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In this issue of the English version of Social Medicine we are publishing the first of several pamphlets loaned to us by the US Health Activism History Collection. To introduce this collection we travelled to Philadelphia on June 18, 2008 to interview Dr. Walter J. Lear. Dr Lear, born in 1923, is the person responsible for the collection. In a wide-ranging interview in his home Dr. Lear discussed his personal background, the origins and purpose of the collection, the impact of the McCarthy period on the US health left, as well as his vision for the future.

August 28, 2009 marks the first anniversary of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health’s report: Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Noting that “Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale,” the report challenged the international community to achieve health equity within a generation. In this editorial we offer a brief reflection on where things stand with respect to health equity one year later. Our Themes & Discussions section includes two additional commentaries. Dr. José Carlos Escudero explores the meaning of the report for the WHO and underscores the report’s limitations. A detailed critique of the report, along with an alternative approach to addressing health inequities, is offered by Dr. Anne-Emanuelle Birn. Dr. Birn’s critique is especially important for offering important historical background.

Dr. Asa Cristina Laurell, a member of our Editorial Advisory Board received an honorary degree from the University of Buenos Aires on September 2, 2009. The editors of Social Medicine would like to congratulate her on this honor which recognizes her academic contributions, her daily labor to promote social medicine, her commitment to social justice, and her untiring political commitment to promote health as a human right. We present here a brief summary of her life and work

In August of 2008 the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health concluded its work with the publication of a report entitled: “Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health.” The Commission’s chair, Sir Michael Marmot, was kind enough to answer our questions about the Commission’s recommendations. This interview was conducted by email in May of this year.

“Lincoln Hospital: the decline of health care” was broadcast on WBAI radio in New York City on April 22, 1971, roughly a year after the community takeover of Lincoln Hospital (see Fitzhugh Mullan’s article “Seize the Hospital to Serve the People” on this journal).

This abstract book contains the abstracts presented at the 33rd AIVI National Congress (Castellammare di Stabia, September 11-13, 2024). [Abstract book in Italian].

Abstract Book of the 38° SIGOT National Congress | Roma, May 22-24, 2024.

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96th National Congress of the Italian Society for Experimental Biology | L’Aquila, Italy, 25-28 April 2024

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Abstract from the AREA CRITICA congress in Rome, Centro Congressi Fontana di Trevi, November 30th - December 1st 2023

This is a book of abstracts of the whole issue.

53º Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Chirurgia Pediatrica | Napoli, 21-23 settembre 2023

Abstract Book of the 37° SIGOT National Congress | Catanzaro, 4-6 October 2023.

Chronicle of events organised at ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Institute of East Asian Studies in 2022 and 2023.

This abstract book contains the abstracts presented at the 32nd AIVI National Congress, Maierato-Vibo Valentia, 13-14-15 September 2023. [Abstract book in Italian].

This abstract book contains the abstracts presented at the 3th National Congress Filiera delle carni di selvaggina selvatica, Foligno 10-11-12 May 2023 [In italian]

On July 29, 2022, Prof. Innocenzo Caruso, one of the first and best-known Italian rheumatologists, died at the age of 91 years.

52º Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Chirurgia Pediatrica | Ancona, 20-22 ottobre 2022

95th National Congress of the Italian Society for Experimental Biology | Trieste, Italy, 12-15 April 2023

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[This abstract book contains the abstracts presented at the 31st National Congress of the Italian Association of Veterinary Food Hygienists (AIVI)] [In italian]

This abstract book contains the abstracts presented at the 94th National Congress of the Italian Society for Experimental Biology, Torino, Italy, 6-9 April 2022.

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