Scientists use big data to sway elections and predict riots — welcome to the 1960s
Published in Nature
A cold-war-era corporation targeted voters and presaged many of today’s big-data controversies.
Perceptions of key informants on the provision of cervical cancer prevention and control programme in Uganda: implicatio...
Published in BMC Public Health
BackgroundUganda has one of the highest burdens of cervical cancer globally. In 2010 the Ugandan Ministry of Health launched the Strategic Plan for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control with the hope of developing cervical cancer policy in Uganda. This study explored the beliefs of senior key informants in Uganda about cervical cancer prevention, ...
How the FDA should protect its integrity from politics
Published in Nature
The US drug regulator is accused of misrepresenting data on COVID-19 therapies. A decade ago, it set criteria to ensure its decisions are driven by science. “Will the voice of the FDA just be one of many tainted by politics?”
Protect global supply chains for low-carbon technologies
Published in Nature
The COVID-19 economic crash threatens the international trade networks that make clean energy cheap — abandoning them puts the climate at risk.
Retailer perspectives on sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in the California Bay Area.
The sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) industry has claimed that food and beverage retailers are opposed to SSB taxes. In 2018 and 2019, we formally evaluated retailers' perceptions of SSB taxes using semi-structured interviews (including open- and closed-ended questions) with 103 randomly selected retailers (50 corner and liquor stores; 28 chain conve...
China’s plan to cut coal and boost green growth
Published in Nature
Innovations in energy-storage technology are a mainstay of the nation’s bid to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
Confusion over Europe’s data-protection law is stalling scientific progress
Published in Nature
Two steps will help collaborations worldwide to share information and comply with EU privacy rules. “The GDPR has stalled at least 40 clinical and observational studies.”
Cities: build networks and share plans to emerge stronger from COVID-19
Published in Nature
Responses to the pandemic in India’s slums, Brazil’s favelas and Africa’s marketplaces show that networks play a crucial part in making cities more resilient. Let’s enhance and empower them.
Breastfeeding practices and complementary feeding in Ecuador: implications for localized policy applications and promoti...
Published in International Breastfeeding Journal
BackgroundBest practices in breastfeeding are often not followed despite appropriate levels of knowledge and positive attitudes regarding the benefits of human milk. For many reasons, some women do not initiate breastfeeding, suspend breastfeeding early, or initiate complementary feeding earlier than recommended. Usual measurement methods use large...
Analysis of stakeholder networks for breastfeeding policies and programs in Ghana
Published in International Breastfeeding Journal
BackgroundSuboptimal breastfeeding practices are driven by multiple factors. Thus, a multi-sectoral approach is necessary to design and implement appropriate policies and programs that protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.MethodsThis study used Net-Map, an interactive social network interviewing and mapping technique, to: a) identify key ins...
