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Commercial determinants of health: future directions

This paper is about the future role of the commercial sector in global health and
health equity. The discussion is not about the overthrow of capitalism nor a full-throated
embrace of corporate partnerships. No single solution can eradicate the harms from
the commercial determinants of health the business models, practices, and products
of market actors that damage health equity and human and planetary health and wellbeing.
But evidence shows that progressive economic models, international frameworks, government
regulation, compliance mechanisms for commercial entities, regenerative business types
and models that incorporate health, social, and environmental goals, and strategic
civil society mobilisation together offer possibilities of systemic, transformative
change, reduce those harms arising from commercial forces, and foster human and planetary
wellbeing. ....

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Conceptualising commercial entities in public health: beyond unhealthy commodities and transnational corporations

Most public health research on the commercial determinants of health (CDOH) to date
has focused on a narrow segment of commercial actors. These actors are generally the
transnational corporations producing so-called unhealthy commodities such as tobacco,
alcohol, and ultra-processed foods. Furthermore, as public health researchers, we
often discuss the CDOH using sweeping terms such as private sector, industry, or business
that lump together diverse entities whose only shared characteristic is their engagement
in commerce. ....

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Tuberculosis and nutrition: what gets measured gets managed

Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission is primarily airborne, but tuberculosis disease
caused by this bacterium is in part a structural problem, requiring non-biomedical
solutions. Nutritional status, approximated by indicators such as BMI, is a widely
prevalent comorbidity and risk factor for tuberculosis disease and mortality.1,2 More
than one in five cases of tuberculosis globally are attributable to undernutrition.3
However, in many regions, such as India, the most important factor driving the tuberculosis
epidemic is undernutrition. ....

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Using Health Information for Community Activism: A Case Study of the Movement for Change and Social Justice in South Africa

"When community groups have more access to health information and can use this information meaningfully, this can lead to a more engaged community, more responsive health system and ultimately, better health outcomes for patients." Community groups, themselves end-users of health care, are well-positioned to keep the health system accountable, prov ....

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