“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” […]
Global health
Be proud to be individual—a message for International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day. We have come a long way since the days of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson or Emmeline Pankhurst, striving for the rights of women to be educated […]
Behavioural strategies for reducing covid-19 transmission in the general population
Human behaviour will determine how quickly covid-19 spreads, say Susan Michie and colleagues […]
Tom Jefferson: Covid 19—many questions, no clear answers
Because of my background as an epidemiologist and Cochrane researcher, and my involvement in the H1N1 outbreak, I often get stopped in the street, or in a bar, or the […]
Behavioural science must be at the heart of the public health response to covid-19
Human behaviour will determine how quickly covid-19 spreads and the mortality. Therefore behavioural science must be at the heart of the public health response. While responding agencies move quickly to […]
Keerti Gedela: Covid-19 highlights the need for greater support for global health systems
Countries with weaker health systems must not be left behind in the global emergency response to covid-19, says Keerti Gedela […]
Robert Peckham: The covid-19 outbreak has shown we need strategies to manage panic during epidemics
Panic is a word that’s been widely used during this outbreak, yet Robert Peckham argues that this social phenomenon is little understood […]
Laura Hallas: Covid-19 is a timely reminder we need to improve global diagnostic capacity
We need to think of diagnostic capacity beyond crises, says Laura Hallas […]
Face to face with covid-19 on Hong Kong’s dirty team
A doctor from Hong Kong describes what it is like to work in a hospital managing the coronavirus outbreak […]
Why do we wait until emergency vaccines are necessary before recognising we need them?
As the outbreak of this new coronavirus continues to escalate, efforts to develop a vaccine against 2019-nCoV are intensifying. With several now in development, this is critical work that must […]