Use these links to navigate to a section! This newsletter covers:
- Sickle cell disease: impact on the Black community
- Rare Disease Day
- World Cancer Day
- Meet the Editors of Implementation Science Communications
- A history of Journal of Cannabis Research
- HPV vaccination progress
- Maternal health and Neonatal Health webinar: sign up now
Sickle Cell Disease and its impact on the Black community
Check out this interesting blog written recently by members of Springer Nature's Black Employee Network. They focus on social, medical and policy approaches to improve the lives of those within the Black community affected by sickle cell disease.
Rare Disease Day
This Friday 28 February is Rare Disease Day. Read this blog to discover relevant journal articles, clinical trials, blogs and Q&As with researchers.
World Cancer Day: person-centred care
Read this blog on the new new 2025-2027 theme for World Cancer Day, ‘United by Unique.’ Here you can find related blogs, articles, Collections and clinical trials.
Don't forget to check out this blog on the highly-accessed Collection, Fibrosis and Cancer Intersection, published in Journal of Translational Medicine.
Meet the Editors of Implementation Science Communications
Read Dr Elvin Geng's recent Q&A announcing his position as co-Editor-in-Chief of Implementation Science Communications. As an infectious disease physician involved in the public health HIV response and in AIDS research, Dr Geng discusses the current context in the US and the implications it may have for the global HIV response.
You can also read this Q&A for World AIDS Day, where Dr Aaloke Mody, Associate Editor, shares his experiences working in the fields of HIV and AIDS.
A history of Journal of Cannabis Research
Explore this blog on the history of Journal of Cannabis Research to learn about the use of medical cannabis in treating disease and improving symptoms.
HPV Awareness Day is next week (4 March). Check out this blog that explains HPV vaccination progress and outlines areas for improvement in vaccination programmes.
Maternal and Neonatal Health webinar: sign up now
On 19 March we are hosting a free webinar on “Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health”. This webinar has some really interesting speakers, click the link to learn more and register.
Get involved!
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