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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Following the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social supported workshop “Bridging methods to measure excess mortality: One Epidemic, Many Estimates” at LSE, Peter Tammes (UK’s ONS) shares his viewpoint in a new blog: “Estimating excess deaths as a public good: an ONS perspective” 🧵⬇️

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Another perspective on a great week in Riga! 🇱🇻 A few days after the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social WG5 Communications Masterclass, it is wonderful to see the event reflected in an article published by Rīga Stradiņš University. Read the full article here: www.rsu.lv/aktualitates...

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RSU Anatomijas muzejā pētnieki apguva zinātnes komunikācijas prasmes

Šā gada 24.–28. augustā RSU Anatomijas muzejā norisinājās COST akcijas Lielais lēciens: multidisciplināras pieejas veselības nevienlīdzības izpētē, 1800–2022 (The Great Leap: Multidisciplinary Approac...

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Back from an inspiring week in Riga, where we had the opportunity to take part in the WG5 Communications Masterclass at Rīga Stradiņš University Anatomy Museum. 🧵⬇️

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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just back from an absolutely fab Masterclass in Science Comms organised by @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social & hosted by our gracious colleagues at RSU Medical Anatomy Museum #Riga #RSU. The prog enabled me develop new skills and meet other #European health policy researchers via #COSTAction #CA22116

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today we are kicking off our Communications Masterclass within the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social .

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

📚 Two phenomenal weeks of the Summer School "Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility" in Cambridge, organized by the @universitypress.cambridge.org and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (CamPop) ⬇️🧵

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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just back from #SSHM2026 @universityofleeds.bsky.social where I was delighted to join colleagues from @eurohealthhist.bsky.social & @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social to discuss cause of death data & historic #stillbirth on a collaborative panel. #SSHM #SSHM26 #Skystorians #HistMed #MedHums #ReproHist

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Last day of the conference started with "Troubleshooting coding session" followed by Session 7 ‘Flash Presentations by ITC/YRI’ which was commented by Věra Slováková & Tim Riswick. 🧵⬇️

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Second day of our Milestone conference has already started, and Session 4 ‘Roundtable Historic Strings of Causes of Death’ was dedicated to Spanish, Dutch, Greek and Hungary-Romanian Historic Strings of Causes of Death.

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Today we are at the Babeș-Bolyai University - "Bridging Perspectives and Connecting Threads on Historical Health Inequalities" GREATLEAP Cost Milestone Conference in Cluj-Napoca.

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

📣 The 1926 Irish Census is now public: nearly 3M records offering new insights into family histories, migration, inequality & social change. A valuable source for historical demography. Thanks to @ciarab.bsky.social for this insight! Read the full story here: theconversation.com/80-million-p...

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80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous

Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📣 Call for Papers: Special Collection “Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality in the Long-Run” in Demographic Research. Open to diverse data, methods, and contexts (historical & contemporary). No publication fees. See the full call: www.demographic-research.org/files/Thomps...

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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Was delighted to speak on Irish civil registration at 'Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises, and Epidemics' workshop @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social @uocuniversitat.bsky.social to #HistoricalDemography scholars. Thanks to organisers for a fab program

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Call for Papers for European Social Science History Conference (21–24 Apr 2027, Lyon). GREATLEAP COST Action sessions: epidemics, spatial mortality, socioeconomic gradients in cause-specific mortality, gender differences. Send title + short abstract by 1 Apr 2026 🧵⬇️

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Open Call for Publication Support for members of the GREATLEAP Cost Action. Funding up to €1,000 (articles) and €2,500 (books/edited volumes) for open-access publications on historical health inequalities. Deadline: 1 Sept 2026. Submit proposals to tim.riswick@ru.nl 🧵⬇️

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Call for Papers: Workshop “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions – the long view”. Cambridge, 15–16 June 2026. Papers on historical/comparative WaSH, sanitation, disease, and public health. 🧵⬇️

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Call for STSM candidate at Lancaster University: “A Demographic Kernel Framework for Predicting Psychosis Risk Across Urban Space.” Autumn 2026, up to 2 months, funding up to €2,500 via GREATLEAP COST Action. Apply with CV + motivation to c.drysdale@lancaster.ac.uk by 4 March ⬇️

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Archives Portal Europe @archivesportal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Join us online on the 4mar for a #searchathon on Health #inequality in history ! We teamed up with @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social to search documents in APE related to health in medical history - the best archival digger wins a £40 voucher www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-ine...

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Health inequalities in history: a Searchathon for The Great Leap project

Join Archives Portal Europe in a searchathon to find documents about medical history to help The Great Leap Project

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Come join our workshop on excess mortality methodology! It will be two great days of expert talks, discussion groups, and me revealing the results of our many analyst project! 40+ teams have signed up to estimate 1918 pandemic deaths with the method of their choice -- results should be fascinating!

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Workshop “Bridging methods to measure excess mortality: One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)”. 21–22 May 2026, London School of Economics. In-person. Open to all; limited travel funding for UK/EU grad students & GREATLEAP members. Register by 15 Mar 2026 (funding: 15 Feb).🧵⬇️

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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Call for Papers: International Workshop #Epidemics, Gender, and Public Institutions in the 19th and 20th Centuries’ @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social #CFP Abstract due 1 May 2026 greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Call for Papers: International Workshop “Epidemics, Gender, and Public Institutions in the 19th–20th Centuries”. 📍2–3 July 2026, University of the Balearic Islands (Spain). 📝Abstracts (300–350 words) due 1 May 2026. Registration free. Full info here: greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...

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Call for Papers: International Workshop ‘Epidemics, Gender, and Public Institutions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries’

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🚨 Workshop “Putting mortality on the map – spatial methods to study the urban mortality transition”, Univ. of Copenhagen, 20–21 Aug 2026. For researchers using or planning spatial approaches in historical mortality. Apply by 1 Feb 2026: madsp@ruc.dk & sanne.muurling@ru.nl

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Call for proposals: "Bridging Perspectives and Connecting Threads on Historical Health Inequalities", 11–13 May 2026, Cluj-Napoca. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Funding for travel + daily allowance available. All accepted presentations eligible for publication in Open Research Europe.🧵⬇️

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Applications are open for the Summer Training School “Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility” at the University of Cambridge, 6–17 July 2026. Fee €150, 15 places, travel grants available. Deadline 2 Feb 2026. Apply: secretary@eshd.eu 🧵⬇️

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 🔍 Date: 4 March 2026 ⏰ Time: 16:00–18:00 CET 🌍 Format: Online 📝 Registration: Open now — don’t miss your spot! 🧵⬇️

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐏 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞” 🗓 Tuesday, 4 November 🕚 11:00 CET 📍 Online (Microsoft Teams)

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

📢 Summer Training School “Health Inequalities: from Sources to Statistical Models” 🗓 8–19 June 2026 📍Barcelona 🇪🇸 Two weeks of hands-on training in historical demography, data harmonization, and R-based statistical modelling. Apply by 15 January 2026 → jpujadasmo@uoc.edu

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

✨ GREATLEAP pre-conference workshop in Bologna brought together 80+ scholars to explore sources & databases on causes of death (1800–1950). From parish registers to hospital journals, we uncovered the stories behind historical mortality. Edward Morgan's full reflection: greatleap.eu/news/reflect...

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Reflecting on the GREATLEAP Workshop: Uncovering the Stories Behind Historical Deaths

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

📢 Did you know that all announcements for the Online Lecture Series: 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 can be found on the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social website? 🧵⬇️

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

oday, keynote talk is given by Pulitzer Prize winner David Kertzer on Changing Jews into Aryan’s in Fascist Italy #ESHD2025

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#ESDH2025 has started! Prof. Guido Barbujani is giving the first keynote on the famous human races.

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

✨ Today we had the pleasure of opening the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social pre-conference workshop “𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎)”

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COST Action CA22159 Euro Hist Health @eurohealthhist.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Super evening with our @costprogramme.bsky.social @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social colleagues. Stories were told, legends were made and plans were mapped. This is what #COST is about - optimising opportunties for collaboration - this time in stereo! #Synergy #COST22159 #EAHMH25 #COST22116 #Research

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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

#EAHMH25 was a fab conference with an incredible array of fascinating papers, topics & scholars. Finally met some of my @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social colleagues in person. Event better to team up with my other #COST gang @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social #Berlin #Research

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

📢 Call for Papers! Workshops “Transcribing the Past: Citizen Scientists & Automation in Historical Demography” 🖥️ 29 Jan 2026 (online) 🏛️ 26 Mar 2026 (Ghent) Submit abstracts (≤300 words) by 15 Nov 2025 For more information 👉 greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...

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Call for Papers Workshops ‘Transcribing the Past: Citizen Scientists and Automation in Historical Demography’

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

This project has been designed with the wonderful Eric Schneider @ericbschneider.bsky.social, Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social, Monica Alexander @monjalexander.bsky.social, and Maarten van Wijhe. Plus, the workshop is generously funded by @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social + @bspsuk.bsky.social! (3/4)

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

📢 2nd Call for Project Proposals – Host Institutes! GREATLEAP invites institutes to host visiting scholars (2 weeks–3 months) for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs). 💶 Up to €2,500 support per project 🗓 Jan–Oct 2026 | Deadline: 1 Jan 2026 Details 👉 tim.riswick@ru.nl

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

📢 Call for Papers! Workshop Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality Over Time 🗓 27 Feb 2026 | Akoesticum, Ede 📝Keynote: Prof. Sean Clouston ⏳Deadline for abstracts (≤500 words): 1 Oct 2025 Submit here 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Workshop Application: Socio-economic inequities in health over time

Application deadline: 1 October 2025 Application decision: 15 October 2025 Workshop date: 27 February 2026 Workshop location: Akoesticum, Ede, the Netherlands (in-person only)

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🚨 2nd Call for Thematic Workshops (Co-organised with GREATLEAP) 🚨 We invite scholars to propose workshops that advance our COST Action goals: ➡️ Understanding long-term health inequalities ➡️ Studying cause-specific mortality 🧵⬇️

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

It was a pleasure to teach our @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social cause-of-death coding course at @monashuniversity.bsky.social in Melbourne with colleagues joining from Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

The 𝐈𝐂𝐃𝟏𝟎𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 was held in Cambridge from July 8–10, organized in collaboration with the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social , the University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

In Cambridge, as part of the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social -funded Training Course on Coding Historical Causes of Death, we spent two days—together with @amrcampop.bsky.social , M. Murkens, and E. Garrett—training participants from across Europe in the use of the ICD10h.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

In Zurich for the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social workshop 'Analysing Historical Mortality and Cause of Death Data' – a very fruitful two days with researchers from diverse backgrounds and excellent ideas for future work.

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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🚨 Call for Applications! 🚨 📅 22–23 July 2025 📍 Monash University, Melbourne 🇦🇺 💀 Historical mortality meets digital innovation! 🔹 ICD10h Training Course (22 Jul) 🔹 Digital History Symposium (23 Jul) Apply by **11 June** ➡️ (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

👩🏻‍⚕️ The health platform Ma Clinique Informations médicales published an article "Comprendre les origines des disparités de santé à travers des données historiques", again highlighting the importance of our research. ma-clinique.fr/comprendre-l...

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Comprendre les origines des disparités de santé à travers des données historiques

Au cours du siècle dernier, les inégalités de santé sont passées de la conduite principalement par les maladies infectieuses, les mauvais assainissement et les conditions de travail dangereuses à la f...

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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🌟 Great news from the GREATLEAP COST Action network! The News Medical Life Sciences portal published an article titled "Understanding the Origins of Health Disparities Through Historical Data." 📖 Read the full article here: www.news-medical.net/news/2025040...

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Understanding the origins of health disparities through historical data

Over the past century, health inequalities have shifted from being driven mainly by infectious diseases, poor sanitation, and hazardous working conditions to being shaped by chronic diseases, lifestyl...

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