Investigators at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Report Findings in Health and Medicine (What will Donald Trump’s presidency mean for…

Investigators at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Report Findings in Health and Medicine (What will Donald Trump's presidency mean for health? A scorecard)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine. According to news reporting originating from London, United Kingdom, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "US Presidents make their mark on health, for better or worse. Donald Trump campaigned on a populist platform to 'make America great again."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, "While the actual policies his administration will pursue-and the priority he will place on each of them-remain in many ways uncertain, both his statements and his nominations for key government posts suggest that his presidency could have profound implications for health. His proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with a 'better reform', his stance on reproductive rights, and his approaches to other areas, such as science policy and climate change, coupled with his stated intention to put 'America first' are creating anxiety and uncertainty about America's domestic health policies and its global leadership role in areas such as security and development."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "We propose criteria on which the global health community can judge the success or failure of a Trump presidency, based on a selection of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that apply to health."

For more information on this research see: What will Donald Trump's presidency mean for health? A scorecard. Lancet, 2017;389(10070):748-754. Lancet can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Lancet - www.journals.elsevier.com/lancet/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M. McKee, London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept. of Public Hlth & Policy, London WC1H 9SH, United Kingdom. Additional authors for this research include S.L. Greer and D. Stuckler (see also Health and Medicine).

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