The people living in Moria, a refugee camp in Greece, have been abandoned by Europe and treated like criminals for nothing more than wanting to be safe […]
Global health
Richard Smith: Little global progress in countering non-communicable disease
In 2011 the United Nations held a high level meeting on preventing and controlling non-communicable disease (NCD) and produced a declaration on what countries should do. In 2018 it will […]
Peter Taylor: Achieving the health related SDGs—why we need major shifts in thinking
Real momentum is building around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as national governments integrate the 2030 Agenda with their own policy processes. Recognition of the multi-sectoral nature of the SDGs […]
Lulwa Al-Kilani: From one refugee to another, I hope you can go home soon
Since the start of the civil war, 165 000 South Sudanese refugees have fled the violence at home and crossed the border into Sudan’s White Nile state. Lulwa Al-Kilani, a […]
Sofia Gruskin: We must follow California’s example and repeal archaic HIV laws
Recently, my home state of California made national headlines when it repealed an HIV criminalisation law and reduced penalties for exposing other people to the virus. It was a landmark […]
Kamal R Mahtani, Tom Jefferson, and Carl Heneghan: What makes a systematic review “complex”?
Kamal R Mahtani, Tom Jefferson, and Carl Heneghan reflect on the lack of definitions, and propose a solution […]
Gro Harlem Brundtland: New WHO guidelines are crucial step to fighting antimicrobial resistance
If urgent action is not taken to combat antimicrobial resistance, then development gains could be wiped out with alarming consequences for us all […]
Amitava Banerjee: At what point does a disease become neglected and who decides?
My first global health experience was an elective in South Africa during medical school in 2001, at a time when antiretroviral therapy was not available to the vast majority of […]
Grania Brigden: The first step on a long road to TB elimination
The first step in eradicating TB is eliminating the funding gaps […]
Doctors of the World: Vulnerable people should not fear arrest when seeking healthcare
“Universal health coverage is a human right.” This was a welcome statement from the new Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [1] Europe, as one […]