The Elsevier Foundation, in partnership with Elsevier and the World Patients Alliance (WPA), has launched a children’s book initiative aimed at embedding patient safety awareness from a young age. Recognizing that unsafe care contributes to millions of deaths and adverse outcomes globally—especially in low- and middle-income countries—this project produces freely accessible, multilingual books (print, audio, video) for children aged 6–12.
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This was an editorial that showed the results of using technology to map the alignment of the journal ‘Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica’ (Psychology: Research and Review) with SDGs 3,4 and 5 to show the journal’s contribution to research addressing key SDGs. The exercise was a collaboration between the Content Innovation and publishing teams at Springer Nature.
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A dedicated cross-organisation working group that focuses on promoting research and content across the Springer Nature portfolio for specific awareness days relating to SDG 3. In 2024, they promoted 10 awareness days including World Cancer Day, World Refugee Day and World Suicide Prevention Day.
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In 2022 we launched a conference series aimed at exploring how research and science can support the SDG 5, its targets and its intersection with other SDGs, including SDG 3 and SDG 10. The second conference took place in September 2024 and focused on gender and health equity. The conferences convene key stakeholders from academia, industry, government and policy sectors, facilitate knowledge exchange and the breaking of silos, and promote cooperation for the goals.
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Women experience unique health issues such as pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause, which are understudied due to historical bias. From the prenatal period through childhood, the intestinal microbiota sees major compositional changes, and many diseases have been linked to dysbiosis. IAI invites manuscripts on the vaginal microbiome, pathogen-host interaction in the female reproductive tract, or the infant microbiome for its Women’s Health and the Development of Microbiota in Childhood series.
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After the major earthquakes that took place in the Southeastern Region of Turkey on February 6, 2023, Günışığı Kitaplığı took immediate action to support children and young survivors in the region. In addition to making financial donations, Günışığı Kitaplığı, donated 50,000 books to be distributed in collaboration with major NGO’s and public authorities to the students who try continuing their education in containers and/or tent cities in the region.
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Libro gratuito para población vulnerable tiene el objetivo de brindar contenidos con validez científica, en temas específicos de salud física, mental y emocional apoyando problemáticas, en un lenguaje comprensible y sin costo para quien lo adquiere.
El éxito recae en la alianza con especialistas/autores en la materia y proveedores, quienes aportan sus conocimientos en la edición, el papel, impresión y encuadernación sin cobrar por ello, potencializando la labor para trabajar en conjunto.
Free book for vulnerable population aims to provide content with scientific validity, on specific topics of physical, mental and emotional health supporting problems, in an understandable language and at no cost to whoever acquires it.
Success lies in the alliance with specialists/authors in the field and suppliers, who contribute their knowledge in editing, paper, printing and binding without charging for it, empowering the work to work together.
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“English Studies at NBU” ESNBU publishes research that delves into the challenges faced by individuals with dyslexia, autism, attention deficits and neurodevelopmental disorders. These articles highlight the importance of addressing neurodiversity in education and society. They also help fosters inclusive learning environments, and advocate for greater understanding and equity as they emphasize the need for mental and emotional support for neurodiverse individuals.
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HarperCollins proudly supports Pajama Program, a nonprofit that ensures children have access to healthy sleep by providing new pajamas, storybooks and sleep health education. The program helps children facing challenges like low income, housing insecurity, and family instability develop better bedtime habits, which improves school performance, health, and emotional well-being. HarperCollins employees volunteered to teach children in the Bronx about healthy bedtime routines and donated books.
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This special collection of mSystems articles provides an in-depth look into how microbial science contributes important perspectives and understanding to the realization of several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This curated collection sheds light on the diverse ways that microbial systems can enhance our understanding and help us make progress towards the SDGs.
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Our microbiome can be impacted by the details of our lifestyle, including diet, hygiene, health status, and more, but many are driven by social, economic, medical, or political constraints that restrict available choices that may impact our health. This collection of mSystems articles highlights recent investigations into beneficial and detrimental instances of microbial exposure, in the context of how social policy may mediate or deepen disparities between and within populations.
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ASM journal mSphere and AGU journal GeoHealth announced a joint call for papers on One Health, microbes, and climate change, to encourage and explore articles on the intersection between climate change, microbes, geophysical processes, and human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health.
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Microbiology Spectrum welcomes studies on improving lab equity globally. Laboratory equity includes providing accessible and affordable diagnostics to inform clinical decisions and improve patient outcomes across patient populations. These might not be widely available due to geographic barriers, high costs, bias, stigma, discrimination in healthcare, or challenges like lack of permanent housing or incarceration. Sharing such studies is essential to boost global initiatives for equitable access.
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The journal Clinical Microbiology Reviews has welcomed its first Global Advisory Board. Consisting of 8 members from diverse regions, this board consults with the Board of Editors and prospective authors to provide strategic direction for the journal in covering topics of both worldwide and regional interest, particularly considering underrepresented populations and neglected diseases and conditions.
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As a signatory to the UN SDG Publishers Compact, ASM values the efforts of researchers addressing these important targets. This collection from across the ASM Journals program includes topics and SDGs such as advances in sustainable agriculture and aquaculture, biofuel production, and water safety, new climate change findings and strategies, and perspectives on bioeconomy, pandemic preparedness, and training the next generation of scientists.
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Healthier Lives is one of four Emerald goal areas designed to support and promote research aligned with SDG3. The Healthier Lives agenda principally takes the form of quarterly mission campaigns. Concurrently, the Emerald Open Research Gateway for Healthier Lives –a platform for fast author-led publication and open peer review – focuses on promoting good physical and mental health, and bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice to achieve healthier lives for all.
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This special issue emphasizes the crucial role of children, and their families play in helping to co-produce and mobilize knowledge to deal with the grim reality of childhood cancer. By illuminating the growing influence of patient representatives and patient groups on research methods, advocacy, and policy, the special issue aims to encourage the childhood cancer community to further explore, partner and foster that influence.
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Community Science Exchange (communitysci.org) is a platform for best practices on making closer connections between researchers and community members. To solve societal challenges and meet sustainability goals, it is vital science connects with communities. The journal is an open access peer-reviewed publication for scientific findings of community science. It offers researchers and community practitioners a place to publish and share their work.
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