International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

First They Came for Science

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Author
Mohammad Karamouzian 1, 2, 3
1 Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
2 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
10.34172/ijhpm.9035
Keywords
Health Policy
Human Rights
Misinformation
Global Public Health

Dear Editor,

Over the years, history has shown that political leaders who disregard science can have tangible, damaging impacts on population health. We see this in Hitler’s Germany, which refused important research because it was developed by “Jewish science,” or Stalin’s Soviet Union, which relied on Trofim Lysenko’s false agricultural theories and contributed to widespread famine and massive human casualties.1,2 ... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 14, Issue 1
2025
Pages 1-2

  • Received Date 12 February 2025
  • Revised Date 17 March 2025
  • Accepted Date 18 March 2025
  • First Published Date 26 March 2025
  • Published Date 01 December 2025