This newsletter issue primarily champions SDG 3.8, Universal Health Coverage.
Trials without borders
As part of International Clinical Trials Day (May 20th), the ISRCTN editorial team explore how breaking down geographic barriers can enable more inclusive trials that better serve diverse patient populations.
Doctors Without Borders: MSF Day London
Alongside Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF's) frontline humanitarian work, MSF plays an important role in advancing research and discussion in global health. Read about MSF Scientifics Days in London, where speakers discussed malnutrition and trauma care in Gaza, malaria vaccines, novel snakebite antivenoms in Ethiopia, maternal healthcare in Pakistan and Sudan, and new approaches for HIV care.
Is the future of healthcare affordable and sustainable? Insights from SDG 1 No Poverty
This is a crucial question for policymakers to address if we are to meet the SDG 3 targets by 2030. This blog kicks off a series by Springer Nature's SDG 1 group investigating links between poverty and (lack of) healthcare access. Don't miss it!
Celebrating Sex Differences to Improve Health for All
Read this interview blog to explore why sex differences research is a key tenet of effective and meaningful health research. When we integrate sex differences into research, we learn more about everyone’s health.
Vaccines: Since the Beginning
To celebrate the 230th anniversary of the first vaccine, let’s take a look at how far we’ve come. Within just a couple hundred years, humanity’s relationship with infectious disease changed forever.
Image: The Temple of Vaccinia, now known as Dr. Jenner’s House. Photo courtesy of the Jenner Trust.
Barriers to equitable maternal healthcare in low- and middle-income countries
Addressing inequalities in maternal healthcare requires coordinated action to ensure no woman is left without access to care particularly in Low- and Middle-income Countries.
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists Drive True Health Equity?
To bridge global health disparities, this blog argues doctors, nurses and pharmacists must look beyond the baseline of identical treatment and champion individualised care.
Editors' Perspectives on Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Health Equity
Pharmaceutical intellectual property is a controversial issue for health equity because, although it underpins innovation, it can also restrict access to essential medicines for vulnerable populations. This blog highlights Guest Editor perspectives on the biggest challenges the pharmaceutical IP system creates for health equity.
BMC Collections champion equity in health systems
Click the blog to discover relevant research or contribute to BMC's Collections exploring health equity across different contexts, from system-level frameworks to population-specific healthcare challenges.
In Other News...
It's pride month! Collections highlight for LGBTQ+ Health
Check out this exciting new journal. Authors can publish for free until 31 Dec 2026! This blog focuses on the journal's timely collection on Queer, Trans, and Non-binary health in shifting political landscapes.
Joe Casson, a Project Support at the International Primary Care Respiratory Group, comments on this year's World Asthma Day theme, "Access to anti-inflammatory inhalers for everyone with Asthma – still an urgent need.” Did you know that 96% of asthma related deaths occur in low-middle income countries? Read his blog to access further resources.
Get involved!
If you would like to be involved with our SDG 3 initiatives, contact me or Virginia Mercer. Follow me, Alice Coe, on Research Communities to be notified of future SDG 3 newsletters.
With special thanks to this newsletter's 25 contributors: Dr. Sofia Ahmed, Mariangela Aloj, Petia Apostolova, Elizabeth Baird, Dr. Jill Becker, Shital Bonde, Dr. Adam Buick, Emma Campbell, Joe Casson, Sophie Gray, Lisa Hodgkinson, Dr. Ezinne Igbokwe, Xiulin Koehler, Amy Joint, Dr. Gabriela Lenarczyk, Tessa Ley, Dr. John Liddicoat, Virginia Mercer, Rita Moreira, Stacey Morgan, Eleana Pegg, India Sapsed-Foster, Kathryn G. Schubert, Priya Sharma, Dr. Brigitte Tenni