IN MEMORIAM: PROF. VALERII VIKTOROVYCH VIT

In Memoriam: Prof. Valerii Viktorovych Vit

The legendary professor Valerii Viktorovych Vit passed away on April 22, 2023.He was born in Odesa in 1948.After graduating from the Faculty of General Medicine, Odesa Medical Institute, in 1972, Vit worked some time as a dissector at Odesa Regional Hospital.He began his science career at the Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy in

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Embracing challenging complexity: exploring handwashing behavior from a combined socioecological and intersectional perspective in Sierra Leone

Abstract Background Handwashing with soap is a cost-effective, efficient health behavior to prevent various diseases.Despite its immense health benefits, the lowest prevalence of handwashing is found in low-income countries.Here, its practice is not only determined by individual behavior, but also heavily shaped by deprivations in the social and st

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