The right to participation is the “the right of rights”, that is the basic right of people to have a say in how decisions that affect their lives are made. […]
Global health
Co-production of knowledge to strengthen Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
Chris Atim and Ama Fenny share experiences with co-production approaches to strengthen health insurance in Ghana Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) aims to provide all residents with financial risk […]
Co-production between researchers and policymakers is critical for achieving health systems change
Peter M. Hansen, Christina Synowiec and Nathan J. Blanchet share strategies for using co-production approaches to accelerate systems change Technical institutions, such as universities and other governmental or non-governmental research […]
Co-production of knowledge must move further and faster to strengthen health systems
There is widespread and growing interest in the role the co-production of knowledge can play in bridging the gap between evidence and policy implementation to improve health policies and strengthen […]
We need an equitable and coordinated global approach to covid-19 vaccination
Vaccine nationalism will hinder our ability to effectively combat covid-19 This month, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), repeated his concerns about the ugly face […]
Ankit Raj: The unequal dynamics of global health—are we still colonial at heart?
We still have a way to go to reach equity in global health, says Ankit Raj […]
The people’s vaccine: How a covid-19 vaccine will be a test of global accountability and equity
With over 66 million confirmed cases and more than 1.5 million deaths globally, the burden of covid-19 on global health systems continues to weigh heavily. As the pandemic devastates communities around […]
Patients and carers views must be involved in the rollout of precision medicine
The sequencing of the human genome has begun to enhance our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying chronic diseases, for example asthma. The twentieth century model of asthma management is […]
Covid-19 has turned the spotlight on the uneven provision of oxygen—a stark health inequity
This pandemic is also an opportunity to close an oxygen divide that ranks among the greatest health injustices of our time, say Kevin Watkins and Adamu Isah […]
Covid-19: an urgent threat and an opportunity for Indigenous and minority groups in high-income countries
Beyond the devastating direct impacts of the covid-19 pandemic, there is an additional threat to the health of minority and Indigenous peoples. The covid-19 pandemic is stretching health and social […]