Ilona Kickbusch and Andrew Cassels introduce a collection of articles on global health disruptors […]
Global health
Fran Baum: The People’s Health Movement marches on to examine the health impacts of neoliberalism
Fran Baum describes the first two days of the People’s Health Assembly, a conference that continues the struggle for health for all […]
Fran Baum: Why the 4th People’s Health Assembly is an important event for global health equity
Doctors, public health workers, and people from the welfare and environmental sectors are gathering in Savar, Bangladesh, at the Gonoshasthaya Kendra University for the 4th People’s Health Assembly (PHA4) which […]
Elly Nott: Training Idlib’s obstetricians
Giving birth is one of the most vulnerable moments a woman can experience. It can be anxiety inducing enough in a well equipped hospital in the UK, but the women […]
Kent Buse and Sarah Hawkes: Are health organisations leaders or laggards on gender equality?
Signs suggest that the tide is turning towards greater recognition of the importance of gender-equality in global health […]
Rob Hughes: Toxic air—the risk factor we’re forgetting to ask about (and failing to fix)?
With 93% of children globally breathing toxic air, Rob Hughes says it is hard to think of a more pressing challenge for us all—and especially doctors—to engage with […]
Bistra Zheleva: Children, patients, and the young at last have a voice at the UN meeting on NCDs
The greater presence of young people and patients is an encouraging sign that the agenda is shifting, says Bistra Zheleva […]
Why doctors should support regulated markets in illicit drugs
Drug policy affects health. Legalisation is needed not because drugs are safe but because they are risky, write members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, Michel Kazatchkine, Pavel Bém, and […]
The Jungle: Stories of suffering and hope
The experiences of people seeking asylum can be hard to hear, but we must listen […]
Rodolfo Saracci: The public health community must speak out on rising rates of migrants dying at sea
Migrants continue to drown in the Mediterranean sea attempting to reach Europe. [1] On 20 August, Italy’s far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, refused authorisation for a group of 177 refugees and […]