largely driven by…

This trailer is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major…

Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major public health crises we face today are largely driven by…

This teaser is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major public…

The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.

This trailer is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major…

Based on a true article: van Schalkwyk MC, Cassidy R. Why do we tolerate the activities of the gambling industry? Future Health J. 2025 Jun 30;12(2):100267. doi:…

Join us for a film screening of the documentary Any Time Money and short films by grassroots collectives on food and climate issues as part of the Power of Food Festival across Tower Hamlets from 18 –...

Exclusive: Education secretary told sponsored resources misrepresent evidence about diets, alcohol and betting

Exclusive: Education secretary told sponsored resources misrepresent evidence about diets, alcohol and betting

This article explains how gambling policy in the UK perpetuates exceptionalism by, among other things, promoting a way of understanding the drivers of…

Corporate ghost-writing is a form of scientific fraud: a paper is falsely presented as the work of people other than its actual authors. When such pap…

Introduction The WHO Foundation (WHOF) was established in 2020 with the stated aim of broadening the donor pool to the WHO. Academics and civil society actors raised concerns regarding the potential n...

This article explains how gambling policy in the UK perpetuates exceptionalism by, among other things, promoting a way of understanding the drivers of…

The alcohol industry plays a major role in global public health harm, and shapes policies and public perceptions to its benefit, through misinformatio…

Background Injuries represent a major threat to child health globally. In the US, firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. Despite limited evidence of their effe...

Background Injuries represent a major threat to child health globally. In the US, firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. Despite limited evidence of their effe...

Gambling companies are following a well-worn playbook, one mastered by the tobacco industry: trying to influence women.

In January 2019, world-renowned food and nutrition experts published a groundbreaking study. The culmination of two years’ work by 37 authors, the EAT-Lancet report set out to answer the question: how...

Money Power Health with Nason Maani · Episode

The use of tobacco industry tactics by the gambling and other health harming industries means governments must act to prevent large scale avoidable harm, argue May van Schalkwyk and colleagues When ...

The use of tobacco industry tactics by the gambling and other health harming industries means governments must act to prevent large scale avoidable harm, argue May van Schalkwyk and colleagues When ...

Exclusive: Critics say inducements are harmful and urge a ban as recommended by Murphy inquiry