Aspirational goals and targets often guide global health and development initiatives. The millennium development goals (MDGs), signed off by 189 countries in September 2000, aimed to reduce maternal and child […]
Global health
Satchit Balsari: Will AI help universalize health care?
The successful integration of AI into healthcare services must take different focuses depending on local contexts, says Satchit Balsari […]
Maria Neira: The real cost of carbon is felt in our lungs
A fossil fuel based society is harming us where it hurts the most—our health, says Maria Neira […]
Poonam Khetrapal Singh: The health sector must stand tall in the fight against climate change
Across the WHO South-East Asia Region, the health sector is stepping up its fight to reduce the health impacts of climate change […]
Hussain Jafri: Fighting for patient safety and advocacy in Pakistan
Partnership is key to bringing patient centred healthcare to Pakistan and the world, says Hussain Jafri […]
Regina Mariam Namata Kamoga: In the past the views of patients were not respected
The WHO initiative for patient advocacy is helping local activists to improve patient safety in Uganda and beyond, says Regina Mariam Namata Kamoga […]
Richard Smith: The “NCD crowd” vent their frustrations but identify some ways forward
“Frustrated” was the word used several times to describe the mood of people interested in combatting NCD (non-communicable disease) at a meeting at Chatham House last week. Progress is slow: […]
Michel Kazatchkine: The time has come to implement harm reduction policies in Eastern Europe and central Asia
The evidence is clear, Eastern European and Central Asian countries should adopt opioid maintenance therapy and needle exchanges to curb HIV and Hep C outbreaks, says Michel Kazatchkine […]
Paul Kagame: Transforming a continent with universal health coverage
Across Africa, millions of lives have been changed for the better by universal health coverage, but the work is far from complete, says Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda […]
Helen Clark: Gender and health, a political choice with major returns on investment
If politicians have the will to address gender inequality in global healthcare provision they will reap huge financial awards, as well as moral and social victories, says the Rt Hon […]