Brazil’s government is embarking on changes that risk dismantling the successful HIV and AIDS policy the country has spearheaded, says Elize Massard da Fonseca […]
Global health
Shinzō Abe: New policies for new health challenges
In Japan’s ageing society, healthcare is forcing difficult political choices. However, prime minister Shinzō Abe says a 100 year-life society will enrich, rather than burden, this leading economy. Here, excerpts […]
Titilola Banjoko: A quiet revolution—NHS volunteers are strengthening services in Africa and Asia
Titilola Banjoko asks how healthcare worker migration can be managed to the mutual benefit of the NHS and health systems overseas […]
Tedros Ghebreyesus: Health is a political choice
Today’s challenges lie in non-communicable diseases—a development that calls for political commitment at the highest level […]
Christian Mazimpaka: Learning about the “lion” of leadership in Rwanda
Christian Mazimpaka explains how his studies in Global Health Delivery taught him the importance of leadership skills in challenging health provision environments […]
Yu Wang: China is failing to tackle overdiagnosis
Overdiagnosis is an increasingly serious, but under-addressed problem in China, says Yu Wang […]
Dominique Vervoort: The visa conundrum in global health
Visa restrictions are preventing people from low and middle income countries from engaging in global health policy and research, says Dominique Vervoort […]
Zosia Kmietowicz: Young people at conferences—not including them is unethical
A lasting memory from the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver in early June was the abundance of young people. Katja Iversen, CEO of the gender equality and female health organisation, […]
Fictional heroes take on real public health problems: Japan’s use of manga and anime in health campaigns
Public health authorities need to get creative in how they communicate with the public, say Hiroshi Naruse, Kazuaki Jindai, and Tomoya Saito […]
Karin Huster and Justin Healy: Congo’s Ebola epidemic—a failed response and the need for a reset
The global health community needs the humility to acknowledge that we have failed once again in an Ebola epidemic, say Karin Huster and Justin Healy […]