Equilibrium in the governance of cross-sectoral policies: how does it translate into practice?

Background: There is growing interest from health researchers in the governance of Health in All Policies (HiAP). Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has re-ignited managers' interest in HiAP governance and in health prevention activities that involve actors from outside health ministries. Since the dynamics of these multi-actor, multi-sectoral policies are complex, the use of systems theory is a promising avenue toward understanding and improving HiAP governance.

Epidemiologic and serologic definition of primary and secondary trichinosis in the Arctic.

A large outbreak of trichinosis acquired from walrus in Salluit in 1987 provided the immunologic and epidemiologic data from which two distinct clinical syndromes were identified. The first syndrome is the classic myopathic form with edema, fever, myalgia, and rash. The second is a persistent diarrheal illness with little edema or myalgia.