The Netherlands’ advanced infrastructure has provided a long archive of genomic sequencing records and they aim to further genomics guided precision medicine.
New Social Contract needed
The Covid-19 crisis has changed people’s attitudes and expectations.
Seán Healy – CEO of Social Justice Ireland – says we have to radically change our two-tier health discrimination
Health is not just about healthcare. The link between poverty and ill-health is well established by international and national research. A World Health Organization Commission that reported in 2008 on the social determinants of health found that health is influenced by factors like poverty, food security, social exclusion and discrimination, poor housing, unhealthy early childhood conditions, poor educational status, and low occupational status.
One of the most obvious concerns about the Irish Healthcare system is to do with access.