Opioid addiction has emerged as a pressing publichealth challenge in recent years. From January 2016 to
March 2018 more than 8,000 opioid-related deaths were
recorded.(1) In 2018, the number of apparent opioidrelated deaths continues to rise, with more than 1,000
deaths in the first three months of the y...
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. In this article we address considerations of equity. Inequities can be defined as "differences in health which are not only unnecessar...
En este artículo abordamos el tema de la toma de decisiones en situaciones donde no se cuenta con suficiente evidencia disponible. Los responsables de la toma de decisiones en políticas a menudo no tienen suficiente evidencia para saber con certeza cuáles serán los impactos de una opción de programa...